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New Moon Trailer Review: solid B
Pros: Blood, werewolf transformation, teen drama!
Cons: More of a teaser, really. I’ll see it on DVD if my girlfriend doesn’t score free tickets.
A lot of the headlines make it sound like the New Moon trailer is special and secret. But if it was “leaked,” then why is it splashed all over the Internet? I think the whole leaked New Moon trailer buzz is just PR astroturfing, personally.
Enough about the business. Let’s check out the actual trailer. For those of you that live under a rock, New Moon is the sequel to Twilight, a teen drama that happens to feature vampires.
The Twilight series is very polarizing – some (read: teen girls) think it’s our generation’s Shakespeare, and others think it’s poorly-written trash pushed by the Mormon Church. You can make up your own mind and do your own research.
Personally, I’m somewhere in the middle. I’ve read two of the four books and think they’re merely OK. Of course, I’m not in the target demographic.
Here’s my breakdown of the New Moon trailer:
0:21 Edward and Bella kiss. Swoon.
0:34 “We welcome you to the family, even though humans are our food.”
0:44 Mary Sue cuts her finger.
1:04 Edward and Bella break up, never to speak again. (Does anyone actually believe this?)
1:15 RASTA VAMPIRE! YES!
1:33 Yeah, Jacob is a werewolf. It was obvious from his very first appearance, kids.
If you’re not a fan of Twilight, have no intention of reading the novels, but want to know/understand the storyline of the most popular teen franchise since Harry Potter, I strongly encourage Cracked.com’s summary (link on left). It’s concise and much, much funnier than any of my writing (so far).