New Moon Is Fantastic and Guess What Young Girls Are Doing With Their Phones These Days?
On Thursday of this week, I tweeted about an article that listed five reasons why New Moon could be good. One of those reasons was because it had found a new director. The article was right on the money, the new director did a fantastic job. New Moon is awesome! I saw the movie with my 12 year old and my 9 year old and just about ever other tween in a 15 mile radius of the Barn movie theater in Doylestown, PA on Friday night.
My girls didn’t have to take me kicking and screaming to the movie, either. I am most decidedly a fan after Twilight. New Moon was even better – great story, great effects, great music – an all-around winner. What was most fun, though, was being a part of the crowd. I could have passed on the waiting in line an hour before to get a good seat and the hundreds of girls in line screaming at the sight of all the other girls they knew – the sound was a cacophonic blend of shrieks and squeals that I am still trying to recover from – I’m 42 years old for goodness sake! Once in the theater, though, being a part of the energy, the excitement, and the sheer joy of these girls was nothing short of electric. Let me elaborate on that one.
In New Moon, Edward, takes somewhat of a backseat to Jacob – played by the hunky, super-pimped Taylor Lautner. When Lautner fills the screen bare-chested and every young girl in the place simultaneously exhales, I couldn’t help but laugh. At the same time, I noticed all the girls with their hand up in the air with their cell phones – kind of like what we used to do at concerts with our lighters, but no, they weren’t waving their hands, they just shot straight up. Confused, I asked my daughter the purpose of this strange hand motion. She patiently explained that they were taking a picture of the movie screen to send to their friends. For some reason, I thought this was so amusing, I muffled a belly laugh and ended up snorting. My snort set my 9 year old off and I’ll tell you the sound of her laughter was worth the price of admission.
And before you ask…yes, I did take my 9 and 12 year old to a PG-13 movie but let me tell you, New Moon was cleaner than two of the previews before the movie, shamelessly depicting (or was it it real, it’s so hard to tell) casual unmarried sex amongst teenagers, la, la la. New Moon on the other hand, as with Twilight, barely shows the teenagers kissing. The main thing on the mind of the two main characters, Edward and Jacob, where Bella is concerned is simply her safety and protection. What a great example for girls to hold out for – a guy willing to protect them!
So…go see this movie, no matter what age you are, you are going to love it. But try not to snort if you can help it. Has anyone seen New Moon, yet? Thoughts? Concerns? Questions?
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