I Could Care Less about the New Twilight Movie: New Moon

Posted in Daniel Dessinger, movies on 25. Nov, 2009

I’ve been reading a lot of chatter on Twitter over the past month about the 2nd Twilight movie: New Moon. Here’s where I get real. Confession: I went to see the first Twilight movie with my wife at the theater. Having admitted that, I am compelled to also inform you that I was less than thrilled.

It’s not really fair, I think. We’ve become inundated with vampiric content over the past two years. The CB has a vampire show. HBO or Showtime has a popular vampire show. And Twilight is selling books like Harry Potter (well, almost). So part of my disdain for the arrival of New Moon stems from my irritation with all the other vampire content out there.

Truthfully, I’m not into vampires anymore. I loved the Anne Rice novels in the ’90s. I loved them too much. There is a fantasy and a romanticism temptation that comes along with these stories. Immortality, walking the night, murder for food, romancing the living: all these are intriguing concepts that lure people in.

But these stories don’t bring life. The real danger here is how they might affect the minds and thoughts of our teenagers. Speaking from experience, I was lost in a sea of fantasy as a teenager that I allowed to keep me from living in, understanding, and maturing in the real world. That is not Anne Rice’s fault – at least, not the majority. But the lure and hook are what hold us in complacency and self-pleasuring imagination.

Having said that, I may or may not see New Moon. I can’t really say yet. It’s not a priority, to be sure. The quality of acting and cinematography was good enough that I can respect the talent that went into production of the first film. But it should take more than talent to draw me to the theater. Content and message are more important.

Will you go see New Moon? Why or why not?

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  • jenni3741
    No, I will not see New Moon. Don't get me wrong, I like my vampires as much as the next recovering gotha holic...but there is something about the Twilight series that annoys me.
  • I just wanted to point out the irony that your post is about your disdain for the twilight movies, and yet, google has put a lovely twilight ad right on your page.
  • That is ironic, but not the least bit surprising. Google IS an amoral profiting machine.
  • I actually saw the film this past Sunday and was less than impressed. Keep in mind that I had not seen Twilight. I went with a friend who wanted to see it... only he didn't realize it was a sequel himself so neither of us had any frame of reference in the storyline. We could make guesses from certain statements made, but overall, you really had to see the first one to get some of what was going on.

    That being said, it was beautifully done. However, I saw little redeeming value to it myself and this was like many other "first sequels": filler to get you to the next film. I doubt I'll see any of the other Twilight saga films.
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