Complete Song List from NEW MOON 24 November 2009
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Before writing this post, I checked my similar post on the Twilight soundtrack and realized that I listened to all the songs in the soundtrack before watching the movie. I don’t remember doing that, but it was exactly the same thing I did before watching New Moon. I even made soundtrack predictions on which scene each song will be used, but it seems I got everything wrong. Oh well.
Anyway, here is the complete song list from The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
1) Monsters (Hurricane Bells) – track 10 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Bella was driving on the way to school on her birthday, and while she’s taking the picture of her friends (Jessica, Mike, Eric and Angela).
2) The Violet Hour (Sea Wolf) – track 11 in the soundtrack
- This was played during Bella’s birthday party at the Cullens’ house until she had her paper cut.
3) Satellite Heart (Anya Maria) – track 6 in the soundtrack
- This was played while Bella and a visibly upset Edward were on the way home.
4) Roslyn (Bon Iver and St. Vincent) – track 8 in the soundtrack
- This was played while Bella was printing out her picture with Edward and sitting on a table with her friends on a sunny day, and Edward was at her room until they went for a walk in the forest.
5) Possibility (Lykke Li) – track 4 in the soundtrack
- This was played while Bella is sitting at her room, depressed, as the months passed by. It continued while Bella was writing bouncing emails to Alice, having nightmares and sitting at the Cullens cafeteria table by herself.
6) I Belong to You (Muse) – track 7 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Bella told Charlie that she was going out for a girl’s night out with Jessica.
7) Friends (Band of Skulls) – track 2 in the soundtrack
- This was played during Bella’s first Edward hallucination, when she approached the guys with a disapproving and incredulous Jessica looking at her.
8) UNKNOWN SONG – not in the soundtrack
- This was played when Jacob started fixing the motorbikes. Does anyone know what the song is?
9) Shooting the Moon (Ok Go) – track 12 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Jacob started wrestling with Quil and throughout the montage of Jacob fixing the bike with Bella.
10) The Meadow (Alexandre Desplat) – track 15 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Bella was at the meadow and she saw Laurent.
11) Done All Wrong (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) – track 9 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Bella was about to enter Emily’s house while Paul and Jacob were having their wolf scuffle. I guess the song about doing wrong is appropriate since Bella, the vampire girl, is now visiting the werewolves place.
12) Hearing Damage (Thom Yorke) – track 3 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Charlie and the rest of the townspeople were combing the forest hunting for the wolves, and Victoria attacked Harry Clearwater behind Charlie’s back. The song is still playing during the impressive scene of the werewolves chasing the ever-graceful (and ever-sneaky) Victoria until she jumps to the water.
13) Slow Life (Grizzly Bear) – track 13 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Bella was under water, unconscious. She was looking at her Edward hallucination until Jacob towed her from the water. The lyrics are very appropriate for Bella: “Even though you’re the only one I see / If you ask, I’ll cut you free…”
14) No Sound but the Wind (Editors) – track 14 in the soundtrack
- This was played when Edward and Bella were on the way home from the Cullens’ place after Bella asked for their vote on whether she should become a vampire. I thought it would be used when the Cullens were packing up to leave Forks because of the line, “We can never go home / We no longer have one…” but I suppose it also applies to Bella.
15) A White Demon Love Song (The Killers) – track 5 in the soundtrack
- This was played during the closing credits.
16) Meet Me at the Equinox (Death Cab for Cutie) – track 1 in the soundtrack
- I didn’t actually hear it, but I’m assuming they played this during the closing credits as well. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
My First Impression on New Moon (the Movie) 23 November 2009
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First of all, let me start with a disclaimer – I’ve only watched New Moon once when it opened last Friday, so this post is only about my first impression on the movie. I’ll probably write a review after I’ve seen it a couple of times. I haven’t read any other reviews as well so that I won’t be prejudiced or influenced by them.
I was a bit wary because a friend who watched the premiere showing of New Moon the night before told me that teenage fangirls kept screaming whenever Edward was on screen, making it hard to concentrate on the movie and hard to listen to the dialogue. Thankfully, I didn’t have this experience. The crowd was pretty quiet except for the spontaneous intake of breath when Jacob first removed his shirt. I guess he really was sort of beautiful in that scene.
Anyway, here are some of my comments about the movie:
1. The effects were so much better. Seriously. It only makes the special effects of Twilight so much more laughable. I loved how the wolves transform, and how the vampires (especially Victoria) move. No more swooshing sound either whenever the vampires are running, though there is still that tinkling sound when Edward exposed his body to the sunlight.
2. The make up was so much better too. The vampires (especially Esme) were paler and less natural looking. However, I thought Edward’s lipstick was a bit too… red.
