Escape to the Movies: New Moon

[Orange Monkey]

Nice work Bob! And Congratulations on getting the video sidebar! I actually had made a comment about that a few days ago.

 

[DaBozz]

One word, ditch this shit and watch hellsing if you want REAL vampires.

yeah thats true, but isn't Twilight supposed to be a romance movie? so comparing them doesn't make sense except that their are vampires in both.

Yeah, like Zen said theres other romance/vampire animes out there. but my point is the vampires in twilight suck, I mean put Alucard in a room with Edward and Alucard would rip that wannabe vampire limb from limb. and new moon seems to be focusing on the vampire part of the story more than the romance from what bob said.

 

[skywalkerlion]

I would rather watch a 12 hour porno directed by Uwe Boll and starring a platypus and a wheelchair than go anywhere near this piece of shit franchise.

..ehh..wow. That's graphic, my friend. Terribly graphic D:

 

[Robert632]

he could read all 4 books!?! i couldn't even make it past the first chapter...

 

[DayDark]

I'm not really into the whole, twilight hating, but I did watch the first one, although not to the credits, it was pretty average, I've seen worse, the only thing I didn't like was that the apparent weakness of being a vampire is...sparkly, and that the freaking werewolves are just oversize regular wolves, I like the van helsing/underworld werewolves a lot better.

Haven't read the books but there must be something about them, since the popularity is through the roof.

 

[DayDark]

On a bit of a side topic. Since I have no interest (nor hate, by the way, just no interest) in Twilight or anything Twilight-related, can somebody point me to a clip of a vampire actually sparkling in the movies?

If I understand correctly, the books sidestep the whole "vampires die in sunlight" by having them... sparkle instead? People seem to find that amusing, leading to a high number of internet rants, jokes and parodies... but I haven't seen an actual instance of this in the movies, so I couldn't tell if they just kind of shine in a classy manner or glimmer like a disco ball.

So, video reference, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4_zpoXA38

it begins at 2:40

 

[VanityGirl]

I saw it today. It was pretty bad.
The only good thing in the movie was the vampire fights and the werewolf fights.

So basically, I just liked seeing people get the crap beat out of them.

I think you would enjoy Fight Club if you haven't seen it yet.

OT: Glad to know I can sleep through it if I ever have to go see it in theaters. Was going to anyways, but the reinforcement is nice.

Of course I've seen Fight Club. It's a beautiful cult movie, I love the concept.
I try to watch as many movies as I can so that I can add to discussions my friends/other people may have.

I also enjoyed 300 because it was violent and awesome.

But that's not even on topic

 

[brumby]

The bleeping is terribly annoying.

Tis.. Surely swearing should be allowed

 

[Charlie_Brown]

The bleeping is terribly annoying.

Tis.. Surely swearing should be allowed

I'm hoping the staff have seen that enough people are annoyed by it to warrant some manner of response+explanation to us all?

That said, great review as always. Though I remain to stay as far away as I can from twishite.

 

[Vinticore]

Three reasons why you might hate twilight:
1. You've read the books
2. You've Seen the films
3. You've met the fans

 

[Nmil-ek]

I think I'm going to remain single for the next 3-4 years soley to avoid ever potentialy being dragged to this bullshit.

 

[Snowalker]

New Moon sucks. Im suprised so many older teens and college girls go for this stuff.

I do and I'm a nineteen year old guy. I was planning to see it tonight except a friend (also a guy) who saw it last night said that although it was decent, the amount of screaming fangirls made it less enjoyable, so I may wait until an adult screening is done at the local cinema (i.e. 18 and over only). Have you actually seen it, or made an attempt to see it? If so then your opinion is fair and noted. If you haven't made an attempt to see it then what right do you have to criticise it?

And yes, I do like things like Dracula as well. I simply don't agree that Twilight 'ruined' vampires. Although for all the things I like about the series, I still don't like the 'sparkly' vampires idea.

See, I've read the books, and watched the frist movie. I used to think just like you, but you must admit, all this hype and fanbase is ruining it, because frankly, it isn't that good. However, I will try to sit through this new movie, but only for one reason, New Moon was my favorite from the series, but thats because I'm a Werewolf Buff.

 

[NoDice1.3]

I would rather watch a 12 hour porno directed by Uwe Boll and starring a platypus and a wheelchair than go anywhere near this piece of shit franchise.

.....damn, seriously if that actually happened it probably become his most popular work simply for the concept.

 

[Tharwen]

I take it you didn't like it then, MovieBob?

 

[LTK_70]

And now that it does load for me, I've just stopped it less than half the way through, because all the bleeping is just FUCKING annoying. (And not, in fact, F%@&ING annoying.) My god man, if you're going to censor yourself, rather than, I don't know, not swear in the first place, then at least censor it with a slightly less annoying beep, or even better, silence. This is just unbearable.

 

[Aptus]

I would rather watch a 12 hour porno directed by Uwe Boll and starring a platypus and a wheelchair than go anywhere near this piece of shit franchise.

..ehh..wow. That's graphic, my friend. Terribly graphic D:

Quick warning, don't do what I did and actually try to think about it in detail. It... scarred me.

 

[Seneschal]

One word, ditch this shit and watch hellsing if you want REAL vampires.

yeah thats true, but isn't Twilight supposed to be a romance movie? so comparing them doesn't make sense except that their are vampires in both.

I have an alternative: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. The relationship between Charlotte and Meier is far deeper and more authentic than the one between Ed and Bella, which is funny considering that it's an action movie, and not a romantic drama.

Couldn't agree more. As far as I'm concerned, Vampire Hunter D and Coppola's Dracula (yeah, it had its shortcomings, but Gary Oldman was as monstrous as vampires should get) were the last ones to really understand the underlying aesop that a vampire movie should convey. Hell, even that recent horror flick, 30 Days of Night, managed to make vampires monsters.

So, it's possible, but due to unreasonable fangirliness, financially ill-advised to do a hardcore monster film. You're better off just making them handsome horny teenagers.

I mean, I liked the first Twilight movie (I never read the books, it just wasn't as bad as everyone claimed and the music was pretty good), but it set an extremely dangerous precedent that movies LIKE THAT are supposed to be successful. God, I'd rather see greedy filmmakers latch onto the Wanted-Transporter-bandwagon than this vampire romance thing. At least then the cheapness would make sense. And you'd get to see some skin.

 

[nathan-dts]

The bleeping is terribly annoying.

Yeah I fucking know. Seriously Escapist stop with the fucking censoring of all the fucking swear words. We're all mature here (with the exception of the people who say first in Yahtzee videos) so stop being a little ***** and let the man swear. I find it pretty weak that that's as much profanity as I can think of to put into this post.

P.S. I sincerely apologise if this isn't actually the Escapists decision and is actually Mr. Bobs decision. In that case, man up you pussy.