Since everyone wants to see it, here come the reviews?
You teenie boppers and vampire…people, might want to take notice, it comes out Nov. 20th, and the New Moon reviews are starting to pour in.The general air from the critics is that the film BITES, pardon the pun. (How am I not supposed to make that joke?) Rotten Tomatoes and some of the big name critics feel the novelty has worn off, and are less than pleased. Maybe payday loans for camping gear, to camp out for tickets were a waste.
Rotten Tomatoes
Even though some feel that Rotten Tomatoes is hit and miss at best, it’s one of most popular review sites for film on the internet.The New Moon reviews on RT average to a 30% score.To say the least, that is unflattering. Some comments from the New Moon page at RT describe the film as “toothless,” “the second bite was stale,” and one of my personal favorites, “if the first installment…was a celebration of teen sulkiness, this film positively drowns in it.” A short review condemning the movie would be oddly fitting, something like…”Lame Moon.” (Hello, Cleveland!)
Roger Ebert and others
Roger Ebert, though he is at times far too kind to some films, didn’t spare the rod, or anything else when it came to this film.He gave it one star; regular Ebert readers know that zero and one star reviews are his most entertaining reviews, because he won’t pull punches. From his own website:
“New Moon…takes the tepid achievement of Twilight, guts it, and leaves it for undead.”
“The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan…Their charisma is by Madame Toussad.”
In case you wondered, Madame Toussad’s is a famous museum, or to the point, perhaps the most famous wax museum in the world.
“…sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear through a sullen sea of Brylcreem.”
Harsh! MTV’s Kurt Loder seemed to like it, saying the film was an improvement over Twilight BUT that “It’s a very silly picture, of course: Given the source material – Stephanie Meyer’s blathery teen novels – how could it not be?” and that lead actress Kirsten Stewart was a good actress in a “wooden role.”
Of course some critics did like it, but heaping praise on a movie that’s already popular and getting huge box office gates is too easy, and not nearly as fun as trashing it. That said, movie critics are hit and miss at best, and some seem to be bought by studios outright. (The movie critic in my hometown paper, for instance – oh, you know who you are, and an adult who only gives 4 star reviews only to Disney films is obviously in need of psychological evaluation.) I wasn’t planning on spending quick cash and going to New Moon, but if you listen to critics, the New Moon reviews might be a warning to stay away.
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