I saw New Moon last night with my sister. It was pretty great.

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OH GOSH.

The movie was pretty good, and artfully done too. But there were some... awkward lines and awkward silences and awkward acting. But it was still good! So don't hate at me.

So I guess the main thing was that the ending was really abrupt and... abrupt. After Edward and Jacob's angry exchange of words at the very end, Bella says in a very, very, VERY corny way, "If you're going to hurt each other, you're going to have to hurt me!"
Bah.

Then at the VERY end, Edwards like "He's right."
then blah blah blah
then
Edward: "I have one condition if you want me to be the one to do it" (every time they say something to this effect, it sounds like a huge debate on who's going to take Bella's virginity )
Bella: "What condition?"
enter really long, awkward silence that goes on WAY too long to be normal in any way, and facial expressions even have time to change as the camera toggles back and forth between Bella and Edward. Plain awkward and annoying, especially if you are a good rule abiding "fan" and know exactly what Edward is about to say.

Edward: "Marry me."

AND HERE is where someone in the theater gasped really loudly and the rest of the audience cracked up and started mocking them. Then we turn back to the screen just in time to see Bella's face and expression, that BAM. CUT TO BLACK.

My sister was rather indignant: "What!? That can't be the end! They did not just end it there!"
And of course, then we saw: Directed by: CHRIS WEITZ.

whoo.

And probably my most favorite awkward dialogue in New Moon:

Bella: It's not who you ARE that's a problem, it's what you DO. Can you just... Stop!?
Jacob: It's not a lifestyle choice, Bella! I was born this way!

Copy and paste that into a script about someone coming out to a friend? No editing needed.

AND I ADORE THIS.
I love the action movie Bella chooses: FACEPUNCH
CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY CALLED IT THAT? I LOVE IT!
Apparently (this is hearsay so don't quote me on this), the director came up with a list of the most horrible, cheesy action movie titles, and he couldn't use half of them because they were already taken by real movies. And I love how Kristen Stewart says it the first time:

Bella: How about Face... punch?

It's almost like she's reading off of a teleprompter and is thinking "What!? Really!?"

That's what I thought, anyway. It was quite wonderful in some parts. Oh. And Taylor Lautner's chest is hotter than Rob Pattinson's. Sorry.

And when Bella feels Jacob's temperature for the first time in the movie theater after Mike runs out to puke:

Bella: :touches Jake's arm: Whoa... You're really hot!

NO, REALLY, BELLA.


It was a pretty good movie. Good CGI. Awesome Alice. Kickass wolves.

WHOO!

BE HAPPY!
bernice

PS:
I'm not anti-twilight. They're not bad books and not bad movies, but I hate the message it gives to all these fans. No hating, please.