Fan Reaction to The Twilight Saga: New Moon Trailer

After multiple viewings of the first official New Moon trailer, we've gathered our thoughts and have come to the conclusion that it's ... bloody brilliant. Here's our analysis of Edward, Bella, and that big, russet-colored werewolf.

Edward tells Bella she's his only reason to stay alive in the New Moom trailer

Edward & Bella Affection

No doubt sighs and hand fluttering accompanied the first viewing of this trailer, as Bella is seen asking Edward for a kiss. Add to that the leaked pictures from the Volturi scene, and New Moon is already beating Twilight on the smooching scale.

The Cullens assemble to celebrate Bella's birthday

Bella's Birthday Party

This scene looks pretty accurate, though there are a couple of questions raised. Does Bella still smash the table when she's thrown into it? Does Jasper make more of a show of things, or does he merely charge at Bella? The Cullens all look awesome in character, especially Alice, who could pass for the real thing. My only complaint is Kristen Stewart's extremely fake paper-cut acting -- it looks ridiculous, and who throws a present across the floor?

Will Jasper's wig survive the fight with Edward?

Jasper's Hair

Yeah ... they still haven't fixed that. If MTV ever introduced a "Worst Wig Award," Jackson Rathbone would undoubtedly find himself the winner. On the plus side, Alice and Rosalie's hair looks much better. Hello, realism!

Edward finally looks paler than Bella, hooray!

Edward's Skin Color

When watching Twilight, was anyone else frustrated that Bella's and Edward's skin colors were exactly the same? Yes, she's pale, but not as pale as a 107-year-old vampire. In this trailer, Robert Pattinson looks as white as a sheet, and paler than Bella. Maybe Summit pays attention to the fans after all.

Edward tells Bella, This is the last time you'll ever see me.

Meyer's Dialogue

"This is the last time you'll ever see me" is the line that stands out most. As far as dialogue goes, it's pretty close to the book, and delivered in a typically heartbreaking fashion. Tissues at the ready, Twilighters!

Laurent's eyes are red with hunger.

Laurent's Eyes

They're red! And you can actually tell they're red. Kudos to whoever suggested using different contact lenses; they're a huge improvement on the almost-non-existent ones used in Twilight.

Hello, new and improved Taylor Lautner!

Human Jacob

Wow! Check out hunky Taylor Lautner and his army of muscles -- clearly some serious gym hours have been on the menu. Once upon a time, Summit wanted to get rid of Taylor and replace him with another unknown, older actor. Judging from the swoon-worthy reactions from fans, we're betting they're glad they didn't.

And the werewolf special effects begin.

Wolf Jacob

The transformation looks awesome, but the wolf looks a little too friendly at the moment -- like a larger version of Lassie. It's also looking a little on the small side and nowhere near the height depicted in the book. We've got our fingers crossed that it's just a dodgy camera angle.



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  • twilight_lover1901

    07/29/09 04:51 PM
    IM NOT HATING OR ANY THING BUT I DONT LIKE JENNEY DAVIES SHE IS BEING A HATER FOR REAL BECAUSE THERE NOTHING WRONGE WITH THE TRAILER, YEAH I AGREE THAT BELLA LOOKS LIKE SHE MENT TO GIVE HER SELF A PAPER CUT BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE TRAILER AND THE MOVIE IS AWSOME. AND WHOEVER THINKS THAT KRISTEN CANT ACT NEEDS A REALITY CHE BECAUSE SHE PLAYS BELLA REALLY GREAT AND IF SHE COULDN'T ACT NO ONE WOULDN'T HAD CAST HER FOR A ROLE IN TWILIGHT OR IN ANY OTHER MOVIES.
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  • cheerflyer

    07/10/09 03:41 PM
    i cant wait for new moon to come out to theatres!! this new moon trailer was awesome. i think from what i saw it is gonna be way better than twilight/ and i loved twilight. and taylor lautner is my favorite charactor! he was funny and never gave up!! i think bella should have picked him!! im team taylor/jacob all the way!!! hes hot and an awesome actor!!! go taylor
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  • koko_nut

    06/24/09 11:10 AM
    So far...I see a much better movie than Twilight. Twilight was a good movie, but had some flaws. These flaws caused some people who hadn't read the book to not like the movie. And many of us who had read the books had issues because we were so in love with the book.

