I have seen the sparkle and lived to tell the tale! --Cleolinda

Guess what this journal is about?~ (YES, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS, DEAL.)

Yes, I just saw New Moon. It was... really good, actually. I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart have NO CHEMISTRY WHAT SO EVER, but for once a lack of chemistry did not ruin intimate scenes between actors. (My theory is that it's because Twilight is already so tacky, you really can't make it worse with poor chemistry.) I saw it with my good friend, , and her boyfriend, and Pi and I spent the entire time affectionately snarking it. We also yelled "FURSPLOSION" whenever the werewolves turned into wolves, much to the annoyance of most of the audience. Judging from the comments of "oh my god, what WAS that" and such from a guy behind us, I think we might have made the movie more bearable for him. LOL (Someone took her husband to it without first playing Terrify the Twilight Noob. Poor guy.)

So. Yes. It was really good. I mean, it was really cheesy and whiny--would you like some more cheese with your whine, Twilight? Why yes, madam, I would love some, and here, you may take this, I'm finished with my angst. Was it good? Yes, quite to my liking; just the perfect amount of Teenage Emo Vampire--but in all the best ways. I think they definitely could have skipped the months flashing by (yes, the actually show the name of the months on screen, I know, what the fuck) but hey, what are ya gonna do? This was also the first movie I have ever seen that has managed to make me dizzy, because when Bella's lying on the ground weeping her woe to the moss or whatever, the camera does this spirally sweep downwards to her and I don't know why, but that just made me REALLY dizzy and I couldn't see straight for a moment. It was so not cool. And, I gotta say, there were parts of the movie where I was just like "oh, GET ON WITH IT ALREADY", but then they got the werewolves and it totally made the movie worth the theater parts.

Seriously: Those were some of the best Giant CGI Wolves Ever. The black one (Sam) looked really crappy, but the greys and the reddish-brown one (Jacob) looked AWESOME. (I'm thinking that, for some reason, their special effects system had issues with the color black. 'Cause that's the only reason I can come up with as to why the black wolf looked so horribly done.) I mean, they really looked almost real, which is saying something for Pixel Wolves. (Have you heard of my new band, the Pixel Wolves?) (Speaking of them, the camera totally got knocked over by the Pixel Wolves. It was hilarious in a wtf sort of way. Because, seriously: You're going to do a camera knock-over when there's nothing but CGI characters running around? SERIOUSLY, Chris? At least do it when real things are running around! Then it's kind of understandable! THE PIXELS CANNOT HURT THE CAMERA, NEW MOON.)

Anyways. There was also quite a few jokes that had the whole audience laughing, which was nice to throw in and lighten the angsty mood of Emo Edward and his lover, Bawling Bella. (Alliteration, I has it!) So, overall, I really enjoyed it, despite the fact that it's Twilight. Weitz did a decent job, I think, for a book that has, like, no action what-so-ever. The casting was, like the first one, great; Dakota Fanning, though too old for Jane (I wanted some creepy seven-year-old mind tazering people, man! SO disappointed!), was great as Jane, acting-wise. Just the right amount of creepy. And the guy who played Aro? OH MY GOD. He was just... oh my god. Really light-hearted on the outset and hella amusing, but with this undertone of PURE CRAZY. There's this laugh he does after Jane tries to mind-tazer Bella, and it's just... *shudders* It is the laughter of nightmares, people. His acting has given me hope for the final scene in the fourth book being awesome and not full of lame.

The only thing that really took away from it was the fact that the ceiling of the theater started leaking, which kind of freaked me out. Like, seriously. I was a little worried about just how much it was raining, but, it actually wasn't raining that hard, so... I don't know what happened there.

Oh, also: Men Who Stare At Goats. Go see it. Seriously. It's... just... it's fucking hilarious, that's what it is. I won't give anything away, so I'll just say this: Jedi jokes, a hippie Jeff Bridges, and acid in the eggs. If that doesn't spark your interest, I don't know what will.

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