New Moon Movie Review
***spoiler alert****
Well, I must say I was impressed with New Moon
Here’s a quick overview of my thoughts:
Pros:
They stuck to the book for the most part
Most (not all) but most of the things they did add in, were plausible based on what is in the book
They nailed the werewolves, they were big, and the phasing was fantastic
I thought the acting was well done and loved how they developed the relationship between Bella and Jacob
There was some beautiful cinematography throughout the movie
Book to Movie Discrepancies:
Jacob does not give Bella a birthday present (not to be confused with the scene in Eclipse where he gives her a graduation bracelet) in the book
They left out the CD that Edward made for Bella in the movie
Bella does not get on the back of some random guy’s motorcycle in the book
Bella does not hit Paul in the book and the movie reversed the beach scene and the scene at Emily’s house
Jacob did not promise Bella to take her cliff diving in the movie–they just have her want to do it on her own.
Edward does not fight the Volturi in the book ( I mean seriously who could get the jump on Alice, like they had happen in the movie)
They don’t have Charlie and Harry “hunting” wolves in as much detail in the book but I felt that scene worked very well and was plausible based on what was written.
Jacob did not get angry during the movie scene with Mike and Bella, in the book.
Jacob did not rat out Bella’s motorcycle to Charlie in the movie.
I did imagine the Aros, Caius, and Marcus as being much older and having translucent skin. I also imagined Jane and Alec looking more alike since they are twins in the book. However, that’s just my personal opinion.
Those are the main differences that I can think of and honestly, they didn’t make much of a difference to me. They captured the essence of the book and left all the key scenes in without adding a bunch of nonsense. I am greatly looking forward to Eclipse this summer.
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