    As for New Moon...the trailer is very encouraging. My biggest concern was the "phasing" of the wolves and my first reaction was that it is perfect. I am very pleased with the CGI...Weitz has gotten the actual act of transformation as close to the book as possible. I even watched it in slow-mo; it's PERFECT. As for the concerns about the wolf's size and color...I haven't really seen enough to judge that. They are supposed to be rather large...they may use camera angles and perspective to pull that off and the wolf does have a russet color. Someone said it didn't look mean enough and someone else mentioned movies like Underworld. Remember, these are NOT werewolves...they're just regular wolves that are a bit larger. They're not supposed to mean, nasty and ugly...just strong, protective and loyal. There are some soft cuddly moments between wolf Jake and Reneesme and Bella in BD. I don't think I could cuddle up to one of those Lycans!
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  • Twilightgurl4life

    06/16/09 11:36 AM
    This movie is going to be great! Jakes wolf can't be bigger because he grows!Jaspers hair is the only rele bad thing.He needs to fix that.!
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  • surfnsweety808

    06/11/09 03:38 AM
    So things that I agree with. Taylor, what a good job getting buff! Love the "red eyes" laurent has...this is great because the volturi?s will have red eyes as well and these are good ones. The "party scene" decorations, beautiful! pretty much what the book had described. Alice looks wonderful, and yes Esme?s hair looks a lot better, not so dramatic as in twilight. The "Laurent and bella" scene...very scary....great acting on Laurent?s behalf.
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  • GottaLoveTheTwilightSeries

    06/08/09 03:30 PM
    When it comes down to it, you can't doubt chris weitz. The trailer, pics, that have come up all reflect the book. He is doing a great job keeping it to the book. The trailer is amazing. I can't wait! Jaspers hair is a little funky, and the paper cut scene is kinnda weird... but all in all.. amazing.

    As for the cast: one thing catherine got right. Everyone is great. Kristen was a little weird in twilight, but she has grown on me. I think we all read the book and we don't really picture a bella, because you are bella. But she has grown on me. She is average, yet pretty and a klutz... perfect bella. Rob has done an amazing job from the begining. He has the voice and the features for edward. And he has his facial expressions right. I think the rest of the cast is fantastic. Everyone plays there parts so well. Taylor is the perfect jacob.

    I think we all are going to be pleased... just hope we can all be patient enough for November!!!
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  • petra09

    06/07/09 12:33 PM
    Petra09

    Everyone is entitled to their opions and it's fun for me to see how other people see the characters or effects differently than I do. I did expect the wolves to be closer to the book-What with all of the past movies that have included werewolves or shape shifters-Blood and Chocolate-Underworld Revolution-and my favorite-An American Werewolf in London- I really expected someone like Chris Weitz to get it right-Jacob's wolf looks like any wolf that you would find in a National Geographic special.

    I wasn't so sure about Robert Pattz playing Edward-especially if you saw him in the film," How to Be"- Now I could never expect anyone else to play him. I only hope that all of the publicity and commentary about Twilight has not caused him to change his acting style in New Moon-I thought that he had the internal conflict down pat in Twilight and his voice is so musical, just as in the book. Yeah, he slipped up a few times-you heard the British accent in the words "worried and world"-but so what? He owns Edward and I think that Kristen owns Bella's character as well.

    I also think the rest of Cullen family characters were well chosen for the parts-I admit at first I did not think Nikki Reed was suited-but she compliments Kellan Lutz's Emmett so well. Ashley owns Alice. I love Peter Facinelli as Carlisle and Elizabeth as Esme. And Billy Burke should get an award as Charlie. No one else could be Bella's dad.

    Getting back to the New Moon trailers- they are awesome, small wolf or not and Laurent is charmingly-dangerously-scary. The party scene looks great-but they could use the technique of letting Bella think things versus saying them (you guys don't eat). I love it when Edward and Bella kiss. All in all-can't wait to see the film! Thumbs UP!!!!

