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In the second chapter of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling Twilight series, the romance between mortal Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) grows more intense as ancient secrets threaten to destroy them. When Edward leaves in an effort to keep Bella safe, she tests fate in increasingly reckless ways in order to glimpse her love once more. But when she’s saved from the brink by her friend, Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella will uncover mysteries of the supernatural world that will put her in more peril than ever before.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1 in DVD
- Released on: 2010-03-20
- Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
- Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 2
- Running time: 130 minutes
Editorial Reviews
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New Moon, the second in Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster teen-fiction saga adapted for film, is stronger than its predecessor, Twilight. Director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass),
taking the helm from Catherine Hardwicke, brings a lighter, more
assured touch to the sequel, which continues the star-crossed love
story of mortal Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward (Robert
Pattinson). Incidentally, Edward is absent for most of the film; after
an accident on Bella's birthday reminds Edward that her life is always
at risk when he's around, he chooses to abandon her, sending her into a
deep depression. The only person who helps her heal her broken heart is
her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner), a member of the Quileute tribe who,
as he grows taller, beefier, and more aggressive (with less clothing),
comes to realize he's not entirely human either. But even his love for
Bella doesn't prevent her from throwing herself in the path of danger,
because that's the only time she can see visions of Edward. One such
fateful misunderstanding sends Edward into the coven of the Volturi (a
sort of vampire Mafia, if you will), where the most dangerous vampires
hold both Edward and Bella's fate in their cold, dark hands. Much of New Moon rests on the shoulders of Lautner, so scrawny in Twilight,
who famously packed on the muscle to avoid getting recast. He's very
nearly successful in carrying the load, but the cheese-tastic beefcake
scenes disservice him, and Jacob and Bella's complicated friendship
stumbles on its way to any kind of love triangle. Some of that blame
lies with Stewart, who understandably holds her emotions close to her
chest but reveals much too little (c'mon, even an angsty girl has to be
a little joyful in the arms of two different hunks). As is
with the book, the film is just a bridge between sagas, so the plot
drags and not a lot happens. Fortunately, while Twilight was trapped in its own self-consciousness, the wobbly-legged cast seems to have found stronger footing in New Moon; the jokes come faster, the writing (by Melissa Rosenberg, who also scribed Twilight)
is a hair wittier. (Even Pattinson seems more comfortable in Edward's
skin.) The Volturi, highlighted by Michael Sheen's Aro and Dakota
Fanning's Jane, also make an all-too-brief impression, but at least
there's more to look forward to when Eclipse, the third installment, is released. --Ellen A. Kim
Stills from The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Click for larger image)
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Customer Reviews
FANS OF THE BOOK -- You will LOVE this film!!!
Let me say, I LOVE the "Twilight" books. Like, REALLY LOVE them. I
love to read, and I usually read the classics. I'm a Jane Austen,
Elizabeth Gaskell, Bronte Sisters kind of girl. My friend insisted for
two years that I should read "Twilight", but I kept thinking, "Teen
vampire romance? Not my kind of book." Finally, this 29-year-old mother
of three was on a flight by myself with some time to read, so I bought
"Twilight". I absolutely DEVOURED it--I read one book a day until I had
finished the entire saga in four days. Luckily, "Breaking Dawn" had
just been released, so I didn't have to wait. The "Twilight" books are
my absolute FAVORITE guilty pleasure--I love the fluff, the cheesy
dialogue, the LOVE--all of it.
For me, "New Moon" really needed to redeem all that was wrong with
the "Twilight" movie. After watching "Twilight" last year, I was SO
disappointed. Catherine Hardwicke had just taken our beloved series and
turned it into a made-for-TV movie. I laughed at all of the wrong
places. How Bella and Edward fell in love was completely rushed. I
could go on. Melissa Rosenberg butchered the book and everything that
made me obsessed with it. Sure, "Twilight" was fun to watch because it
was "Twilight", but the portrayal was so, so, so wrong on so many
levels. My favorite book had been reduced to lines like "spider
monkey."
WELL, "NEW MOON" JUST MADE UP FOR EVERY CATHERINE-HARDWICKE WRONG!
FANS OF THE BOOK WILL ADORE THIS MOVIE. Edward actually smiles! The
acting was SO much better, the visuals were stunning, and the dialogue
was much, much improved over "Twilight". I honestly didn't want it to
end. It stayed so true to the book we all love, and the little
additions were perfect. I really felt like I was watching Bella on
screen--Kristen Stewart was spot on. Every expression, every sad word
was perfect. AND THEY SAID, "I LOVE YOU," something that was blaringly
absent in "Twilight". Chris Weitz has made a stunning, gorgeous film
that lovers of the book will adore! **I secretly wish he could remake
"Twilight". This is what "Twilight" should have been!** This closet
Twilighter was pleased beyond belief.
It seems like most of the critics' negative reviews have problems
with the plot, the story, etc. Well, if you like the book and,
therefore, like the plot and the story, you will love the film because
Chris Weitz is true to the book beyond what I could have imagined or
hoped for. This movie felt like it was made for the fans, so I can
understand that if you're not a fan of the series how it may feel like
a laboured effort to watch "New Moon". But if you love Bella and Edward
**and even Jacob--Taylor Lautner was FANTASTIC in this!**, you will
leave wanting more!
Chris Weitz for "Breaking Dawn"!
Thank God for Chris Weitz
I wasn't expecting to like it very much but I found New Moon to be
very nearly perfect, however I cannot speak to how the movie comes off
to those who did not read the books. This movie is a gigantic
improvement on Twilight. Thank you Chris Weitz! Can we re-do Twilight
now?
