New Moon is the second in the Twilight series. Bella and Edward are back at it again. Edward of course is the dreamy vampire with an undying love for our damsel, Bella. Bella our Plain-Janey high school senior who also shares the obsession for Edward and his love. To be honest, it's just Romeo and Juliet all over again in it's most raw form. But this time we have a twist.

After Edward leaves Bella because they "just can't be together," Bella starts to use, and hang out with a new local boy, Jacob. And low and behold.....he turns out to be a werewolf. What are the odds? Vampires and werewolves of course are arch rivals, and the eternal triangle is on. Edward returns to the picture after threatening to kill himself, because he believes Bella has killed herself. But truth is, no one killed themselves and now we have to sort out this whole who loves who thing.

I know, to explain this in writing sounds so silly. But to the targeted audience, young girls and tweens, this is serious business. They hang on every word of the low, morose, monotone dialogue that time after time explains how Edward and Bella can't live without each other. This goes on for seemingly....hours. And it must be fun to watch Bella throw herself into a daily hysterical crying fit in her sleep, and mope around in total mental anguish and agony for months after being dumped by Edward. Mix in some dark music, and a super heavy feel and this is the perfect storm for it's fans.

Oh, and don't forget about Jacob and Edward not wearing shirts for much of this movie. Almost forgot.  

 

 

Putting aside all the far fetched plot lines, and dramatic aspects to this movie and trying hard to maintain an open mind, New Moon has some other troubles that go beyond the actual movie making. Some may find it troubling that Bella and Edward at such a young age, live in this world of total obsession where nothing else matters in the world. Wanting to die rather than live apart. It is unhealthy romance personified. But then again so was Romeo And Juliet 500 years ago, so it's nothing really new. It's just here in modern movie form.

But to be fair, the trouble here is the plot line. The odds of the same girl falling for both a vampire AND a werewolf? Well....OK...I guess. But I think we could've gone in a different direction here and we can still be dark, and morose, and over the top dramatic too. It's just too "out there." Trouble too, they better wrap this thing up, because both Kristin Stewart (Bella) and Robert Pattinson (Edward) are looking more 25 these days than 18. I'm just sayin."

Twilight, New Moon. If you're a fan go ahead and get your ticket, throw yourself at the screen and live it up! If you're over say......22 or so?......There are better options for your movie dollar these days.