
I spent RM6 on the ticket (thanks to my student card) on hopes that I'll be wowed by the new director since Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) took over. One word to describe the movie.
D.I.S.S.A.P.O.I.N.T.I.N.G
Good bits:
1) The vampires are not wearing so much make up anymore. :D
2) Shirtless Jacob 'Biceps' Black and Edward 'Swoon' Cullen for girls below 16
3) Memorable (cheesy) line:
Edward: You give me everything just by breathing
Which is cheesier? "You jump I jump" or this?
4) Great CGI for the werewolf scenes. I also like how the camera captures the scenes in the forest. They're quite artistically shot actually. But then these are the only elements Chris Weitz seems to be paying attention to.
5) Jacob brings a fresh air of humour to the otherwise tense mood.
6) It's nice to see some real vampires who will actually kill humans like the Volturi as opposed to the 'vegetarian' Cullens
BAD bits:
2) The movie starts in school where Edward walks (slow-mo) towards Bella and then says Happy Birthday to her giving an ample time for the girls to gawk at him. Come on, that's soo cliche. At least put some funny music to make him as if he's making fun of his own prettiness.
3) Bella only has two expressions. A vacant stare that is meant to denote intensity which she does a lot and tiny frown that denotes distress when Edward tells her that he is breaking up with her. Aiyo Kristen, why can't you whine like a kid or be angry instead of just staring at him?
4) Edward just scowls a lot or broods. Both of which are annoying once used repeatedly. He could have more personality than a brooding suicidal vampire who loves a love-struck suicidal teenager.
5) Jacob's transformation was never fully explained and Bella did not seem to be genuinely shocked to see a human tranforming to a wolf. Perhaps she got used to myth creatures already?
6) I hate the way Bella is shown sitting in front of a window looking at the trees as months passed by. She looks more like a grandma who misses her cat. I'd prefer fast forwaded scenes of her daily lives of how it feels incomplete without Edward. Isn't that what Stephenie Meyer is trying to tell in her book?
7) The relationship between Bella and Edward is stiff; they are never happy unlike Jacob and Bella, they look like they're under a spell rather than really being in love. It merely consists of staring, silence, Edward throwing some cheesy line like "you are my everything" or "I don't want to live in a world where you didn't exist" . Right, you don't want to live in a world where a girl who stares at you in silence doesn't exist.
