Comments on: FearNet: 20 Differences Between New Moon the novel and the movie

By: jill

jill — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:13:10 +0000

It was definitely the future and not the past. It was Alice’s vision (she sees the future) and Bella had vampire eyes.

By: jill

jill — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:10:41 +0000

No worries. Bella saying that to Edward was definitely purely for Edward’s benefit. She was suggesting he read Jake’s mind so that he knew Jacob had no intention of hurting her. She knew. She was just suggesting it to Edward.

I’m kinda surprised you’d think otherwise because I actually thought the intent was well conveyed.

By: abigael_d

abigael_d — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:14:21 +0000

my thought:

SMART CHANGES…

for me, as a movie, it is a VISUAL medium, and “more action”, in my opinion, are needed. and that’s what Chris Weitz did perfectly.
i thought it’s 999x better than Twilight… everyone just nailed it on this film.

1. The fights = more action

2. The month-long depression = it wasn’t a very long scene, but a very GOOD one… like how the scene outside changes…

3. DREAM CATCHER = FORESHADOWING… to those who don’t read the books, most would think that it’ll “help” catch her “bad dreams” (as Jacob said when he gave the gift), but rather to do the opposite way ~ to foreshadow Bella’s “bad” dreams…

i also thought it’s a good thing that Jacob comes early in the movie to give the gift ~ to show how Bella accepts gifts from others, but not from the Cullens.

4. teh ENDING was pretty decent. it gives the non-readers something to think about: “I wonder if Bella will say she’ll marry Edward?”

i was actually surprised that some hated the ending… it’s like the type of ending that’s suddenly cut-off, leaves you a question, and makes you want MORE of the movie…

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in conclusion:
NO REGRETS… AT ALL.
it’s BETTER than i have expected, actually.

ONE.
GREAT.
MOVIE.

and thank you very much, Chris Weitz…

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:54:24 +0000

The Bella asking Edward to read Jake’s mind part bugged me too, but then I realized that she said that for Edward’s benefit – so he would know for sure Jake wasn’t going to hurt her. But the way she asked the question wasn’t very clear

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:29:54 +0000

Frankly I am giving Catherine a break because in the end it is the screenplay. There are tons of details she and Chris missed but I think the writing is what we all agree upon comes up short. Twilight left out key elements to Bella and Edward falling in love. Hey how about having the words I love you, that’s a start. I think New Moon is far superior on every level visually, etc. however this screenplay is definitely wanting as well. Please tell me they used someone different for Eclipse or at least will be different for BD. I’m sorry Melissa Rosenberg was obviously not reading the same books as the rest of us. The additions were fine, it’s the things she left out that don’t make sense. She lost the moods, themes and most of the character development. Kudos to Chris et al for making a great movie!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:12:25 +0000

Disclaimer: I have not seen the movie yet. I just had to comment tho that it is ironic to me that people are complaining about the movie not being like the book when the first one was soooo different than the book. What did you expect?!?!?! I HATED the Twilight movie because they left out sooo much. The depth of Bella & Edward’s love doesn’t make sense in the movie because they don’t show enough of the “falling in love” part – they skip right over it. So, despite hating the first one, I am going to see the second because I hope Weitz did a better job, never mind we have the same screen writer. And I think I am more mentally prepared for the differences this time.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:50:08 +0000

Overall I thought the movie was pretty good but I was really unhappy with the score. The music was downright distracting at times. Say what you will about Twilight but the score was beautiful and captured the emotion of the story. New Moon was missing that completely IMO.

By: sillygirl

sillygirl — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:09 +0000

Did we see the same movie? Twilight was better? It sucks that you were disappointed, but Twilight wasn’t even close to the book, and the acting was horrible! New Moon was so much better and I feel like Chris Weitz completly understands the feeling of these books. It is good that you are giving it another chance.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:29:02 +0000

Could all the “I hate the books, I’m a manufactured fan”-people please get out

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:54:33 +0000

I am with everyone, I enjoyed the film very much. I saw it a second time yesterday because I was initially disappointed the first time and needed to see it again. Whenever it is a movie from a book, I watch to closely to see what is the same and what is different. I should know better after Harry Potter. I stopped trying to do that after I was devastated by Goblet of Fire.

I really do hope they pick someone different to do BD screen play since they are already done with Eclipse. I think Melissa misses some of the great intricacies of the relationships in Twilight and New Moon. The last chapters of NM were my favorite and they were done in less than 3 minutes in the movie. I can see where this movie would be confusing for someone who hasn’t read the books. They never even explain why Bella is having hallucinations of Edward. Just because? I mean come on. It’s funny the little things don’t matter as much to me eg color of the car, color of eyes, even Alice’s clothes (but come on really she is beautiful and stylish and she is dressed like a school marm). Anyway, it is the bigger character development issues like changing Carlisle to thinking they are damned and not showing the true depths of Bella and Edward’s relationship. I know they have to keep it to 2 hours but hey I’d happily watch more if it made the store more complete and fulfilling. I liked all of the additions, it was the subtractions that were harder to let go.

Maybe we can get them to film it as a mini-series and then it will be perfect