Hockey players into the Twilight series? That would be a yes. You're joking right? No I am not.

Just ask Corey Elkins of the Manchester Monarchs. I love that they're having the players write small blogs on the website. Corey gave New Moon 4 out of 5 pucks. I wish he could of written more. Don't worry, I'll find out who those five "nameless" guys are. But I don't know if I will share it with the world. If I can find out, I might just keep it to myself. But I will say I sure as hell wish I had been there when he and the "nameless" guys saw New Moon.



12/09/09
Corey Elkins' Five-Puck Review

By Corey Elkins

Hello Monarchs fans. Here is my first attempt at developing my movie analysis skills. Who knows, maybe I will end up having a career after hockey! Ebert and Elkins...No?? The movie for this first edition is the second chapter of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, and I gave it a rating of four pucks out of five.

Now some might say that this is a “chick flick,” or at least not a typical movie for a hockey player to be interested in. However, I will have you know that five teammates of mine, who shall remain nameless, snuck into the very same theatre I was in without seeing me. Let's just say that I heard one guy crutching up the stairs, and a whole lot of noise whenever Jacob (Taylor Lautner) entered the screen with his shirt off.

I would advise anyone who enjoyed the movie to read the books. A lot of the story is what goes on inside Bella’s head. This is a major aspect of the book, which the movie is unable to capture. In the book, the story develops at a slower pace, which allows for so many more details and emotions to develop among the characters, particularly Bella and Jacob. Being a fan of the books, I have to say that the movie did not quite do justice to the story. Jeff Zatkoff is a fellow fan of Twilight, and he is in agreement with this.

An additional critique would be regarding the acting skills of the wolves. At times, they were a bit cheesy and it felt like they were reading from a teleprompter. However, as long as Jacob kept his shirt off, I think the five nameless guys behind me were just fine with his performance.

The setting for the story is on the Olympic Peninsula in Forks, Washington, and La Push, a Native American Reservation on the coast. Although the movie is filmed in British Columbia, I thought they really did a good job capturing the scenery.

The big question is, at this point in the story, whose side are you on? George "Bud" Holloway III, Prince of Wapella, gave his opinion at the end of his blog last week, siding with Edward the Vampire. Bud and I agree to disagree. I am team Jacob...at least for now.

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