I finally had a chance to watch the trailer a few more times after coming out of my Rob-induced coma from the awards show last night. I'm still amazed that Summit chose to show us bits from three separate but very important scenes in the trailer: the birthday party, the break-up, and especially Jacob's transformation.
I thought everyone looked absolutely stunning at the birthday party, especially Bella, Alice, Esme, and Rosalie. I did wonder what's going on with Jasper's hair
, as several of you mentioned here. But overall, I think the make-up, hair, and costuming seems improved from Twilight.
Rob looked gorgeous and I did notice that he seemed to be wearing the same outfit in the birthday party and the break-up scenes. Maybe he will wander dejectedly in the forest after the birthday party scene and never go home to change clothes, and then break up with Bella the next day? It looks like that scene is builidng up to be pretty heartbreaking, especially with Bella lying on the ground in the fetal position. I'm pretty sure Rob can pull off angst and Kristen can pull off dejected and desperate; now if only Melissa Rosenberg doesn't screw up the screenplay.
Where are Bella and Laurent supposed to be in their scene together? Is that supposed to be "the meadow" with dried-up, dead grass in the winter, or do we assume that there probably won't be any specific reference to "the meadow" and it's just some random place in the forest. Maybe movie Bella tried to find the place where Edward broke up with her, and that's where Laurent confonted her?
I thought Taylor looked amazing
and the phasing looked pretty cool too. Thank God Jacob's wolf looks better than Remus Lupin's poor werewolf in
Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban.
I also watched an interview with Taylor on the opening page of the Lex boards (I think it was Access Hollywood). I was pleasantly surprised that Taylor seems to have toned it down a little and he politely declined to show his "8-pack", even after the reporter asked him about ten different times, in ten different ways to flash his abs for the camera. He just kept saying something cute like, "You can see them November 21st".
He also wouldn't fuel any specific rumors about himself and Selena Gomez and just said, "She's a really great girl." Good for you, Taylor!