Archive for November 23rd, 2009

Short Take: If your expectations are in line, expect to be satisfied

Director: Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, About a Boy)

Screenwriter: Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight, Step Up), Stephenie Meyer (book)

Cast: Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, Twilight, Into the Wild), Robert Pattinson (Twilight, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Taylor Lautner (Twilight, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D)

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Synopsis: Picking up where the last film left off, Bella Swan (Stewart) is still trying to convince her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen (Pattinson) to turn her into a vampire.  While celebrating her eighteenth birthday with his vampire family, an accident nearly leads the family to attack Bella.  Convinced that the only way to protect her is to leave, Edward and his family depart forever.  Bella slips into a depression only lessened when she spends time with her best friend Jacob Black (Lautner).  However Jacob, a werewolf, and Bella slowly cultivate a romance.  Just on the point of Jacob and Bella developing a full-fledged relationship, Bella must go to Italy to stop the vampire royalty, the Volturi, from killing Edward. Read the rest of this entry »