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The second installment of Stephenie Meyers phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortafeefl and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of, only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.
Following Bella's ill-fated 18th birthday party, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his family abandon the town of Forks, Washington, in an effort to protect her from the dangers inherent in their world. As the heartbroken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year of high school, numb and alone, she discovers Edwards image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
With the help of her childhood friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella refurbishes an old motorbike to carry her on her adventures. Bella's frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob, a member of the mysterious Quileute tribe, who has a supernatural secret of his own.
When a chance encounter brings Bella face to face with a former nemesis, only the intervention of a pack of supernaturally large wolves saves her from a grisly fate, and the encounter makes it frighteningly clear that Bella is still in grave danger. In a race against the clock, Bella learns the secret of the Quileutes and Edward's true motivation for leaving her. She also faces the prospect of a potentially deadly reunion with her beloved that is a far cry from the one she'd hoped for. With more of the passion, action and suspense that made TWILIGHT a worldwide phenomenon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a spellbinding follow-up to the box office hit.
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Review by: anistasya
Dated: 22nd of November, 2009
Moving on from the smash hit 'Twilight' and starring an incrediibly buffed up Taylor Lautner as Jacob (the part time Werewolf), this second installment was very different in flavour to the first. Directed by a man this time around (Chris Weitz), it seemed an unabashed flesh fest for the ladies and... well... I'm not sure what the attraction was for the gentlemen, since watching one's girlfriend drool over a hotter and invariably younger man is surely a little emasculating. Still...
This was definitely Jacob's moment to shine. I never liked him much in the books, but watching this made me a convert. I know I am going to get shot for saying it, but I swear Robert Pattinson (Edward) looked constipated for pretty much the entire film. I got to the end and found myself genuinely puzzled by the loss of chemistry between him and Bella. It had been there in the last film... but suddenly all their scenes together seemed forced. A little bit like the music. Another let down, given how well Carter Burwell had scored the first film. His successor, Alexandre Desplat, did little to impress.
I did find it amusing that day could turn to night in the forest in the amount of time it took Bella to walk from one side of the screen to the other, but I suppose I shouldn't complain. There were plenty of pretty effects to keep me distracted - in the ocean, when she disturbs Edwards image and it turns to ink, or when the vampires are fighting each other in Venice...
Alice, as always, was great (my favourite character). Jacob won my personal award for fastest time to take off a t-shirt in cinematic history. Edward and Bella running through the forest 'Sound of Music' style made me laugh so hard I cried. So all in all, it was an okay movie that certainly improved on the depressing tone of the book. I am looking forward to later installments, especially Breaking Dawn, but I don't know if I will be able to sit through another movie and a half worth of broken-hearted Jacob in order to get there...
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I just loved this one found it one of the more exciting books in the series and it explained a lot more to me about what was going on and left me hanging to read the next book I would rate this a 8 :) really enjoyed this movie.
new moon omg were do i begin it is so action packed mindblowing and a lot more violence than twilight then at the end he goes marry me how romantic
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