On to more important matters. Edward. My fictional love interest. The New Moon teaser trailer. Some of the fansites uploaded videos of people videotaping themselves watching the trailer for the first time. If you're ever feeling down in the dumps and need a serious pick-me-up, stop by one of those sites and watch a couple of crazies screaming and crying as they watch Edward throw Bella across the room and shirtless Jacob phase into a werewolf. It'll cheer you up in no time and I know that it makes me feel much better about my own obsession when I see these girls (and guys) recreating scenes from when the Beatles came to America.
My first reaction to the trailer was one of terror. The main scene (after the Jasper paper cut scene) was Laurent in the meadow. Bella is supposed to spend hours searching for this meadow--Their meadow, Edward's and Bella's meadow. When she finally finds it, she's disapointed, but lo and behold, Laurent appears. Bella is relieved because Laurent is, as disturbing as it is, proof that Edward's vampire world does exist. But Laurent is not a vegetarian and without Edward there to save her decides to eat her. Yada yada. Sorry. Not a book report... Anyways, the pack of werewolves shows up and chases Laurent away. But Bella is SERIOUSLY confused because she just sees wolves as huge as horses, doesn't know that they're werewolves, doesn't have a clue that one of them is Jacob and cannot for the life of her figure out why they're chasing a vampire when all animals are terrified of vampires and lastly why Laurent would run from a bunch of big wolves. So you can see why in the trailer, I might be slightly miffed. Here she is in this patch of dead grass, which appears to be right next to Jacob's house, when all of a sudden Jacob appears, Bella yells for him to run and then he phases to a werewolf. WHAT?! Have no fear, though. Watch this:
Yes, if you look closely, the nasty editing people spliced together multiple scenes just to trick us. Bella is wearing different clothes when she is with Laurent and when she is with Jacob. When she is with Laurent, she is also wearing a backpack. Also, I like the wolf. Some people have complained about it, but I think that they did the phasing well and I think it looks pretty real, although I did picture it bigger and shaggier. But I guess maybe Jake had short hair by then, right?
The beginning of the trailer is a little lack-luster for me. I'm rather unimpressed by Kristen Stewart's acting. The raised eyebrow with kiss me? Seriously? Wouldn't Bella have tripped or choked? And wasn't she supposed to fly through a glass table when Edward was protecting her from Jasper after the papercut? Weren't all the other vampire affected by her blood? They were all just standing around. It's just a preview, as Alan keeps reminding me. But if it's anything like Twilight, I better not get my hopes up... Despite my criticism, I'm optimistic. I think that the filming is better, the color is better--I like that it's not that gray/blue of Twilight. The makeup is better too. Edward actually looks pastier than Bella in the breakup scene. And they used some of the right dialogue there too, right out of the book. That's good or some of the rabid fans would have hung Melissa Rosenberg again (and again). I think that it will be better than Twilight. That's not saying much, though, is it? :)
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