Twilight: New Moon From a Guy's Perspective

One of the joys of having a girlfriend is having to go see certain movies that we as guys would not normally go see if it were up to us. New Moon, the 2nd movie in the Twilight series, is definitely one of those movies. After having to go see the first one with her as well, I was prepared for the worst. The original Twilight was pretty boring and the special effects in it were laughable at times. The first had maybe 2 and half minutes worth of action the entire movie, it was almost unbearable. This movie, luckily, isn't as bad as the first one. That being said, there is a lot of stuff in this movie that us guys find annoying and comedic. First off is the dialog. This book's target market is hormone overloaded teenage girls, and it shows in the writing. The characters are so madly "in love," that when Bella's boyfriend Edward leaves her, she begins to have night terrors worse than your grandfather having flashbacks of WWII. She screams as if shes in pain from the dream, over a guy. A little too over the top and ridiculous. The whole first half of the movie consists of the lead character Bella sulking around and isolating her self from the world. I know breakups can be bad, but come on.

Eventually she somewhat snaps out of her childish ways and begins hanging out with a new guy Jacob. This was fine until eventually the only reason Jacob would even appear on the screen would to be shirtless flexing his muscles. If its warm outside, he's shirtless. If its raining outside, he's shirtless. If its snowing outside, he's shirtless. This is another clue this movie was made for the ladies. It almost began to be funny when some random event would happen, then all of a sudden, Jacob appears shirtless. There were some good parts of this movie though

The upside of the movie was the fact that the special effects of the movie were much better than the first. There was also a lot more action in this one than in the previous. With the inclusion of werewolves into the picture, you see guys shifting in and out of werewolf form slaughtering vampires, which is always a plus. Just when a boring point in the movie is reached, an action scene comes up to get your attention.

All in all, its not the worst chick-flick I've seen. While some parts are annoying, its not too hard to stay somewhat entertained most the way through the movie. So for those of guys who are blessed like me to have a girlfriend all wrapped up into Twilight, have fun seeing New Moon.

PxI Rating/Guy Appeal: 2.5/5