Kristen Stewart, who was known mostly for her wonderful performance next to the incomparable Jodie Foster in 2002's The Panic Room, has pulled another fantastic display of acting ability out of her hat with The Twilight Saga, New Moon. Not believing the sequel could possibly be as entertaining as the first in the series, Twilight, I came away completely satisfied and found myself looking forward to the next movie. I actually thought I was done with movie series, finding myself a bit worn out from Lord of the Rings and completely drained from the Harry Potter movies. Twilight has somehow renewed my movie going strength and next to Iron Man, I do not think I could possibly look forward to anything else with as much anticipation.
In Twilight, Director Catherine Hardwicke has taken the beginnings of an old story and given it new meaning when a teenage girl (Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan) moves to a new town to live with her Father, Charlie Swan, superbly handled by Billy Burke. Bella is a withdrawn girl who is slightly introverted but manages to make friends anyway with a group of kids who are not quite nerds but by no means the most popular either. Then she meets Edward Cullen, again, a prime example of what good casting can do for a movie as Robert Pattinson literally sparkles in this role, and you can tell instantly that there is something unsettling and infatuating for him in her. This is where things get interesting as after first avoiding her like the plague and then saving her life twice, they quickly and seamlessly fall completely in love and she gets the shock of her life (until the sequel) as he reveals why he is so mysterious.
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Writer Stephenie Meyer takes the vampire lore and gives it an exciting and very believable twist, explaining as the movie rolls perfectly along, all the differences that make our vampire a hero instead of something that needs to be hunted and staked. From skin, that sparkles with diamond like quality in the sun, to the need to play baseball during a thunderstorm to mask the sound of bat hitting ball with superior to human strength, Stephenie Meyer manipulates the legend like a skilled magician handles a deck of cards and when she is finished, she leaves us wishing we were all vampires. (Except for that part about being soulless and damned) If the end of this fine cinematic achievement is a bit predictable, all is forgiven as the acting and the pace literally carries you through to the final scene and leaves you wanting more. It is quite rare for a movie of this caliber to tie up all the loose ends so neatly and still be able to surprise us so completely in the sequel.
Speaking of sequels, since the movie The Twilight Saga, New Moon has only recently been released and is already the number one DVD on the planet, I will not go into detail because I hear there is a guy somewhere in the African rain forest who has not seen it yet. I can tell you this, though. I knew deep in my heart that the good-looking, love struck, Native American boy Jacob was going to have a big part in at least one of the sequels but I was taken so off guard by his lycanthropic blood-line that I have to admit, Mrs. Meyer is a genius and an extremely talented and creative writer.
If you are one of the two or three people in the movie-going world that has not seen The Twilight Saga, one or two, please, go immediately to your nearest video store and buy, not rent, this incredible love story. Believe me; you will be happy that you did.
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