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Out on DVD: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG)
By Anna RobertsMarch 31, 2010
Stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser
People love Twilight. Well, you can’t trust people.
Apparently the Twilight films, including the recently released
New Moon, are the best things since sliced bread. Starring alleged heart-throb Robert Pattinson and the eternally moody Kristen Stewart, they are hugely – in some people’s opinions inexplicably – popular.
Pattinson, whose saving grace is he is British, stars as vampire Edward Cullen. In days gone by, vampires were evil. Now, they apparently resist their natural urges to suck blood and live in small-town America where they go to school on an ad-hoc basis.
In the first Twilight film, which is better than the second, Edward got together with grumpy teen Bella (Stewart) who had moved to live with her police officer dad in Fawks in Washington state.
At the start of New Moon the duo are still together doing the things that teens – albeit blood-sucking teens – do and are in love.
But disaster strikes when Edward decides to leave Bella. Of course, anybody with half a brain would realise his absence is clearly a temporary measure -– you know what these love-struck youngsters are like – but not Bella.
So she goes off the rails and jumps off a cliff and nearly drowns (unfortunately she survives – otherwise it would put a hasty stop to the money-making franchise) and goes on a really fast motorcycle.
Rebellious stuff and not at all surprising from a girl who considers a vampire a suitable date.
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She also gets involved with another boy, Jacob (Taylor Lautner) who is clearly nicer than the pale-faced Edward. Incidentally Jacob is a werewolf and involved in some surreal killing ceasefire with the vampire clan in Fawks. Bella sure does pick them.
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The film climaxes with a love showdown between all three of them. Hats have to go off to Michael Sheen who takes a break from portraying Tony Blair and stars as a higher-up vampire who determines Bella and Edward’s fates, stealing the show in the process.
New Moon was well-received by audiences. But one has to wonder if this is because it is part of a really popular genre, as opposed to the film being really good.
Despite winning BAFTA’s rising star award, Stewart does not make a likeable lead.
The special effects are obvious and the plot contrived.
People who love the Twilight films will love New Moon. First-time viewers might just be perplexed.
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