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    • theZENpanda

      06/24/09 11:33 PM
      I definitely agree with you, except on KS. I love her and most of her work, don't doubt that, but idk if twilight was the best choice for her. She's a great Bella but compared to her in say, Adventureland(must see movie), she was not as great. Her character there, I think, was a little more similar to herself while there are as many differences as similarities between her and Bella. And every time I read a comment about the paper cut I crack up, reliving the scene in my head. Hilarious
      Otherwise, phasing was AWESOME! Jake looks great and so does the wolf.
      I definitely like how they "warmed up" the camera, giving it a kind of sunny glow not an icy look.
      I know I'm not alone when I say, I can't wait for more Edward/Bella romance. Those two have such great chemistry, I just love them together.
      I'm glad that there's no more vampire biting, or real attacking because Kristen screams really strangely and I always hate listening to it, whether in Twilight or another movie.
      Definitely looking forward to seeing the movie in November! Only 148 more days
    • victoriarose

      06/17/09 07:15 PM
      I completly agree with everything you said. All I have to add is that I think the words showing his accent add to the charecter. If you think about it he has lived a very long time and has traveled the world so Edward most definently wouldnt talk like eveyone else. Who knows he might have even picked up an accent. Of course the movie isnt going to be perfect but thats why the books are so awesome, each person creates there own twilight world in their head,
  • StarPrincess0702

    06/04/09 08:24 PM
    Maybe I'm a being a little critical but I think they could have done a bit better on Jacob's wolf form. I suppose I was expecting him to look a little more bad a, and wasn't his fur supposed to be a solid russet brown with dark eyes in the book?? He also looked a bit smalI in the clip but that could just be the angling..I don't know there are some saying that since it was just a teaser Jake's wolf form may just be a work in progress, I sure hope so!

    Oh and for the record, I have absolutely no complaints when it comes to Jacob's human form..HOTT!!! =D lol
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  • Ashleighh

    06/04/09 04:02 PM
    Well, I agree pretty much 100%

    But, they got the size just right, if who ever wrote this looked it says they are about the size of a horse so, I'm just sayin thats how its said in the books so dont say that lol, and the way he broke out into wolf was effin perfect!! It looks just like I thought, I thought they were gunna do something completly corny, phew, thankgoodness haha, and might I metion how amazigly HOT Taylor is in this movie, yeah holly crow! lollll

    But yeah Jackson/Jaspers hair is a big er, wow, haha

    But other than that its perfect :)
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  • loveEC

    06/04/09 10:38 AM
    I still hate jasper's hair, and the wolf does need to be bigger, but overall i love the trailer and can't wait for new moon!!!!!!!!!
    OME!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the cool Twilight scrapbooking pages at http://scrapbookingtales.mybisi.com
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    • Twilightgurl4life

      06/16/09 11:29 AM
      He cant be that big in the beginning because he gets alot bigger at the end!
    • 300100

      06/08/09 08:19 AM
      i hate Jaspers hair too,and the wolf needs to get ALOT bigger. I'm going to be @ the theaters @ the very second the New Moon movie is on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can't wait.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Exorcism_Expert

    06/03/09 09:54 PM
    I cannot say I agree with most of these reviews. Of course, my views probably don't matter much but I will give them out anyway.

    Bella Swan, as depicted from Stephanie Meyer's site in one of her entries, states that Bella is an average looking girl. And from how she's described in the book, she is very private, very normal, doesn't overly exaggerate expressions and emotions. Kristen Stewart plays that part very well. Ordinary girl, awkward, clumsy. Today's popular actresses would probably do a great job at making themselves seem like a damsel in distress. Kristen very much makes Bella seem like a person who prefers to suffer in silence. In Layman's terms, she's a good Bella. And Kristen Stewart isn't Bella, is she? She is much more graceful than the Bella we have come to know and love. The vampire Bella was graceful but she was still BELLA. Ordinary with her little quirks. Kristen Stewart will play that well.

    As for Jackson Rathbone's hair...eh. It could look better, but really, what can we do about that? Not much now. We can only hope that when filming for Eclipse, it doesn't look like some animal crawled up and died on his head.

    As for the color of Jacob's fur, he had russet colored fir in the book. Sam had black fur, which Quil so jokingly pointed out in...Eclipse -said something about the color of his fur matching his soul and Sam retorted that Quil's chocolate colored fur must represent how sweet he is-. And I liked the size of the wolf that was depicted in the trailer. remember that Jacob continues growing throughout the book. If they show that in the film, kudos to them. If now, oh well.

