The most anticipated movie of the year ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ is getting real negative reviews, especially directed towards the director Chris Weitz. The critics define the movie as dull, slow and overall gloomy romantic, which means it will appeal to Twi-hard but will probably not make new fans.
The choice for the director was questionable for a book has been defined as the worst for most fans of the saga but the expectations were so high that it was destined to disappoint the regular viewer who is not completely obsessed with Twilight. Here are some movie reviews:
“Director Chris Weitz proves that The Golden Compass was no fluke: He really is a non-master of action. His CGI werewolves, who look like they were designed by the animatronics crew at Disney’s Country Bear Jamboree, go at it in about three semi-OK bouts.”—Kyle Smith, New York Post
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon takes the tepid achievement of Twilight (2008), guts it, and leaves it for undead. You know you’re in trouble with a sequel when the word of mouth advises you to see the first movie twice instead. [...] Since they know it all and we know all, sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem.”—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“A smooth professional whose credits include such adaptations as The Golden Compass and About a Boy, Weitz makes the vampire trains of Melissa Rosenberg’s capable script run on time, but he almost seems too rational a director for this kind of project. This lack of animating madness combined with the novel’s demands give much of New Moon a marking time quality.”—Ken Turan, Los Angeles Times
“Firing Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke was a lousy idea, and so was getting Chris Weitz to take her place. I don’t know what tricks Hardwicke used to make Twilight play as well as it did, but I do know that Weitz isn’t nearly as good with this kind of material as she was. Twilight is to New Moon as Star Wars is to Return of the Jedi, or even The Phantom Menace. I mean, it really blows.”—Vulture hero Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere
“Though the battles between good and evil vampires and between vampires and wolves generate excitement, mostly Moon is a stilted, soapy supernatural romance. You’d have to be an already ardent Twilightfan – girls and moms, you know who you are – to get moony over this teen twaddle. – Leah Rozen, People
“The Twilight Saga’s second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive length.” – 29%, Rotten Tomatoes
