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This is the only reason to pay money to see Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen

In the second installment of Stephanie Meyer’s phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of – only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.

I am extremely disappointed. The acting was good, especially considering what they had to work with. The screenplay was either badly written, or a reasonable screenplay may have been massacred by the bad director. Either way, the direction definitely was terrible.

I think Chris Weitz spent so much time making sure the imagery (and boys) were pretty, that he completely forgot to make sure the story and editing worked.

An example of what I mean:

The scene where the Cullens are gathered for Bella’s birthday, and things go wrong where she has a papercut. Edward has to step in to save her, and emotions are obviously running high, and the scene is ended by a ‘look’ from Edward that says he is not happy with the situation and something is going to be done about it.

The next day, he sees her at school, they laugh, smile, and tell each other how much they are in love. Great! Situation avoided it seems. End scene.

The next day Edward pops over to Bella’s, meets her in the garden, takes her to the woods (what the hell was wrong with her place?), and proceeds to tell her that the Cullens are leaving and he doesn’t want her with him, obviously having made the decision that being around him isn’t safe, after the incident 2 days previous.

So where did the scene in the middle come from?? Why on earth put it there? Why not the day before the troubles at the Cullen’s place or leave it out altogether?

A second example:

In the scene at the Voltare Palace. Aro had demanded that Bella accompany Edward to meet Aro, initially they refused, but then a short blond vamp turns up, and suddenly they are all petrified of her, as if we are supposed to know who she is. I’m informed I would have known if I had read the book. So I’m guessing the director assumed that we all should have done that first.

Then when they meet Aro, he is surprised that Bella is there also, yet 5 minutes previously, they were told Aro specifically wanted to see her also.

The film is full of sloppy gaps, and errors. Bella is a whiny little tramp who isn’t happy with simply dating an uber-fit Vampire for a few years as a human, or the prospect of settling down with an uberuberuber fit Jacob (OH MY GOD!), and going on the way she treats both of them (and everyone else in her life), she deserves a slap more than eternal happiness….or to be forced to marry somebody ugly.   Whatever happens, Edward doesn’t need to worry about ‘taking’ Bella’s soul if he turns her.  Her character is bereft of a soul already.

Oh and one last thing:  SPOILER ALERT. At the end of the film where Edward proposes to Bella, the last thing we see and hear is a gasp of sheer pleasure and unbridled happiness from Bella. I have just been told she says no to his proposal in the next book. Did the director not read the next book? I’m guessing he didn’t and he has now set the next director up with a little challenge to be starting the next movie with.  Bad show Chris Weitz.

Colin and Justin praying to the God of Soft Furnishings

So, Colin is out of the jungle. I think I’m as shocked as most. I mean I guess it’s not that surprising that Colin or Justin were near the first to be out as they aren’t that well known to Joe Public. I fell in love with them during their Million Pound Property Experiment several years back, but if you didn’t see that, then you wouldn’t have had many opportunities to to catch them on TV since unless you live in Canada or Scotland. The big (read: HUGE) surprise is that Justin received more votes than Colin to remain.

Colin was always the cutesy one, the compassionate one, the emotional one. You can’t help but have a soft spot for him, but by contrast, I always found that Justin grated on me. I found him that little bit too loud, a smidgen over-opinionated, a tad obnoxious, and I didn’t like the way he treated Colin on their TV shows. However, these two have been together for many years, lived together for 20 years; they are very much in love, suit each-other immensely, and I wouldn’t dream of suggesting that their relationship is confusing, or wrong. So enter Joe Swash, he’ll suggest it live on ITV2, he will also suggest that there is no reason that anyone should like Justin, and no reason why Colin would be dating him. SHAME ON YOU JOE! You may have formed the same opinion as me over Justin’s TV persona, but what on Earth qualifies you to know who the REAL Colin and Justin are? How do you know what life they’ve shared together, or how much they are in love? FOR SHAME!!! Next time, be careful about what you say on TV as an impartial commentator.

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Peanut butter…

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JedWard of the Jungle???

Edward and John (Edwohn)

My only comment is YAAAAAAAAY! I hope they sign! I hope they sign!! I’m going to miss them on Saturday nights. They were always the act I looked forward to seeing the most. Don’t get me wrong, they can’t sing for toffee, and I certainly won’t buy any albums, but boy are they fun to watch on TV!

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AMA-BOWB-AMA-TIDDL-AMA-WOW-AMA!

Adam Lambert and mysterious stranger. Seriously, does this guy know how to kiss without mashing your face in?

Adam Lambert of American Idol fame has got into a spot a bother over a gay ‘kiss’ live on TV during a performance of his new single ‘For Your Entertainment’. First of all, it wasn’t a kiss; it was a mauling. A kiss that aggressive is usually only performed at 4am after a heavy night of drink and debauchery. Secondly, it only recieved 1500 complaints to the relevant authority, which considering the size of the audience, shows that there may be some hope for the American race yet. Thirdly, I thought it was pretty gross, and laughed for at least 15 seconds before trying to pick which of the dancers I would have prefered to snog if I absolutely HAD to live on TV (as the thing he picked wasn’t pretty), which brings me to point Four: If any Americans did have an issue with explaining to their young children why two blokes were kissing on TV, they could have easily just told them that Adam was kissing a pretty young girl wearing WAY too much make-up, and one of those ‘progressive’ European hairstyles.

The ‘uproar’ has proved to be relatively tame, and Adam has now gained a new ‘fan’ in Me; NOT for performing the grossest kiss in live television history, but for remarking the following: that if people had been upset by his performance, then that it is a “form of discrimination and it’s too bad”, adding “I had fun, my dancers had fun, the audience that was in the Nokia [Theatre] had fun. Anybody else who was watching it and enjoying it, thank you for being entertained”.

I take my hat off to you Adam Lambert. In recent times you would have heard a Celebrity apologising even when they did nothing wrongin order to please their more moderate public, in an attempt to increase their ‘brand’ appeal, and whilst it is sometimes necessary to apologise for ‘offending’ people, but not apologise for the ‘offensive act’ itself, in this case, the kiss would only have been offensive to prudes and bigots, and a heterosexual kiss shown at the same time, in the same scenario would most certainly not have offended America’s heartland, and therefore Adam is 100% justified in his response, and it is refreshing to see a celebrity, especially one at the start of his career with so much to lose, being so firm and backing his convictions with very public words.

Hear, hear!

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Michael Sheen

I’ve just realised I really like him, as an actor and TV personality. Shame he’s Welsh. Ho Hum.