The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

Edward leaves Bella after an attack that nearly claimed her life, and in her depression she falls into yet another paranormal relationship- this time with werewolf Jacob Black.

Director:

Chris Weitz

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Christina Jastrzembska, Robert Pattinson

16 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Christina Jastrzembska	...	Gran
Robert Pattinson	...	Edward Cullen
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Anna Kendrick	...	Jessica
Michael Welch	...	Mike
Justin Chon	...	Eric
Christian Serratos	...	Angela
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jasper Hale
Russell Roberts	...	Mr. Berty
Cam Gigandet	...	James (archive footage)
Michael Sheen	...	Aro
Jamie Campbell Bower	...	Caius

Storyline

After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella's blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward's sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | forks washington | werewolf | age difference | immortal | 

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Taglines:

The Next Chapter Begins

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence and action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

20 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Twilight 2

Filming Locations:

Columbia Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£11,683,158 (UK) (20 November 2009)

Gross:

$296,623,634 (USA) (29 June 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Temple Hill Entertainment, Maverick Films, Imprint Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Pattinson refused to have his eyebrows waxed as extensively as he had in Twilight, resulting in a slightly bushier look on Edward.

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Goofs

When Bella is trying to reach Jacob after his abrupt departure from the movie theater, she is in her living room doing her homework while her father is watching an Arizona Wildcats college football game on TV. Football season would have been over by this time, which should have been March or April (according to the fact that Bella's last visible email to Alice was on February 13, her sent email folder is organized by date and the last emails she's sent are at the bottom, as evidenced by the fact we see February 11, yesterday and today at the bottom) and she had spent at least a month or so working on the bikes with Jacob).

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Quotes

Jacob Black: They think they run the place. Embry use to call them "Hall monitors on steroids" Now look at him.
Bella Swan: That's Embry?
Jacob Black: Yeah.
Bella Swan: What happened to him?
Jacob Black: He started missing school, then all of a sudden he started following Sam around like a little puppy. Same thing happened with Paul and Jared. And Sam keeps giving me this look like he's waiting for me or something. It's kinda staring to freak me out.
Bella Swan: Well, you should just avoid him.
Jacob Black: I try.

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Connections

Referenced in Private Practice: Step One (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Die Fledermaus - Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir"
Composed by Johann Strauß (as Johann Strauss, Jr)
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

A never-ending stream of awkward moments

I will preface this review by saying that I have not read any of the twilight books, but I did watch the first movie before going to see this film, and I am looking at the series purely from a cinematic stand-point.

That being said, I thought this movie was a massive failure. The entire movie was very slow, long, and awkward. As I was watching it, it really felt like I was just watching a very long book unfold on screen, rather than a movie that is BASED on a book. To die-hard fans of the book, this could be considered a good thing, because all the fans really wanted to see was a movie that depicted all of the events of the book and followed it closely. By what I heard from book fans it seemed to have succeeded in that regard, but that is not at all to the film's credit. The film just moved from one scene to the next as if it was counting off a large check-list of scenes that the fans wanted to see, most of which just consisted of very uncomfortable and boring one-on-one dialogues. The film had very little momentum, and was tedious to watch. This was mostly due to the structure and pacing of the film but also due to the characters.

To be fair, some of the characters were likable, but they had very little chemistry. I already didn't quite believe Bella and Edward were in love in the first twilight. In this one I would flat out argue with Stephenie Meyer herself that the two characters were not in love. Their relationship was stiff, there seemed to be no real emotions between them, it merely consisted of silence, staring, and Edward randomly throwing out gooey love phrases like "you are my everything" and "i didn't wanna live in a world where you didn't exist" that just come out sounding hollow. There was a little more chemistry between Bella and Jacob, but even they were a bit awkward together. It seemed like none of the characters could say two words to each other without a ton of awkward pauses. The conversations were incoherent and annoying. There was a little bit of humor in the dialogue that I admit got some chuckles out of me, but even that came out of the awkwardness between all of the characters.

There were, however, a few welcome releases from the snail-like dialogue. Cinematically it had a few semi-redeeming moments. The score was likable, and a couple of scenes were artistically shot, but even so it was nothing that would deserve a best cinematography or best director nomination. The other well-needed break from the awkwardness came in the action scenes. They were very few and far between, and rather incoherent with the rest of the film, but they were enjoyable. The wolves were obviously CG in a lot of shots, but then there were some shots where they actually looked pretty real, and they were presented pretty well. They could have done a bit better job of foreshadowing them but hey at this point in the movie i was willing to accept what I could get. There was also a more intense scene near the end that I won't spoil that I thought was fairly well-done.

All in all, I did enjoy a few scenes in this movie, but as a whole it was slow, incoherent, poorly acted, and a bit uncomfortable. If you're a die-hard fan of the book, there's a chance you'll love it but if you're looking for a truly cinematic experience, this isn't it.

3 stars out of 10