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After a failed attempt to see the film on Thursday night, I finally was able to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon yesterday afternoon so that I could weigh in on all the hoopla. Long story short, I really enjoyed New Moon and found it much, much better than the first Twilight film:

To be clear, I did NOT find New Moon to be a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but, considering how poorly written the books are, the movie did a good job of making the story more compelling. I liked the allusions to the Romeo & Juliet story … something I missed in reading the book. If you’re gonna make reference to a piece of literature, you might as well go for the greatest writer of all time. Thankfully the melodramatic hysterics present in the book were toned down A LOT in the movie … tho, I laughed my ass off during the scene where Bella was seen sitting in the same chair for “3 months” — LOL! For me, the werewolves make the movie … they are much more interesting than the vampires, I think. Add to that the fact that they are mostly nekkid in much of the film and, well, you can see the appeal. I also found Rachelle Lefevre‘s performance as Victoria very compelling … she just has a cool look and I thought she did an excellent job in the role. It just KILLS me that she was fired from playing Victoria in the future films because the movie studio wanted a bigger name in the role. Rachelle IS Victoria … this movie proves it. The FX are great, I loved the wolves in action … I found the chemistry between Bella and Jacob much more palatable than her chemistry with Edward. Taylor Lautner is good as Jacob. The scenes with the Volturi were really comical but passably entertaining … all in all, I did enjoy myself at this movie. Twilight fans should love it … and how anyone can NOT be Team Jacob is beyond me.

Oh and if you need another endorsement, just read what writer Anne Rice has to say about New Moon the movie:

Saw New Moon last night. Definitely in the tradition of Bronte’s Jane Eyre and DeMaurier’s Rebecca: a romance about a young girl longing to be taken seriously by a powerful male figure. No wonder it strikes a chord in so many.

After the movie, David and I made our way to the 2nd Stage Theater to see the Blank production of The Santaland Diaries starring Nicholas Brendon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame). After the jump, check out a fun pic I got to take with him and hear my thoughts on the play …

The Santaland Diaries is a one man show based on the writings of David Sedaris. They tell the “semi-true” tale of Sedaris‘s stint as a holiday elf working at Macy’s in NYC. Brendon is AMAZING in this show … he shows a full range of emotion and expertly delivers some of THE funniest lines Sedaris has ever written. I strongly urge those of you here in SoCal to see this show … it’s really very funny. Nicholas was so cool after the show, he graciously posed for this fun pic :)

After the play, David and I hightailed it to Pasadena to party with our dear friend Gillian on her birthday:

Gillian held court at the 35r and we had a blast. It was so fun celebrating with G last night :)

Tonight, David and I will be spending our last night together before he flies home for the next week. I’m not sure what we’re doing but I’m letting him decide. I’m really gonna miss him … we’ve been together for so long now, I don’t want him to go ;(