3. There were a lot of direct quotes from the books. I didn’t even realize this while watching the movie since I haven’t read New Moon in years. The next day, I got out my copy of New Moon and re-read it the whole day, and was pleasantly surprised at the number of quotes lifted word for word from the book.
4. Taylor Lautner was… great. He was able to do something that the book wasn’t able to do – make me sympathetic to Team Jacob. As I mentioned, the audience all gasped when he first took off his shirt – myself included. It was a spontaneous reaction. It’s obvious he really worked out, and I thought he looks better with cropped hair.
5. The soundtrack, which I thought was too depressing when I first listened to it, fit quite well in the movie. I made another post regarding my predictions on where the songs would appear, but it seems I got everything wrong. All I remember is “Satellite Heart” was played in Bella’s truck when Bella and Edward was talking after the disastrous birthday party, “Possibility” was played while the months passed and Bella was just sitting depressed at her room, and “A White Demon Love Song” was played during the closing credits.
6. Alice’s outfits were always very cute. She was always very cute too, though her hair is a bit longer.
7. I love the scene where Bella was just sitting in her room and the camera was rotating around her, while the passing months (October, November, and so on) were super-imposed on the screen. The changing seasons were shown as well in the window outside her room. I thought it was a very creative way to translate that part from the book, which had blank pages with only the words October, November and so on…
8. I love the scene where Bella is seen sitting alone in the Cullens’ table at the cafeteria, and her friends were looking at her. That wasn’t in the book, but it was a great way to show how she was dealing with the pain and how isolated she was from her friends.
9. I loved the ending! I won’t give any spoilers, but there was also a rather loud reaction from the audience when “Directed by Chris Weitz” appeared on the screen.
10. I love how the movie followed the book faithfully. This is something I wish other moviemakers would do – respect the book, respect the story and respect the fans. I don’t think there were any major plot differences, like in Twilight.
Predictions on the New Moon Soundtrack 17 November 2009
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I’ve recently been listening to the soundtrack of New Moon on YouTube since I’m pretty excited to see the movie in a few days. I’ve probably heard all the songs about 5-10 times only, and I thought it would be fun to make some predictions on which part in the movie they will be used. One disadvantage is that I haven’t read New Moon in more than a year, so I can’t remember all the parts. Anyway, here are some of my predictions:
1) Meet Me at the Equinox by Death Cab for Cutie
- During an Edward hallucination.
- Before Edward exposes his sparkly self.
- During the closing credits. I’m only guessing this because Decode was the first single to be released from the Twilight soundtrack, and it was featured during the closing credits.
2) Friends by Band of Skulls
- When Bella is with the Cullens before her disastrous birthday party
- When the werewolves are together
- When Bella is talking to the boys in town while she is with Jessica
3) Hearing Damage by Thom Yorke
- When Bella meets Laurent in the meadow
- When Jacob puts the phone down on who he thought was Carlisle
- When Bella and Alice are on the way to the Volturi
4) Possibility by Lykke Li
- During the parade of St Marcus (maybe on a slow motion shot of Bella running through the crowd)
- When Bella first realizes that Jacob is a werewolf
- When Edward, Bella and Alice are walking together on the way to the Volturi
5) A White Demon Love Song by The Killers
- When Bella is spending time with Jacob
- When Bella is pretending to be happy for Charlie’s sake
- When Alice visits Bella after the Cullens leave
6) Satellite Heart by Anya Maria
- After Edward leaves Bella at the forest and she’s curled up on the ground in tears
- While Bella is in school or in bed, depressed and missing Edward
- While Bella is standing on the cliff before she jumps
7) I Belong to You by Muse
- While Bella and Jacob are happily chatting or doing something fun together
- While Bella, Jacob and Mike are in the theater
- When Bella, Edward and Alice are on the way home from the Volturi
8) Roslyn by Bon Iver and St. Vincent
- When Bella jumps off the cliff (in slow motion maybe)
- When Bella opens her eyes and sees that it was Jacob who saves her from fall
- When Edward begins to open his shirt to expose his sparkly self
9) Done All Wrong by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- When Bella sees hallucinations of Edward
- Whenever Bella or Jacob are on their bikes (maybe because the artist’s name has “Motorcycle” in it)
- While Bella is in school or in bed, depressed and missing Edward
10) Monsters by Hurricane Bells
- When Edward and Bella are on the way to the birthday party at the Cullens
- When Bella and Jacob are on their bikes
- When Bella and Alice are on the way to the Volturi
11) The Violet Hour by Sea Wolf
- When Bella and Jacob are on their bikes
- When Bella and Edward are finally together again in her bedroom
- During closing credits
12) Shooting the Moon by Ok Go
- When Bella is with the werewolves (well, mainly because there’s moon in the title)
- When Jacob leaves Bella while they are having an argument
- When Jacob is in Bella’s room trying to tell her what’s wrong with him without breaking the rule
13) Slow Life by Grizzly Bear
- During a slow motion of Bella jumping off the cliff
- During a slow motion shot of Bella running to stop Edward from showing off his sparkles
- During closing credits
14) No Sound but the Wind by Editors
- When the Cullens are packing up to leave Forks (“We can never go home / We no longer have one…”)
- When Jacob saves Bella after she jumps from a cliff
- When Edward and Bella are walking together towards the Volturi
15) The Meadow by Alexandre Desplat
- When Bella goes back to the meadow alone
- While Bella is in school or in bed, depressed and missing Edward
- When Bella sees an Edward hallucination
Since I made three guesses per song (or a total of 45 guesses), I’m hoping I get at least one correct. We’ll see on November 20.
