Yes, my friends, it’s the first official poster for the New Moon movie, the second in the Twilight saga and guaranteed to make teenage girls (and, um, some non-teenage girls) squeal.
Edward is still pale and pretty, Jacob’s gotten a haircut, and Bella looks a bit lost, as usual. After some terrible fan-made posters with poor Taylor Lautner’s face spliced into a wolf’s, at least this doesn’t contain any previews of the CGI wolves to come. That could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how well-done the werewolves are. In the book, they’re just oversized wolves, not weird man-wolf hybrids like in Underworld, so in theory the only time they need CGI is for the transformations, which were themselves rather cringe-inducing in the books. (“The boy exploded”?)
For all the snark I can easily unload on this series, I ain’t gonna lie, I’m looking forward to it far more than I should be at my age. And even though my moviegoing buddy and I will no doubt giggle and wisecrack our way through the showing, we’ll probably love it.
-Your official Twilight correspondent.
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Ignoring the godawful style of this book, how do you, as a woman, enjoy the incredibly sexist and condescending gender politics of this story?
I ask honestly.
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 am
Wonderful. Another movie where a woman gets to act like a dozy tart for men who aren’t worth it. What a wonderful example pop culture sets for the youngsters of today.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:33 am
haha as a woman i dont think the story is condescending at all and not all women are feminists and get offended at everything that is written. its a story and ppl need to lighten up and enjoy it!!!
i reply honestly.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 am
oh and i forgot to say the poster makes me happy
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Seriously?wow “HR” and “Statham”…
have you guys actually opened let alone picked up the book? I am a seventeen year old, I guess can be considered a “youngster” and am fully aware and amazed by the character Bella in the book or movie, whichever you prefer. And she does not consider herself a “dozy tart”. HELLO!! she is being surrounded and engulfed in a world of magical creatures…wouldnt you seem like a “damsel in distress”? Everyone around her is one hundred times stronger not because they are male…. but because they are DIFFERENT! She is opposite of weak, not in the literal sense, but strong because she is able to live among vampires and werewolves without running away like a coward. How many people do you know who would do that? Bella is brave. Yes, yes I know it is simply a book….. spare the rest of us fans your criticism and move along..
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
isela i give you made props my friends. WELL DONE!!! i couldnt have stated that any better than you.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Bella spends the entire second book depressed and trying to kill herself because she was dumped by a guy who treated her like crap. The one boy, Jacob, who doesn’t treat her like crap; Bella treats like crap. Her entire self-worth is tied to a boy.
While I don’t think the book is sexist (I actually like Alice Cullen a lot), after reading the second book I couldn’t bring myself to read the 3rd and 4th books. Bella and Edward are the least like-able characters (that readers are suppose to like) I’ve ever read.
Minor Quibble:. I hate when people say “I’m not a feminist.” Of course you are. Unless you honestly believe women do not deserve equal rights as men.
May 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I agree with Lawrence.
Edward and Bella are the least likable characters; he is manipulative and pessimistic and she is clingy, clumsy and dangerously lost without someone to hold onto. That’s why she treated another guy (Jacob) like crap in order to deal with her own pain. Its a little selfish, if you ask me.
But this isn’t anti-feminist in any way. Bella doesn’t represent the decisions and choices that another woman would make in this situation. I know for sure, I wouldn’t do what she did.
Nice poster though :]
May 29th, 2009 at 7:45 am
It is funny how the ones who are fighting for female power seem to overlook the power that is already resident in them. A power that is not merely equal to, but above that in men. Men also have their own brand of ruling strength, but it is not the same type of strength, because men and women are not the same. Their minds are not EQUAL they are SUPERIOR to each other in separate respective ways. Men and women should not be fighting for dominance, but enjoying how their unique strengths (mental and otherwise) compliment one other. As for the story, all stories of women do not have to be stories of strength. None of us are avanalanches rolling down a hill. Moments of weakness are HUMAN NOT FEMALE. Life isn’t constant. We are not always strong–and a single portrayal a weakness (granted in a female) shouldn’t mark the author an enemy to the feminist cause. There are I’m sure (though I haven’t counted) many more episodes of feminine strength catalogued in the series to satisfy an objective feminist reader.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
for heavens sake, it’s a movie not real life!!!
January 17th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
As far as me being a member here, I am glad though that I am a member. When the article was published I received a notification, so that I could participate in Comments, so perhaps that is it. But we’re certainly all members in the world of ideas.