This assessment includes, of course, accepting that the movie was 2
only hours long. We can argue around in circles whether the movie
should have been longer, but in the standard 2 hours that it had, the
movie covered everything that had to be covered. If you found yourself
wanting more of a scene or an extra scene, what would you have cut to
include it? I would have liked to see Edward smile more, see his sense
of humor, and to have been reminded of how happy he and Bella were
together up until the fateful birthday party, but alas there was no
time. I will be very irritated though if we don't get a longer
director's cut on the DVD.
My assessment also includes an acceptance of the source material as
it is. The plot is the plot and if it's boring on screen to those who
haven't read the books, I understand, but as a visual representation
book, the movie was terrific. Also, as intriguing as Stephanie Meyer's
characters are, there is sometimes a lack of depth to their thoughts
and motivations which readers fill in for themselves. I thought that
the actors did a great job filling in the details with the scenes that
they were given which, in part, goes back again to the time restriction
issue. Bella in the books is, to some degree, a blank canvas. While
Bella describes Edward's every facial expression and tone of voice, she
does not delve too deeply into herself as far as how others might see
her. This is a choice that the author made and we are left with only
what thoughts Bella chooses to share with us as readers (And I don't
think that she shares everything with us). Kristin Stewart manages to
give Bella three-dimensional life in this movie just as she did in
Twilight. Kristin's Bella might not be the Bella that you have in your
head but she creates a viable version of the character.
I, for one, did like the minor changes to the plot that were made.
Most of them were done as necessity to summarize the plot, and I
thought that they were well executed. One change in particular, however
(the secret twist at the end) was a departure from the book, but I
thought that it fit exactly with the direction that the story is going
in. I actually thought (yes, this is blasphemy) that the end was an
improvement on the book and a better set up for what is to follow in
Eclipse.
Overall, the acting was much improved. Bella was still Bella,
Edward was no longer shy and creepy, and our little Jacob was all grown
up. Taylor L. was wonderful and captured Jacob's transition from a
happy boy to an intense werewolf very convincingly. I was looking
carefully for over acting from the three main leads but I didn't find
any. At least nothing that was outside of the over sappiness of the
books themselves. I actually found the blush worthy things that Edward
says more palatable coming out of Rob's lips than I had when I had read
them to myself. Here again is an actor breathing life in to a character
and making those corny lines sound believable.
The supporting high school cast was still a bit silly but I think
that the movie was playing to the younger crowd with them. There were
things to laugh at but most were intentional and the book had it funny
moments as well. However, the little house on the prairie scene
(Alice's vision) should have been re-thought. That was painful and it
didn't convey what it was supposed to convey anyway unless you happened
to notice Bella's newly golden eyes.
Aro and Jane were great and Felix gets a bit more action than in
the book, but overall the Volturi were not well-developed. The Cullens
were barely seen and I didn't like Jasper's new hairdo but the story's
not about them anyway.
I didn't like how the soundtrack was used in the movie except for a
few songs that were well placed, like Possibility. Most of the others
were fuzzy background pieces. And as a HUGE fan of DCFC and was very
unhappy that their wonderful song was relegated to the second song over
the credits. In my mind this song needs to be played dramatically as
Bella runs wildly through the woods after Edward: EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING ENDS (Sing it with me folks).
The visual effects were great, not revolutionary but believable and
that's fine by me. My only requirement was that the effects did not
distract from the movie as they did in Twilight. This is not an action
film.
So, in my opinion, the movie was well worth seeing.
Huge let down!
I have gone to see New Moon 4 times in theaters, each time hoping
that I'll like it... and I still walk away disappointed!! New Moon was
all about heartbreak, being alone and then finding happiness again. I
wanted to cry and die inside when Edward left, I wanted to fall in love
with Jacob along with Bella (like I did with Edward in Twilight)... but
I didn't feel any of that. The music doesn't move me to tears like I
expected it should. When the trailers were put together, they blew me
away (actually cried in the 3 second beak up clip!)... BUT, they were
put together with the music from the first film. Carter Burwell did his
homework, and based ALL of the music from Twilight around "Bella's
Lullaby". It was mysterious, just like Edward, and created a feel for
the emotions of the characters... In New Moon, the music is all over
the place, and doesn't blend well with the script or the scenes. When
the wolves phased and fought... I honestly felt like I should have been
watching a cartoon (Like "Tom and Jerry" should have been chasing each
other on the screen) with the corny music they put to it. Same with the
birthday scene when Jasper attacked Bella, it sounded more like a
cheesey horror movie. I was seriously BORED with New Moon. The script
comes straight from the book, for the most part. The dramatic pauses in
the script were way too long though... crickets were starting to chirp
while I waited for them to finally spit out the rest of the lines. And
the whole Jacob and Bella story was watered down BADLY! That's 90% of
the book, and most of it was simply left out and rush through to make
more "Edward" time. (He isn't in over 300 pages of the story guys...
sorry, but get over it!) I wish they would have put Rosenberg on a
shorter time limit for her script. She wrote Twilight in 6 weeks, she
didn't have time to go back and change a lot of things, and it was so
much better that way!!! The costumes were terrible (Alice would NEVER
have worn the clothes they put her in!!), the contacts they used were
more of a "cat's eye yellow" than "liquid butterscotch"... and the hair
styles were just flat and all wrong! I will say this though... the CGI
of the wolves was the best part! Sam could have been a little more
realistic looking, but the rest of the wolves I thought were amazing!!
I blame the poor music choices and rushed Jake and Bella story for New
Moon being a HUGE let down.
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