I liked it & my 8 year old loved it

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2010)

It's weird how a movie gets a generally low scores as far as it's rating, yet the people who I talk to who have seen it seem to like it. I guess it's one of those cult following movies where the "masses" just don't get it or like it but there are those who obviously like it, kind of a love / hate type of thing I guess. Overall I think I liked this movie as much if not more than the first one. It's kind of funny too as I read a few preliminary screening reviews where people complained about a slow boring predictable story with bad acting & dodgy special effects. Honestly I liked this movie and thought the flow, story, acting, additional character development & action were all good. So to each their own I guess. My daughter loved it. So there you go
Far as younger kids viewing it are concerned, I should point out that I have an eight year old daughter and the fact that I saw the first two movies prior to letting her see them as after all it is a love story, she's only eight and it is rated PG-13... So I took a chance on this one being we went to see it in the theater together and there was definitely more kissing / make out scenes than I anticipated even know I new this one focused more on the love triangle aspect. There was one scene I thought I was going to have to cover up her eyes, but luckily it fizzled out before it got too juicy. Far as the action & gore are concerned, there is really no reason to be concerned here. The few "feeding" scenes aren't graphic and the climactic battle scenes while intense were not gory in the least being the action is pretty quick not to mention the vampires don't bleed but rather crumble more like statues when killed. I did not and would not bring my 6 year old daughter to see this though Overall I liked the further character development they did on the Cullen family members, this movie focused more on them whereas Bella's classmate friends took more of a sideline in this movie. Again I thought the story flowed and developed well and I was not bored through any of it. It's not the kind of movie where I could watch again and again though and I would typically not pay to go to the theater to see this movie, but my daughter is in love with the series. In the end I'm glad we went and had a good time.