"It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest," Bella says.
Well... watching New Moon was just like punching a huge hole through my brain and twirl it around. Yes... it is THAT bad.
I feel underestimated by the way the movie represent the female lead, the sad and naive Bella Swan.
There is no message to speak of... well, not a good one, anyway. There seem to be three here that are particularly wrong to be sending to the intended teenage female audience.
The first is about the importance of external beauty. The second is about how life is not worth living without a man. The third is about how infatuation equals love, and that when you "love" someone, you should give up everything for them, even if it's dangerous to your well-being.
New Moon romanticizes the idea of suicide, and also Bella’s obsession over vampires.
Lastly, New Moon may be unoriginal and flimsy, but... thanks to Jacob Black and his werewolves pack, they made me sit through the whole story. Although I find it's hard to digest how a 16-17 years old boy can be so.... buff, so built.
Perhaps it should simply be taken as mindless fun; you can enjoy it as long as you don't use your brain too much (i.e., at all). So when you're watching the movie, just "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream..."
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