The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Vampires, Werewolves, and love are the main ingredients in the blend of genres that is The Twilight Saga : New Moon.  The main difference from the previous Twilight film is the werewolves have a more prominent role this time around, and the lead female character Bella once again has a new love interest that is sensitive but at the same time dark, mysterious, and part monster.
   
The werewolf in her life is Jacob, who at first seems relatively normal like in the previous movie.  But later, it is revealed that he has become a werewolf, a species that has a fued with the vampires.  This adds to the already numerous emotions that Bella feels, because not only is she in love with a vampire who has a family that wants to feast on her, but now she has a best friend who is the enemy of that love who also has a dark and violent side.  Anywhere Bella turns will be a complicated and somewhat painful road, and this is what this movie explores greatly.
   
Emotion is important in any kind of science fiction or fantasy peice.  It is what grounds the movie in reality and make the audience still relate to it, even with its far-fetched premise.  New Moon has plenty of this, with love, allegiance, loss, and fear.  But the lead characters response to all these emotions may divide some of the audience.
   
Audiences will either relate to Bella and her painful struggle with her lost love, or will be annoyed by her greatly, considering her pain and pitiful appearance stays with her throughout the entire movie.  There is scene after scene of her either talking about how painful it is to be away from her vampire love Edward or doing something wreckless because of it.  Some wreckless behavior includes jumping off a tall cliff into water and getting onto the motorcycle of a strange man probably twice her age.  Some may be sympathetic and understanding of her rather idiotic behavior, but others may start to dislike the character for being overly obsessed with one person.
   
For fans of vampire and werewolf tales, they may appreciate the few action sequence where the two species face each other, and some versus themselves.  But overall, they may find the love story to be a bit too much and decreasing their enjoyment of the film.  Others who enjoy emotion-rich love stories will likely find the film interesting whether or not they agree with Bella's behavior fully or not.  It is a love story that spans multiple books, and now movies, and many will follow the emotional ride.  Its blend of romance and horror and fantasy will attract various audiences, though all of which may feel a little cheated out of their favorite genre due to the movie trying to balance them all.