NEW MOON

New Moon (marketed as The Twilight Saga: New Moon) is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight, which is based on Meyer's previous novel. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of Twilight. Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of Twilight, returns as the screenwriter for the second installment as well.

The film was released on November 20, 2009 in the United States and Canada, and set domestic box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history when it grossed an estimated $72.7 million in its first day of release.

PLOT

On her 18th birthday, Bella Swan wakes up from a dream in which she sees herself as an old woman. She expresses her distaste with growing older than her boyfriend Edward Cullen, a vampire who stopped aging at 17. Edward's family throws Bella a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, Bella gets a paper cut, which causes Edward's adopted brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by her blood's scent and attempt to kill her. Realizing the danger he and his family pose to Bella, Edward decides to end their relationship, and the Cullens move away from Forks.

Edward's departure leaves Bella heart-broken and depressed for months. However, when her father, Charlie, attempts to send her to live with her mother, Bella agrees to spend time with her other friends. While shopping with Jessica, she sees a group of men Edward had rescued her from earlier and is surprised to see a vision of Edward warning her against approaching them. Bella discovers all thrill-seeking activities grant her visions of Edward. She also finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eases her pain over losing Edward and nearly replaces him; Jacob and Bella nearly kiss twice, but are interrupted. Bella then discovers that Jacob is a werewolf. After learning that the vampires Laurent and Victoria are searching for Bella, Jacob's pack members begin constant patrols, leaving Jacob little time for Bella. Alone, Bella returns to thrill seeking activities.

A series of miscommunications leads Edward to believe that Bella has killed herself while cliff diving. Distraught over her supposed suicide, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi, vampire royalty who are capable of killing him, by exposing the existance of vampires. Alice, Edward's adopted sister, and Bella rush to Italy to save Edward, and arrive just in time to stop him. Over there they discover that Bella is immune to all vampire powers. However, the Volturi decide that Bella, a human who knows that vampires exist, must either be killed or transformed into a vampire. Alice stops them from killing her by showing them a vision of the future in which she has transformed Bella. When they return to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he has always loved her and only left Forks to protect her. She forgives him, and the Cullens vote in favor of Bella being transformed into a vampire, to Edward's dismay. However, Edward gives Bella a choice: either she lets Alice change her after her graduation, or, if Bella agrees to marry him, he will change her himself.