It is supposedly the new sensation in the cinemas and everything, and because during dinner after some extensive negotiations with friends, we decided the film that is most worth watching collectively was New Moon from the Twilight Saga.
On the plus side, the film's visual effect was industry standard, the actual story can be easily followed by someone who didn't see the previous installment (like myself), and it is a decent performance by young actors/actresses.
On the negative side, the pace of the story wasn't balanced, and it was possible to literally sleep through 30 minutes of the film without missing out on much, which is what happened for me. There was this sudden acceleration of the plot around halfway through the film, and then a bit of dragging on again before ending on a strangely detached cliffhanger. Also the degree to which it made me, as a viewer, sympathise with any character was very limited because their development was visibly inconsistent. Suddenly hot, suddenly cold, suddenly indifferent.
Anyways my overall rating for the film is 5 out of 10. It delivers sufficiently but not strategically enough for something to be watched by the general audience in a cinema. This film is something closer to midnight soap than fantasy/romance, unless people are watching it for the supposedly attractive characters, which then is a different issue altogether, one in which is fairly alien to me.
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