Lee's Library

I have finally seen this movie! My verdict is.....eh. It was..okay. They left out a lot of material that I found important. Take for example Carlisle's background. Um, hello?! That is important further on into the series. I do see why they took it out, but I just don't know. Next is Alice's background as told by James. Now, I do agree that it really wasn't too relevant to the plot of the movie, but I still found it important because that is one of the reasons why Alice wants everything to be perfect for Bella. If Alice remembered her human life, she may not be how she is now. Another thing I noticed is that they didn't show the cross in the Cullen's house. I believe that is important because of Edward's view of his soul. As you know (if you've read the series) Edward's and Bella's view on a vampire's soul are completely different. I find that if the cross is in the Cullen house, that means that all the Cullens apparently don't agree with Edward's view.

Something that really bothered me about the movie is the make-up on the Cullens. I know they are vampires, but seriously! They couldn't have made them any more white. It was just too much. And what's up with Bella? She isn't a vampire in this movie. Can't they give her some color? Seriously! You really couldn't tell who was a vampire and who wasn't.

I've read and heard a lot of people talk about the acting and how much they disliked it. What was wrong with the acting? I liked all the actors and actresses. A lot of people came down hard on Robert Pattinson. I don't see why. I mean, think about it. He's playing a vampire who has to act human. That's probably not the easiest part to play. So in my own view, Robert as well as all the others did a perfectly good job.

I'd have to watch the movie again to find out what else they missed that I thought needed to be there. It's been probably over a month since I've seen this and can't remember all that was missing. I do know that I talked for quite some time about everything that should have been done but wasn't. So, if I get to watch this again soon, I will put a continuation post.

I do have to say though that if you have not read the book / series, then the movie was pretty good. I am now looking forward (somewhat) to the movie version of New Moon. We'll have to wait and see if the movie goes as slow as the book. The next movie I'll be reviewing will be the new Harry Potter. I can't wait for that!

New Moon is the second installment in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I must start off by saying that the first half of this novel was a bit of a disappointment. It lacked the fast-paced writing that Twilight has. The second half is so much better than the first. This book is more focused on Bella and Jacob rather than Edward.

*****Spoiler Alert!
Edward takes an "extended leave" and leaves Bella to take care of herself. If you don't know, Jacob is a werewolf.
End Alert*****

Okay, sorry about that but I'd rather not ruin it for the people who have not had the chance to read this novel. I know I would not want it ruined for me, so I try not to ruin it for others. Let me talk about Alice for a minute. I love Alice! I think she is awesome. She always wants everything to be perfect and will go through pretty much anything to get it, especially for Bella. You never can surprise Alice though, with her power and all, that's really hard to do. I quite enjoy Emmett too because he thinks that almost everything is fun especially fighting. I said in the last post that I would talk about Rosalie so I'll talk about her here. Rosalie seems very "stuck up," but really she just has her own issues. She feels as if Bella wants to throw away all of her human life just to be with Edward. Let's get back to the first half of the book, shall we? Like I've stated before, the first half was very slow. It had just enough action / drama in it to keep me interested. The story does come back to Edward in the second half and the writing speeds back up and possibly goes even faster than Twilight. Overall, this is not the best novel that I've read. One thing that is interesing is that the Volturi show up once again. I do like Jacob, but at the same time I'm quite fond of Edward by this point. I think introducing Jacob was necessary, especially because he becomes quite a large charater in the later novels. Something else that happens is that Victoria comes back to Forks. So far, this is all I'm going to talk about for this novel.