Thursday, January 7, 2010

Twilight vs New Moon

So let me start off this by saying i hate the TWILIGHT crap that's going around i found the books boring and really not interesting and since I'm a guy its perfectly understandable. i have a sister who is obsessed with the twilight craze she has all the books and a poster of Edward on her wall in her bedroom ( and yes she is married... i know awkward for my brother-in-law) so it was unavoidable that she would take me to go see these movies i saw Twilight at the movie theaters and i remember how bored i was waiting for the movie to be over it seemed like a poorly made movie from the get go and that the director could of done a better job and i know what your thinking but she was on a low budget blah blah blah well my answer is this a good director can make a masterpiece on a low budget for example Little Miss Sunshine, Fargo,Reservoir Dogs and the more recent Slumdog Millionaire(need i say more?) so as you can see my only problem i had was how the director had dealt with the movie also the blue tint of the movie really got on my nerves I'm a Washingtonian a gray tint would of worked just as nice. The acting wasn't the best ever it was dull i mean Robert Pattinson looked like he was constipated throughout the whole film and the lines were incredibly cheesy (hold on tight spider monkey... pick up lines like this no wonder Edward was a 108 year old virgin). So New Moon has finally came out and i went to the mid-night premier for 3 reasons one they were showing a trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians ( WAAAAAAY BETTER SERIES THAN TWILIGHT!!!!!) and two i saw the first one i might as well see the second one. Third i wanted to see the die hard fans or aka The Twihards and let me tell you the theater was packed that night all the theaters were sold out even the one that held 600 people it was crazy. So after the movie started i could tell this one was going to be a little better just by how the directing was it seemed like you can tell the director had respect for the books especially when it came to dealing with Bela and her depression phase i remember the book dragging it out and it really got annoying but in the movie it went by fast (thankfully) but you got the point. I also liked how he handled Bela seeing Edward when she was in a dangerous situation it was just how i saw it when i read it in the book. i will admit the acting was OK a little bit better ( yes Robert Pattinson still looked like he was constipated) but not as bad as the first one but it didn't ruin the movie for me it also helped to have the bigger name actor and actress Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning they really added to the movie even for the short amount of time they were in it. So am i saying that New Moon is on my top 10 favorite list, no, what i am saying is that it is a better movie than Twilight and that it was well made and it should leave fans thinking "now that is what Twilight should have been." As we all know Eclipse will be coming out in June of this year and to be honest i am looking forward to this one just for the fact that the guy who made 30 days of Night is making this movie and i think he will do a good job on it just as long as there is lots of blood and the vampires are really creepy. So there you have it why i think New Moon was better than Twilight but the two movies by no means are Oscar worthy but just for entertainment purposes but if you really want to see a film based on a book i recommend seeing Where The Wild Things Are which was by far a way better movie than these two combined.

3 comments:

  1. Steven, this is such a good job! Even though some of the things you wrote about my precious RPattz I dont agree with. LOL. I was laughing to myself thru the whole thing, you did a great job writing, and Im looking forward to reading more of your posts. :)

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  2. BTW, you didnt even READ!!! the books, so you cant say you found them BORING! HA!

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