The New Moon: Is It Worth Watching?

The Twilight saga proves it can keep on magnetizing audiences as New Moon receives remarkable results at the Box Office.

The film received the highest opening day gross in history, cashing more money than Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Spiderman 3 and even Dark Night.
But New Moon is also generating controversies amongst parents. The film lingers on a number of mushy scenes and little action but violence and sex are not the issue this time. However, what worries are the behaviors and the system of thoughts that the characters expose:

* The main female character of the movie ‘Bella’ is completely obsessed with her vampire lover.

* Edward has total control over Bella.

* Bella doesn't care about school, all she wants is to live forever with Edward.

* Bella is capable of taking the highest risks to be with Edward

As CNN reported "many parents of teen girls are on the fence about letting their daughters see the vampire romance, saying they are worried the film sends the wrong messages about self-esteem to young girls".

Claire McCarthy, MD at Boston's Children's Hospital, expressed her worries in her blog. She worries for young girls because:

* "they will wish to emulate the relationship between Edward and Bella."

* "they will think it’s good to be obsessive, to think only about their boyfriend and nothing else at the expense of other relationships, schoolwork, or other activities."

* "if a boyfriend is controlling or wants to be with them all the time, they will think it’s romantic instead of seeing that it’s a warning sign for date violence"

* "taking extreme physical risks might be appealing to some readers who will associate it with being in love and that teens will be hurt."

But it has become a hard task for parents to keep their teens away from the Twilight sequel. Kimberly Noe, 46, says "as a parent I'm not just competing with the movie in the movie theater, I am competing with the millions of advertising dollars that has inundated every nook and cranny of my daughter's life."

The movie has received a lot of negative review by its critics, but, it is the audience who have the last say as they are the ones putting all the money in the box office.