    And by the way, getting a paper cut flipping hurts. I would know. I got one this morning when reading a book and I flipping dropped the book. Maybe it wasn't a throw but the book was heavy! Jeez, some people over react when they see the slightest thing wrong. No matter what Twilight earned, the budget for the second film isn't much better. People don't always agree.
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  • EdWarDLuvR<3

    06/03/09 02:23 PM
    i agree , i stil think it will be very good i loved how they used 3 major important scenes , that are in the book , it shows thta the director was right on point with the book, i do wish they made the wolk look a lil more bigger ya know but i still LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it
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  • kristin674

    06/03/09 12:10 PM
    Loved the trailer! Seems like this movie will follow the book more closely. I didn't mind the look of the wolf, but it is too small---and Jakes' wolf was supposed to be black. When they decided to keep Jacob---I never thought he would work in this movie---boy was I wrong, he is perfect. I agree about the casting of Jasper, he looks more like a high schooler, than a soildier with a very dangerous vampire history. I like KS look, but agree she has very little range in her acting---same monotone, and same expression--sometimes she has a look on her face that makes her look comical (I think she is going for 'turned on' or sexy--she partly opens her mouth and her you see her tounge almost sticking out (for the best example see the biology scene where she first talks to Edward) that look ---what was she thinking ??? Hopefully she won't use that expression in this moviet, but from the trailer---I doubt she learned new tricks, her acting looks just as bad!
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    • Twilightgurl4life

      06/16/09 11:34 AM
      I dont understand what u said srry!
  • Evie29

    06/03/09 08:41 AM
    No way nitengail. I don't know how well your hearing is or how well you can distinguish accents, but Rob Pattinson is definitely doing an American accent. His real (British) accent sounds completely different.
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  • Kristin24

    06/03/09 01:45 AM
    I completely agree with sprite_34!! I usually make enemies because I always opinionate (is that a word?) on how Catherine/Summit/Stephanie all casted the wrong Bella!! She sounds like a boy, looks like one, doesn't have any facial expressions, has a mono-tone voice and always looks so coy. What's up with that? She doesn't seem to like this role.... so she should really get out of it! She's ruining the series for true fans of the books - and now the movies. I was hoping that this new director would've made a change in cast or at least get her some acting lessons. But, alas, I was disappointed again :(
    And Jasper really doesn't fit the character of a soldier. He looks like he should be an extra at Forks H.S. Emmett is more a soldier looking guy. So strange. What were the casting directors thinking? Seriously!
    And I'm glad they kept Taylor as Jacob. In Twilight, he's not supposed to be all buff. He's still just Jacob. He's supposed to grow with each book. So duh, I'm glad Summit had some sense there. I just hope we see much LARGER wolves. They're supposed to be the size of horses, only with longer hair and sharp teeth.
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    • surfnsweety808

      06/11/09 03:22 AM
      Okay, so I have to say Kristen stewart is not acting...this is how she normally is and it?s not bella swan from the twilight saga books, that?s for sure. She really needs acting lessons I agree, but what can you do they already hired her and she will be in all the movies. so I guess we will all have to deal with the "blah, boring, monotone, no expressions" actress Kristen stewart as bella swan. When reading the books, bella is this super sarcastic, caring about all people, extremely clumsy, and irrevocably in love with edward cullen type of girl. Her love is over flowing toward Edward and I just didn?t see it portrayed by kristen stewart in twilight.

      I?m looking forward to see new moon, but the trailer "party scene" disappointed me because of the fake "papercut" acting and throwing the present across the floor. I do agree jasper should have been more ravenous as well as the other vampires. I have to say the trailer was jumpy...first the scene where bella asks edward for a kiss on her birthday...(which wasn?t very convincing) and then it goes to edward saying "you?re the only reason for me staying..alive" and this is before her party? I was confused. Then later you see laurent...and then you see bella running saying "jacob run!" and cut to show jacob jumping out from his house...no way laurent would be in la push, anyways for the fans that read the book I?m sure we are all confused and looking forward to watch the movie for an explanation.

      Regardless, I know the books will always be better than the movies. But when someone wants to bring a book to life, the expectations from the fans are going to be extremely high and those directors and producers are going to have a lot of feedback, opinions, and comments on things they decided to do. I can?t express in words how disappointed I was in Kristen Stewarts acting as Bella Swan, all I can do is yell at the t.v. screen everytime i watch the movie. Anyways, I appreciate that the twilight saga was made! -HI


    • Exorcism_Expert

      06/03/09 10:01 PM
      Not to be rude or anything (because either way, I'll feel like I'm being rude) but really, you make it seem as if Kristen Stewart is taking this role just to spite us. "True fans" of the book actually like Kristen Stewart because they can see a normal girl. That's the big picture: normalcy! Stewart places that part well.

