Soundbite: Twilight’s “Like Driving Though A Sullen Sea Of Brylcreem”

“Sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem. ”

–Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

In a blistering review, famed film critic Roger Ebert slammed the much anticipated sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In fairness, there were many soundbites to choose from:

• The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan. Never have teenagers been in greater need of a jump-start. Granted some of them are more than 100 years old, but still: their charisma is by Madame Tussaud.

• “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” takes the tepid achievement of “Twilight”, guts it, and leaves it for undead.

• You know you’re in trouble with a sequel when the word of mouth advises you to see the first movie twice instead. Obviously the characters all have.

• Long opening stretches of this film make utterly no sense unless you walk in knowing the first film, and hopefully both Stephanie Meyer novels, by heart.

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