Why I’m Going to Use ShopWiki Next Time 16 September 2009
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I’m pretty new to the entire online shopping experience. So far I’ve only bought stuff from two sites – Amazon and eBay. However, I recently discovered this site called ShopWiki, which is basically a search engine for all internet shopping stores.
What I liked about it is that instead of having to check all the other shopping sites out there for some of the hard-to-find items that I want, I only need to log in to ShopWiki and it will search the entire web for me. When I tried to look for the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre Series of The Chronicles of Narnia (one of the items on my wish list), I was routed to a site which sold it for less than Amazon did.
Another nice thing about it is that they have buying guides as well. It’s always nice to read insider tips on what to look for before purchasing the usual stuff I buy, like books, DVDs or movie memorabilia. They also have a pretty comprehensive list of related links.
I wish I discovered ShopWiki earlier so that I could have compared the prices for all my other online purchases. The next time I’m buying online, I’m going to use ShopWiki for sure.
A Christian Book Review on TWILIGHT 14 September 2009
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NOTE: This is a book review I did for Squeaky Clean Reviews, a website that analyzes books from a Christian perspective.
Although I did enjoy Twilight, I would have to say that Christians should read this with caution. I would also advise teens to read this with parental or adult supervision, especially the next three books.
You can also read my review here: http://www.squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=781
PLOT
Following the Romeo and Juliet motif, this is the story of impossible love. Bella Swan leaves sunny Phoenix, Arizona to live with her dad in rainy Forks, Washington. There she meets and gets intrigued by her mysterious Biology lab partner, Edward Cullen. The attraction between them grows, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that Edward is a vampire.
MORALITY
Here are some of the issues raised about the book.
1. There will always be the question of whether romanticizing traditionally evil creatures such as vampires is wrong. Similar to the debate about having good witches in Harry Potter, this series started the debate on the acceptability of good vampires as protagonists.
2. Some of the characters have supernatural gifts. One of them sees visions of the future, which could be considered occultic.
3. Bella is willing to give up her soul to be with Edward for all eternity without hesitation, even though Edward believes that vampires go to hell in the end.
4. Bella lies to her parents repeatedly. She also allows Edward to stay at her bedroom every night without her father’s knowledge.
However, there are also themes in the story that could be good talking points for teens and their parents.
1. Edward (and his family) resists the temptation to kill people despite their thirst for human blood. They go against their very nature in order to do what they believe is right.
2. Even though he loves Bella, Edward doesn’t want her to become a vampire too because he doesn’t want to endanger her soul.
SPIRITUAL CONTENT
There are deeper spiritual discussions in the succeeding books, but in the first book, Edward mentions the age-old question of evolution and creation and even makes reference to the Creator in this quote:
“Well, where did you come from? Evolution? Creation? Couldn’t we have evolved in the same way as other species, predator and prey? Or, if you don’t believe that all this world could have just happened on its own, which is hard for me to accept myself, is it so hard to believe that the same force that created the delicate angelfish with the shark, the baby seal and the killer whale, could create both our kinds together?”
VIOLENCE
There is some violence towards the end, although it is not described too graphically.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL CONTENT
In describing his attraction to the scent of Bella’s blood, Edward makes references to alcoholics and drug addicts. One of the most popular lines from the book and the movie is “You are exactly my brand of heroin.”
SEXUAL CONTENT
The main characters make out, and Bella sleeps in Edward’s arms nearly every night (although nothing happens, since Edward is adamant about keeping both their virginity).
CRUDE OR PROFANE LANGUAGE OR CONTENT
Some of the characters sometimes display disrespect towards their parents. Obsessive, unhealthy love seems to be encouraged.
CONCLUSION
This is an interesting read for people who are willing to overlook the negative points in the story. It’s fast-paced, exciting and quite entertaining. However, because of some of the questionable elements of the story, parents are advised to warn young teens or new believers from reading this book as it may negatively affect their relationship with God.