      Now, I'm not trying to stuff my opinions down your throat but I think maybe you should try to be more open. There's no use in hating one of the actors if you are going to go out and watch the movie either way. You might as well come to accept her. No one else is going to cast as Bella for the remaining movies as far as Summit is concerned.

      As for Jasper, he's had centuries to get out of that "soldier" mode. Jackson Rathbone seems like the epitome of calm and collected, which Jasper normally looks like. And Jasper was a major in the Confederate army. Not exactly a big, bad soldier dude carrying around a bazooka on his shoulders. That's more what Kellan Lutz looks like he would do.
    • EdWarDLuvR<3

      06/03/09 02:30 PM
      i agrre on some not all and its good to be opionated , BUT I MUST SAY I STRONGLY AGREE ON BELLA'S ACTING !!!!! ugh they needed some one else , she just so blah , boring , trying to be sexy, does not cut it
    • emeralds430

      06/03/09 01:05 PM
      I must disagree with both of you about Kristen Stewart as Bella (of course). But most importantly, they won't switch actresses right in the middle of the saga, especially since so many people love Kristen. I mean, at least 70% of the fans would go crazy! I don't like Jasper's hair at ALL in this movie; they should have kept it the way it was in the first Twilight movie. More modern. But during the birthday party scene in the trailer, I can't help flinching every single time Bella throws the present on the ground - it was just a little bit too much of a show for the big 'papercut'. I like the way Edward throws her into the table, though! The wolf is too CGI for my liking. Where are the real wolves that they brought in to shoot with? Anyway, looks great and can't wait to see the movie!
  • nitengail8

    06/02/09 08:05 PM
    Rob is speaking with his natural British accent. This is jarring, because he is supposed to be an American. He spoke with an American Accent in Twilight and he needs to continue. I hope this is fixed for the next two movies. Otherwise, the trailer looked good.
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    • 300100

      06/08/09 08:28 AM
      Robs american accent is good but i hate the british 1.i think it will be an AWSOME movie BUT EDWARDS GONE MOT OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW RUDE!!!!!! OH WELL..... seeing the wolf pack might make up 4 it. ican not wait to see that movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • sprite_34

    06/02/09 07:04 PM
    I have a problem with the wolf used. It is way too small, I think the FX guys could use a little help from the guys that did Rise of the Lycans. Though we're talking shape shifters here, still...come on...did they even read the books? I don't agree with a lot of the casting, first and foremost Kristen Stewart as Bella. Her facial expressions hardly ever change, she makes the character out to be seem highly depressed. She'll never be able to pull off Bella in Breaking Dawn. Bella as a vampire...graceful, elegant, beautiful...umm...nope. Jasper was totally casted wrong. He doesn't come across as a Confederate soldier to me, seems totally wrong for the part. Maybe they would have done better casting Kellan Lutz (Emmett) as Jasper and finding someone else as Emmett. These of course are my personal opinions and we all know what they say about them. Compared to the books, the movies are very disappointing. That's too bad because casted properly and with the right graphics, these could have been some awesome flicks. I know there will be many that don't agree and will probably like to have me banned from this sight. Sorry folks...I can't just sit by the side of the road and not say anything.
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    • surfnsweety808

      06/11/09 03:32 AM
      Totally agree with everything you said...especially Kristen Stewarts acting...I CANNOT STAND IT AT ALL! I don?t see anything that is remotely bella in her acting, as bella. UGH! makes me really sad...because the books are soooo AMAZING. They got me to start reading again, I couldn?t put it down, my kids and husband were neglected for the week and a couple days it took me to read all four. I hadn?t seen the movie yet, so when I watched it after reading...GOSH! I was in shock at the actress they had hired to act the part of Bella swan. I was yelling at the t.v. screen because, in my personal opinion, she was not cutting it! I could go on and on about this, but I must stop. I am looking forward to seeing new moon, despite all of my disagreements.
  • what86

    06/02/09 12:19 PM
    I totally agree on all counts, the effects look much much better, the hair, the clothes are major improvement. It looks like they are redeeming themselves, new moon is going to much better than twilight. I’m very hopeful that it will turn out great, or at least better. Can't wait to see the movie
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