New Moon- The Book and The Movie

"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.

It all happened very quickly then.

Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table...

I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow.

Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm—into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.

Robert Pattinson as Edward-Kristen Stewart as Bella in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, based on Stephenie Meyer's international bestseller, was one of the most anticipated films of the year, which pulled in more than $140 million domestically in its opening weekend. The sequel is strictly for the readers of the Stephenie Meyer novels.


Playing a big role in the film is Taylor Lautner as Jacob, who has become a heartthrob of million of teen girls worldwide like Pattinson. I liked him more than Edward in this movie.

The (above) incident happened at Bella’s birthday after which Edward decided that they should separate, for her safety and so that she would lead a normal life and therefore left her alone in Forks. But she was broken, lonely and devastated. Those who have read the book will understand its all about heartache and suffering. She moves into deep depression that spirals into a nearly catatonic state of self-pity. She stays in the black position for months, shrieks during her nightmares, making her father running to her.

Jacob helps her come out of her depression with after-school sessions of building motorcycles. Unlike brooding Edward, Jake has a wicked sense of humor that adds a new element to the love tension smoldering just beneath the surface with Bella.

Jake eventually turns into a werewolf, where he has to trade his normal life with his friend Bella to protect the people of Forks and yeah with six pack abs. I’m sure girls loved him. Also, the werewolf looked hugggggeeee and strong, great picturisation.

In the end, Bella had to stop Edward from committing a suicide and then she encounters the Volturi, a vampire council of various talents. Good fight scenes and action well pictured from book to person.

Edward, a 109-year-old vampire, with the body of a teenage Magazine cover boy, has a little less role in the movie. Taylor and Kristen have shared a good on-screen chemistry.

Kristen Stewart has acted better than in Twilight, Edward was still maintaining his skill of marginal talent and lack of emotional range, especially while delivering the “it’s not you, it’s me” dailogue after Bella’s paper-cut sends the blood drinkers into delirium...! Get some acting lessons Dude..! It was Taylor Lautner who balanced the movie pretty well.

Change of Director was appreciable. Catherine Hardwicke was Ok, but Chris Weitz was very good and the movie stuck pretty close to the book. I was pleased with the New Moon movie. They left a few parts out, but it was Ok as its difficult to make a two hour movie from a 500+ page book and the missing parts did not seriously effect the overall understanding of New Moon. It was better then the first movie and did move quickly through the storyline, really quickly.

Overall, Jacob (Taylor Lautner) stole the show. One feels sorry for him when Bella tells Jacob goodbye at the end of the movie.

The book is slowest one of the 4; but the movie has done justice to it, in-fact actually made the book look better. In the middle of the book, it was so boring to read the dialogues and thoughts, but Taylor plays an amazing Jake and Chris Weitz has done a good job, and the movie is better than Twilight, good action scenes and special effects but sadly weak background music, w.r.t Twilight.

Credit goes to Team Jacob.

Request: if you haven't read the book, please don't judge the film.
Rating: 3.8/5