The opening scene was Bella in a beautiful field with Edward, when she suddenly come across an old lady, who looked exactly like her grandmother. She called to her, but she didn't reply, and then she was standing in front of the mirror and saw that old woman, next to Edward, and when she looked at herself, she was the old woman. It was a nice touch to describe Bella's dilemma of growing old when Edward remained young. She woke up with a start and it was her birthday. She wasn't too happy people wishing her happy birthday as it reminded herself of growing older, whilst Edward remained as how he is. Later that day, she was at the Cullen's celebrating her birthday when she cut herself on paper and one of the vampires tried to make a hit for her, which Edward stopped. But flung her across the room and broke another table and she bled more. Figures.
After the commotion ended, Edward sent Bella home. Subsequently, he was absent from school and then he came over to tell her that he was leaving. Bella wanted to come along, but he said no. This was a touching scene. So then Edward was gone. Bella went into major depression, refusing to socialize, until a few months later, she decided to get on with her life. She became close to Jacob and Jacob was highly interested in her. But then Jacob changed, and then refused to see her, and again she was thrown into desperation. Oh, I forgot to mention that whenever Bella tries to do anything crazy, she'll see Edward telling her not to, and you could guess went on a high adrenaline rush streak. She learns a secret about Jacob, which made them friends again.
Oh, and the other vampire, Victoria came back to kill her. But the wolves stopped her. Bella on the other hand, missing Edward, tried cliff jumping just to see him, ended up drowning but was saved by Jacob. Victoria was in the water too, but didn't manage to get to Bella before Jacob. Afterwards,Edward tries to call Bella at home but Jacob picked up saying she wasn't there, and that her father was attending a funeral. Thinking that Bella has died, Edward decided to send himself to Rome to get himself murdered by the Vampire overlords. Alice goes back to town to pick up Bella to save Edward.
In terms of storyline, I almost vomited because it dragged so much. There was just so much drama, that it was just like a soap opera. But I really have to give it to Bella, because her character potrayed a very unique mix of emotions which was actually very good and I guess people can relate to her. The cinematography improved a lot from the earlier movie, the effects were smooth. There were a few questions hanging, such as what happened to Victoria? I mean, I would have expected more from her rather than just a short chase around the woods.Plus the Roman scene was too short, should have elaborated a bit more. And Dakota Fenning's part was too little. I guess some fans felt a bit disappointed.
Overall, it is still watchable if you like romance movies with a little bit of action. Or if you are a die-hard Edward Cullen fan, or if you like young guys with 6 packs (Yes, there were some nice male bods featured). Although many Twilight fans do admit, the first twilight storyline was far much better than this one, but I guess the half naked guys won more votes.
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