The CGI wolves were terrible. Billy Burke was definitely a highlight, as was Taylor Lautner, but that’s probably because I’ve always been an Edward-hater. Alice looked like she’d put on some weight – can vampires do that?

And oh, the soundtrack, the soundtrack. It was so present that sometimes I couldn’t focus on the movie. Whoever set those levels should be shot.

I really liked Jacob, even though the location of his tattoo kept changing slightly. (Yay stick-ons!) I felt really awful for him, for loving Bella even though she’s a crazy manipulative shrew, and his suffering made me want to reach through the screen, kill Bella off once and for all (good riddance), and console him. So I’d say that was a nice acting job.

I’m undecided on whether I want to own this film. Maybe if they cut out the 3-month swirl around Bella sitting dejected in her room. Honestly.

Holy God, New Moon was even more laughtastic than Twilight. The sparkling! The fur-sploding! The endless recycling of melodrama (how very eco-minded of the script writers)! Brava, brava! I laughed so hard that I had to breathe into an empty popcorn bag, which caused me to aspirate salt particles. I can’t wait to do it all over again when it comes out on DVD.

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