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Twilight Saga: New Moon

The wanna-be-date scene shows Jacob to be a narcissistic, egotistical, asshat. "I laugh at what makes weaker men vomit." I understand that he is attempting to himself to be better to Bella, but this is a bit much. This is where I think Taylor Lautner's skill starts to be tested.

Garrett

Apr 2, 2025 — 3 min read

Synopsis

After an event at the Cullen house, Edward, and the family leave without notice and Bella is left behind. In her downward spiral, her an old friend becomes her best friend, but they are hiding a secret.

Review

The whole setup of this movie has really bothered me since I first saw it. Are you telling me that Jasper would lose it with every paper cut in school? Every scraped knee? Also, that was a huge amount of blood for a simple paper cut. Moreover, if Alice can see the future, why use such nice wrapping paper? There are so many things weirdly wrong, even in a fantasy world, that just push it to be unbelievable.

Anyway, I am not a big fan of this movie. I get what it does and appreciate the setup for the future movies (books I know) that it does, I just think it was poorly executed. The wanna-be-date scene shows Jacob to be a narcissistic, egotistical, asshat. "I laugh at what makes weaker men vomit." I understand that he is attempting to himself to be better to Bella, but this is a bit much. This is where I think Taylor Lautner's skill starts to be tested. It might be the writing, but it just felt wrong honestly (I think he learned as the next movies are better).

I am not mad at this story overall. I mean it is written for teenagers, specifically female teenagers, so in that regard it works. I am just not a fan of this movie.

My Rating

Out of the five movies in this series, this is my least favorite. It just screams teenage soap opera and they lean into it. Everything is a big deal and not a trait of something disturbing such as a 16 year old being so attached to someone they can't function without (We will chock that up to Vampire magnetism). It is an important movie to watch as it setups the next 3 movies, but I could do without it. I am giving this a 6 (IMDB gave this a 4.8, RT gave it a 28).

Parental Rating

No real language, some possible creepy men with nothing happening, no sex, and no blood. There is a scene of implied mayhem, but it is only in sound no visuals. Just like the last one, I don't think my parents would watch these movies. In fact, I talked to my mom and she says and I quote "Vampires just don't make sense to me." So for taste, they are out. As for the rules, This one has less family involvement and for that Mom is out, but nothing that would push my dad away. Rejected by Mom, approved by Dad.