Twilight Vs New Moon

Twilight is not a movie; it’s a poem; a beautifully written and heart-melting poem about a monster and a girly girl. And it’s the embodiment of these opposite characteristics that keeps the whole theme in a precarious balance. The movie has a beginning, the birth of a mysterious vampire on the screens and then an end, the girl going with him and probably going to live happily ever after. This is the clarity that a viewer needs, apart from the climax, the poetic love scenes, the dangers, the extreme powers and ofcourse, the perfect couple; a girl and a vampire.
New moon is bigger, definitely. The cinematography reaches a new height, the animation is credible yet it fails to pull the strings of our hearts. The story of the fledgling twilight unfolds here, getting into newer dimensions and greater dangers. However, unlike Twilight, it is unable to weave all the different shades of love, desire, horror, fear, friendship into one. It lacks the simplicity, the tender finalism that gives the finish. It infact supports the saying that no matter how hard you work on the way, it’s the finish that counts.
The attempt to mix up the cool college life with the dangers of the wood, it kind of splits the movie into several pieces. And to make it a poetic dream, it infuses too much music. A film is after all a film, not a book.