New Moon starts its regular run today

It’s official. I am now a Jacob Black/Taylor Lautner fan after I’ve watched New Moon last night at the Powerplant mall. A friend gave me tickets to the advance screening of the much anticipated movie of the year. Although reviews have not been very good, any Twilight Saga fan will not pass up the chance to once again see these well-loved characters come alive on screen. I love the first movie installment, New Moon is better read than seen onscreen but who cares? I love Stephenie Meyer’s take on vampires more than I do Anne Rice’s, which is darker and had sexual undertones. While Rice has totally departed from the vampires and witches that made her famous (Interview with a Vampire) and has since moved on to tackle stories of redemption (angels) and religion, Meyer has cashed in on the total fascination we have over vampires and werewolves. That, and the “kilig” factor that Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have brought on and off screen, has sparked a deluge of Rice-Meyer wannabes who have come out with their vampire tales in the hope of one day seeing their own novels adapted to the screen, earning them millions such as what these two authors have accomplished in so little time.

Anyway, I urge you to see New Moon as it is a very entertaining film. I simply love the Volturi and wished Aro and Jane (Dakota Fanning) and the rest have more screen time. Perhaps on the third installment.

We were so antsy over the long pre-screening program. Us Girls  hosts Angel Aquino and Cheska Garcia, along with Aaron Atayde, hosted the pre-screening raffle were prizes from sponsors Studio 23, Garnier and Carefree were given away to lucky winners.