New Moon movie review

Bella Swan (Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson)  graduated from high school and are as happy as any lovely dovey couple could be, at least until Bella attends a birthday party at the Cullen home and nicks herself. The sight of blood leads the Cullens to a startling realisation: They're a vampire (duh?) which is easy to forget when you've only been a vampire since the First World War. 

Edward saves Bella from becoming minced meat and New Moon lumbers on. It is only now, at this moment, that Edward realises their relationship is doomed. He dumps Bella in the middle of the forest and like a true gentleman, he skips town with his family. How does Bella handle all this? The only way she knows how: By being a borderline-psychotic unlikable little shit. She locks herself in her room for months, sends daily e-mails to the Cullens (none of which they receive, let alone answer) and starts suffering from night terrors. Common for most girls going through breakups, right? Things seem bleak for Bella and it almost seems like she's about to off herself in a final act of mercy (for the audience, mind you). 

Enters Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella's childhood pal. After learning she has an appetite for thrills during a bafflingly unnecessary sequence in which she rides with some stranger on the back of a motorcycle, Bella buys a pair of worn-down motorbikes and asks Jacob to repair them for her. A budding-romance montage ensues as we watch these two grow closer, and why wouldn't Bella want Jacob? He's got all sorts of positive qualities that Edward lacked, such as well...a pulse.

Things seem to be going fine for the new couple until -- uh-oh! -- Jacob reveals his Dark Secret: He's a werewolf! This turns out to be something of a put-off for Bella -- after all, it's not like she's dated movie monsters before! So what if Jacob turns all violent and moody every 28 days? That's just one more thing he and Bella would have in common (hey!, am I right or am I right?). To make matters worse, Edward still finds his way into the film despite his not actually physically being there. Whenever Bella is about to do something idiotic -- in other words, every five seconds -- Edward appears as her spirit guide. Hmm..

My opinion of the end was different. I loved the ending. The relationship between Bella and Jacob was portrayed so amazingly. Kristen and Taylor really did a fantastic job. And I'm definitely going to have to say Taylor gets my applause. He can really act I loved everything about him and OMG his body "oh dear lord"! 

Anyway, here’s to the next Twilight saga – The Eclipse.!