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11-30-09

sometimes you gotta learn to love what’s good for you; or, my thoughts on New Moon

i saw new moon at midnight but didn’t feel like i could write about it until i saw it again, which i did on Thanksgiving.

seeing it at midnight was hilarious!  not the movie, but the people.  95% of them (us?) were wearing twilight paraphernalia. they were discussing team edward vs. team jacob while sitting in line (yes, sitting).

women EVERYWHERE…i might have seen two dudes, total.   supposedly there was someone even wearing a wolf costume.  yes…a WOLF COSTUME.

we went to the Green Hills Regal, wherein 16 theatres were SOLD OUT. From what i heard, all of the theatres showing New Moon at Cool Springs and Opry Mills were sold out too.  Insanity!

It was fun.  I saw Twilight at midnight last year and it was a blast too, but not nearly as crazy as this year.  I was embarrassed to be there so I wouldn’t let Rach take pictures, but I totally wish I had just gotten over myself and let her.  (Sorry Rach!  We can take pics in June!  Even of my Edward shirt!  Not that I was wearing one…and if i was, there is no proof!)

anyway, in case you were curious:

+ the giant painting was a great way to introduce the Volturi, and I thought it was well done.

+ Birthday party scene was lame and weird.  And Jasper looks weird in the whole movie.

+Was it just me, or was the emotion between Edward and Bella just not there?  Were we supposed to read it in their faces?  Cause for me, the intensity was just not obvious.  And, the kiss on her birthday?  Was painful.  And I don’t mean that as a compliment.

+ When Edward leaves her, he doesn’t take his CD.  Why?  BECAUSE HE NEVER GAVE HER ONE. His talent at the piano is part of what makes him who he is…I wish they hadn’t skipped that.

+ my VERY favorite part of New Moon (the book) is the pages which simply read OCTOBER…NOVEMBER…DECEMBER…JANUARY.  It broke my heart in the book because of the obvious passage of time and how the months passed by blankly for Bella.  And I was super impressed with how they did this in the movie.  Beautiful.  Broke my heart almost as much!

+ I cannot say this enough: I LOVE JACOB. I love him for Bella.  I love him for me.  I love him.  i said this last year:
“i’m skeptical of jacob (taylor lautner). i want to love him the way i love jacob in the books. i don’t know if he can carry a whole movie.”
let me be the first to admit that i was WRONG.  totally wrong. he was fantastic.  dear taylor lautner, you carried the whole movie.  thank you.

+ “it’s not a lifestyle choice, bella, i was born this way!” nothing else to say about that except it’s so funny.

+ “I’m not like a car you can fix up.  I’m never gonna run right.” Heartbreaker.

+ The way Harry Clearwater’s heart attack was portrayed was pretty great.

+ the flashbacks to twilight were perfect.

+ Bella’s reaction to seeing Alice really killed me.  KStew did a good job — she actually had tears in her eyes!  Just knowing the emotion (from reading the book) behind her reaction made it hard for me to watch that part.

+ i really love the Volturi.  The Italy scenes were fabulous.  Even if some of them were written in just for the movie, I liked them anyway.

+ The part I liked the least in the book = human herding.  GROSS.  It wasn’t as scary in the movie as it seemed in the book, and I’m glad.

+ And this sums it up: (to Jacob) “Don’t make me choose.  ‘Cause it’ll be him.  It’s always been him.” Ahhhhhhh WHYYYYY??

can’t wait for eclipse.  especially the sleeping bag scene.  let the countdown begin!