While I liked the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight well enough, I must admit I was a bit squeamish to see New Moon after its debut last week. New Moon is my favorite book of the series, and I was afraid Director Chris Weitz would leave me disappointed. Thankfully, that didn’t happen.
From Bella’s dream of growing old in the beginning to the narrow escape from the Volturi in the end, the film version of New Moon rarely ventured far from Meyer’s book. To be perfectly honest, I, like many fans, am not thrilled about the actor selections for some of the characters, mainly Edward and Bella, which has the potential to ruin all the movies for me. Luckily, the constantly blinking, sputtering, and seemingly mentally challenged Bella from the first film has transformed into the intelligent, pretty, and wounded Bella capable of humor, laughter, and tears. Unfortunately, in my opinion, Robert Pattinson is still over-acting in his role as Edward. In the books, Edward is brooding and vocalizes his difficulty being close to Bella. In both the Twilight and New Moon movies, I wanted him to stop whining and felt the need to smooth the constant wrinkle in his forehead. I was actually happy he was absent throughout most of New Moon. …» more
P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast have done it again, and Tempted is even better than than Hunted, the last House of Night novel. In Tempted, Zoey Redbird must become the decision-making High Priestess she is destined to become. However, with too many boys bickering for her attention, a manipulative Kalona haunting her dreams, and a secretive Stevie-Ray keeping important information from her, Zoey’s mission to defeat Neferet and Kalona becomes inceasingly difficult.
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