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« on: November 28, 2009, 11:45:44 PM » |
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I'd like to preface my review by saying that although I liked Twilight, it was disjointed, had cheesy dialogue and the soundtrack didn't work in some places. In fact, the soundtrack distracted me a few times from the actual movie because it was so annoying. And I feel the acting wasn't very good.
On to New Moon....
What worked:
CGI - jeez, Chris kicked ass in this area. I was thrilled with the CGI and how realistic it all looked put together. Edward dissolving in smoke was cool. And the wolves were awesome!
Dialogue - OME, I bow to Chris for not letting anyone fuck with the script. For the most part I really enjoyed the dialogue.
Acting - Wow! Rob has grown so much. I was impressed. Kristen - meh, blah - but not as bad as in Twilight though.
The flow - the movie just flowed from one scene to the next. It was seamless.
The soundtrack and score - LOVE the score. I'm not too keen on the soundtrack but it fit well in each scene. It didn't distract or take away from the movie in any way.
Make-up - Smoochies to the make-up people. They did a fabulous job. It didn't look caked on or fake.
The Volturi - they were scary, super freaky! I can't wait for more of them in the next movie.
Alice - she looked more like I pictured her in my head. She's so adorable!
What didn't work IMO:
Jasper's wig - Shit, it was horrible in Twilight. It improved a bit in NM, but not much. And that look of constipation, ewww.
Edward's lipstick - his make-up was flawless except a few times his lipstick was too dark, way darker than Kristen's. lol. For some reason, that bugged the shit out of me.
Not enough Charlie, not enough Cullens - I was left wanting more Cullens and more Charlie. I know they weren't in the book much either, but I would have liked a bit more of all of them. Jasper and Emmett had maybe two lines, which is just sad. They all bring such personality to their characters and I felt cheated that there was so little of them in the movie.
Over all, I really liked it, much better than Twilight (which I didn't really dislike). Chris is a miracle worker. I hope they have him back for BD if at all possible. I think he owned this movie - I cannot wait to see the making of and deleted scenes. I think he challenged the actors, the crew, everyone to do better and they did.
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