5. Love Actually

Boasting a top notch cast Love Actually is a very charming and lovely tale combining many different stories of love that are nicely woven together.

Usually a romance genre is defined by a guy likes a girl or the opposite way but what I find interesting about this film is the way it explores all sorts of different types of love.

The stories are really nice and I expect everyone will find at least a bit of themselves in at least one of the narratives.

It really is one of those films that when you watch it you can't help but get that funny, warm, Christmas feeling.

The tagline of the film is "Love Actually Is All Around" I think that the film suits this perfectly.

Love takes many forms and everyone loves and is loved by someone, this makes the film one of the all time great feel good Christmas films reminding us what Christmas really is all about.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Plot

New Moon is the sequel to the highly successful 2008 box office smash Twilight.

It centers around the effects of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) leaving Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) after an incident with his family makes him realise that she may be better off without him.

Bella frequently sees Edward as a ghostly conscious trying to keep her out of harm.

But when Bella realises that Edward shows up when she is in danger, she goes looking for harm in order to see him.

Summary

Having watched the first Twilight film and being surprisingly impressed by it, I was more than willing to give New Moon a chance.

While Bella and Edward were the main driving force behind the success of the first film, I did think this sequel would suffer as Edward is missing for the great majority of the film.

But I feel the character of Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) adds an intriguing element to the film.

The whole story of will she get with Jacob or will Edward come back and rekindle his love for Bella was at first interesting, but that is all that seems to push the movie forward.

The storyline continues without any developments and I found it monotonous until the conclusion, when the pace of the film rapidly shifts into top gear.

Overall

If you are a fan of the series you will love this film and I am sure you will look forward to the third part.

But if you are new to the series or watching it casually then I would suggest you watch something else.

I got very bored and the movie struggled to hold my concentration.

Most films usually have a weak second installment and New Moon is no different.

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