This movie Sue tengok dalam bulan December last year. Dah lama Sue tidak menjejak kaki ke panggung wayang. Disebabkan oleh the making nyer di NTV7, sue tertarik untuk menontonnya. Kira 1st time lah pergi tengok di 1 BORneo kat UMS, best sangat dengan sound system and suasana dalam panggung selesa. Ceritanya mengisahkan Edward dan Bella sepasang kekasih sejak bangku sekolah lagi. Setelah tamat persekolahan, Edward telah berpisah dengan Bella tanpa memberi alasan yang tidak boleh diterima oleh Bella. Setelah berpisah Bella seakan-akan gila kerana terlalu menyintai Edward sanggup membuat aksi-aksi merbahaya hanya untuk melihat Edward. Adakah Edward dan Bella dapat bersatu semula? Apa lagi pergi tengok wayangnya di panggung berdekatan. Dibawah sikit sebanyak ceritanya dalam English....
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner
Writer: Based on author Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight series’, Melissa Rosenberg (Screenwriter)
Direction: Chris Weitz
Genre: Romance/ Fantasy/ Thriller
Rating:
‘New Moon’, the second instalment of the Twilight series, is darker not solely for its complex story line but also because of the minimal presence of ‘white-skinned’ vampire Edward Cullen in it. All you Robert Pattinson fans out there, New Moon, it seems, will remain one of the weakest links of Meyer’s Twilight series for this very reason, although Chris Weitz makes up for this drawback with his brilliant direction.
If Twilight was a bright and beautiful build-up of an unconventional romance between a human Bella and vampire Edward Cullen, New Moon is a dark and dangerous repercussion of that romance. Naturally, it has heart-ache and longing which makes it a bitter, darker sequel of Twilight.
The film begins with Edward (Robert Pattinson) breaking-up with Bella (Kristen Stewart) fearing he’s become a danger to her. He decides to leave Forks with his family and travels to Italy to see the Volturi, the powerful vampire ruling class, expecting them to finish him once and for all. Meanwhile, Bella is left heart-broken and shattered. After a self-imposed house arrest for months, she finally finds solace in her childhood friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Jacob’s a complete contrast of Edward. He is warm and promises to be with Bella come what may. Bella starts getting fonder of Jacob but will she be able to get over Edward?
If Twilight was all about the strengths of vampires, New Moon is about their weaknesses. The werewolves too come to power in this instalment. Bella delves deeper into the vampire world than before. Compare the two and New Moon pales in comparison to Twilight as far as the story is concerned but it scores over its prequel in the direction department. After a slow build-up, Twilight jumped to the climax which seemed absurd and that doesn’t happen in New Moon. Director Chris Weitz steadily keeps building the suspense without losing out on the pace.
Though ‘New Moon’ drags in parts, its filmmaker ensures that you keep watching... be it through the film’s mysterious background score which leaves you in a trance or its captivating cinematography. The action and special effects too make an impact. He also very smartly makes Edward make a ghostly appearance every now and then for you cannot afford to not have an Edward Cullen in a Twilight saga movie!
New Moon also works for its performances. Robert Pattinson proves yet again that he is not just another good looking heartthrob. He plays the intense and brooding Edward with utmost perfection, in spite of playing second fiddle to Taylor Lautner who is equally effective as Jacob. New Moon is Taylor Lautner’s chance to shine. Kristen Stewart too plays the damsel in distress well but her depressed character is the least interesting in the film. Dacota Fanning has a fleeting presence. Michael Sheen is terrific as the psychic vampire Aro.
If you are open to seeing a campus love story turn into a dark drama, you will like New Moon, else you could always wait for Eclipse...
Writer: Based on author Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight series’, Melissa Rosenberg (Screenwriter)
Direction: Chris Weitz
Genre: Romance/ Fantasy/ Thriller
Rating:
‘New Moon’, the second instalment of the Twilight series, is darker not solely for its complex story line but also because of the minimal presence of ‘white-skinned’ vampire Edward Cullen in it. All you Robert Pattinson fans out there, New Moon, it seems, will remain one of the weakest links of Meyer’s Twilight series for this very reason, although Chris Weitz makes up for this drawback with his brilliant direction.
If Twilight was a bright and beautiful build-up of an unconventional romance between a human Bella and vampire Edward Cullen, New Moon is a dark and dangerous repercussion of that romance. Naturally, it has heart-ache and longing which makes it a bitter, darker sequel of Twilight.
The film begins with Edward (Robert Pattinson) breaking-up with Bella (Kristen Stewart) fearing he’s become a danger to her. He decides to leave Forks with his family and travels to Italy to see the Volturi, the powerful vampire ruling class, expecting them to finish him once and for all. Meanwhile, Bella is left heart-broken and shattered. After a self-imposed house arrest for months, she finally finds solace in her childhood friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Jacob’s a complete contrast of Edward. He is warm and promises to be with Bella come what may. Bella starts getting fonder of Jacob but will she be able to get over Edward?
If Twilight was all about the strengths of vampires, New Moon is about their weaknesses. The werewolves too come to power in this instalment. Bella delves deeper into the vampire world than before. Compare the two and New Moon pales in comparison to Twilight as far as the story is concerned but it scores over its prequel in the direction department. After a slow build-up, Twilight jumped to the climax which seemed absurd and that doesn’t happen in New Moon. Director Chris Weitz steadily keeps building the suspense without losing out on the pace.
Though ‘New Moon’ drags in parts, its filmmaker ensures that you keep watching... be it through the film’s mysterious background score which leaves you in a trance or its captivating cinematography. The action and special effects too make an impact. He also very smartly makes Edward make a ghostly appearance every now and then for you cannot afford to not have an Edward Cullen in a Twilight saga movie!
New Moon also works for its performances. Robert Pattinson proves yet again that he is not just another good looking heartthrob. He plays the intense and brooding Edward with utmost perfection, in spite of playing second fiddle to Taylor Lautner who is equally effective as Jacob. New Moon is Taylor Lautner’s chance to shine. Kristen Stewart too plays the damsel in distress well but her depressed character is the least interesting in the film. Dacota Fanning has a fleeting presence. Michael Sheen is terrific as the psychic vampire Aro.
If you are open to seeing a campus love story turn into a dark drama, you will like New Moon, else you could always wait for Eclipse...
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