Considering the hype surrounding the first film, Twilight, it was given that this film was going to be a success. This sequel had a lot to live up to and I think it delivered. Being quite the Twilight fan myself, I was just as excited as most other teenage girls and I didn’t leave disappointed
The film begins pretty much where the first one left off. It’s Bella’s birthday, which means she’s considered older than Edward (Robert Pattinson) by other humans and it makes her aware of how she is going to age whereas he won’t. During the unwrapping of her presents at the Cullen house, Bella (Kristen Stewart) gets a paper cut and starts bleeding, which inevitably causes chaos. This incident makes Edward realise how much danger he is putting Bella in by having her around vampires all the time, particularly as Victoria is still hell bent on revenge after he killed her soul-mate, James.
Edward decides the best course of action is to leave Bella in Forks for her own safety and leaves her alone distraught. Months pass and Bella becomes more and more depressed, causing her father to suggest going back to live with her mother in Jacksonville, Florida. This makes her try to become more interactive with her friends, especially Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), who has a secret of his own and both develop deep feelings for each other. She discovers that doing dangerous and reckless activities make Edward reappear to give her warnings, so she proceeds to go motorcycling and cliff diving, for example. During the latter, Edward believes that Bella is dead because his sister, Alice, saw it in a vision and didn’t see her get rescued. Alice tells Bella that Edward is going to the Volturi, the vampire council, and asking to be killed because he doesn’t want to be in a world where Bella doesn’t exist. So it is a race against time to get to Edward before he sacrifices himself.
I like this film because it sticks really closely to the book, which I’m a massive fan of. The special effects, which I thought let the first film down, are so much better this time around particularly for the many fight scenes. The old director, Catherine Hardwicke has been replaced by Chris Weitz and he certainly does the second book justice.
The film may be seen as a filler between Twilight and Eclipse, but it still has a decent story in its own right. The film ends on a cliff-hanger which I found annoying, but that is what happens in the book so I can’t complain too much. Edward isn’t really the main male focus of the film and I’m sure if you have seen the trailer, you can understand why Jacob is the new heartthrob. When he first takes his top off, the audience and myself actually gasped and then laughed for being so pervy- it was brilliant. The film is better than the first so don’t let that put you off and if you think it won’t be as good as the book then you are mistaken. It was as good as my high expectations, maybe not as much as the hype, but you should go see it, even if it’s just for Jacob’s abs. I am definitely Team Jacob.
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