She re-initiates their friendship under the guise of helping her fix up some dirt bikes, in a montage where the more astute viewer can see the dirt bikes are a heavyhanded metaphor for her heart and he's putting it back together again as they slowly grow closer. Well done, Stephanie Meyers. You've managed to top yourself in schlocky sentimentality. Yeah, but c’mon. How cool was that scene? Someone threw something, then in the next shot someone else caught it like that thing was hurtling through space and time. It was like an HP commercial, neat musical accoutrement and all.
Things are going well for the two friends, except for a local gang of young braves who go about clad only in denim shorts and sockless shoes. At first Jacob is repulsed by them. But then he starts exhibiting strangely territorial behavior, especially around Bella. Remove one little part, and Jacob & Co are under homo suspicion.
This comes to a head one night when she's asked on a date by her dorky, completely non-supernatural friend (and she couldn't look less enthused about it) and somehow Jacob ends up tagging along. During the movie she sits between the two boys, who both have their hands palm up on the armrests hoping for Bella to take them -- I LOLed as hard as I did at anything in the first movie. Subtle, guys. I LOLed almost as hard as I did at the title of the movie they're watching: Face Punch, deliberately chosen by Bella for its utterly non-romantic content. This was probably my favorite part of the whole movie, though it barely registered for me in the book. Not nearly as funny or adorable.
He must be burning up, since this is the last appearance his shirt will make for the rest of the film. No, see, because his muscle grew three sizes that day, thus making it impossible for him to flex without destroying any shirt he wears.
sporting a six-pack you could skate on If you were a weightless figure skater. I cannot believe Canada did not address this possibility at all during the opening ceremonies.
And not for nothing, historically werewolves can only change by the light of the full moon, not every time their delicate male egos are bruised, making these jokers more like Animagi (Harry Potter interlude here). But I suppose if Stephanie's vamps can not only survive sunlight but sparkle in it, why should she trouble herself with accuracy regarding werewolves either? You will suspend your disbelief for werewolves and wizards but not sparkling vampires? I think the werewolves are based more on, er, “Native American legends that are totally real”, than traditional European folklore. I could be wrong though, as I have heard next to no Native American legends (the only one I’ve ever heard is the one about the sun and the moon, and I think a turtle was involved?) and I’m sure Miss Stephanie has heard less than that.
has a slight period of adjustment, but then she's back to aching after Jacob, represented by hovering with their lips inches apart but never actually kissing; kissing is too close to cheating on Edward in Stephanie's mind I guess. Bella is kind of a whore, right? She can’t be within six feet of a six pack without touching it with one hand and biting her lip. Even when her boyfriend is standing right there. You have to admit she’s got some real sexual tension going on with both Jacob and Edward. I put that down to the actress being kind of a whore too.
(I assume the psychopath James from the first movie). Yep. Although where Laurent fits into that relationship I have no clue.
Bella's last daredevil stunt By the way, you didn’t mention her first stunt which was by far the dumbest bit of rebellion I’ve ever seen. She slowly walks towards a biker (talking to herself the whole time), gets on his bike, rides for about two blocks, then stumbles away un-raped and still Edward-less. What the crap? and that's the last we see of her, which I personally was kind of disappointed by. SPOILER ALERT: She’ll be in the next movie. She only actually appeared in one scene in the book, so I imagine she’ll dominate the next movie again.
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Date: 2010-04-28 04:48 am (UTC)Things are going well for the two friends, except for a local gang of young braves who go about clad only in denim shorts and sockless shoes. At first Jacob is repulsed by them. But then he starts exhibiting strangely territorial behavior
, especially around Bella.Remove one little part, and Jacob & Co are under homo suspicion.This comes to a head one night when she's asked on a date by her dorky, completely non-supernatural friend (and she couldn't look less enthused about it) and somehow Jacob ends up tagging along. During the movie she sits between the two boys, who both have their hands palm up on the armrests hoping for Bella to take them -- I LOLed as hard as I did at anything in the first movie. Subtle, guys. I LOLed almost as hard as I did at the title of the movie they're watching: Face Punch, deliberately chosen by Bella for its utterly non-romantic content. This was probably my favorite part of the whole movie, though it barely registered for me in the book. Not nearly as funny or adorable.
He must be burning up, since this is the last appearance his shirt will make for the rest of the film. No, see, because his muscle grew three sizes that day, thus making it impossible for him to flex without destroying any shirt he wears.
sporting a six-pack you could skate on If you were a weightless figure skater. I cannot believe Canada did not address this possibility at all during the opening ceremonies.
And not for nothing, historically werewolves can only change by the light of the full moon, not every time their delicate male egos are bruised, making these jokers more like Animagi (Harry Potter interlude here). But I suppose if Stephanie's vamps can not only survive sunlight but sparkle in it, why should she trouble herself with accuracy regarding werewolves either? You will suspend your disbelief for werewolves and wizards but not sparkling vampires? I think the werewolves are based more on, er, “Native American legends that are totally real”, than traditional European folklore. I could be wrong though, as I have heard next to no Native American legends (the only one I’ve ever heard is the one about the sun and the moon, and I think a turtle was involved?) and I’m sure Miss Stephanie has heard less than that.
has a slight period of adjustment, but then she's back to aching after Jacob, represented by hovering with their lips inches apart but never actually kissing; kissing is too close to cheating on Edward in Stephanie's mind I guess. Bella is kind of a whore, right? She can’t be within six feet of a six pack without touching it with one hand and biting her lip. Even when her boyfriend is standing right there. You have to admit she’s got some real sexual tension going on with both Jacob and Edward. I put that down to the actress being
kind ofa whore too.(I assume the psychopath James from the first movie). Yep. Although where Laurent fits into that relationship I have no clue.
Bella's last daredevil stunt By the way, you didn’t mention her first stunt which was by far the dumbest bit of rebellion I’ve ever seen. She slowly walks towards a biker (talking to herself the whole time), gets on his bike, rides for about two blocks, then stumbles away un-raped and still Edward-less. What the crap? and that's the last we see of her, which I personally was kind of disappointed by. SPOILER ALERT: She’ll be in the next movie. She only actually appeared in one scene in the book, so I imagine she’ll dominate the next movie again.