Better Than Twilight...

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2009)

Firstly I have to say that, no offense to Catherine Hardwick - who, btw, did a fabulous job with Twilight - but the second installment was an improvement. I am very spoiled when it comes to special effects and I always look at them when I watch a movie and New Moon delivers is. The werewolves were amazingly done. So much work must have gone into the fine details. Even with the little screen time we get with out favorite vampires, the La Push boys fill the space nicely, but not completely, of course. Of course the movie is flawed in some ways, every one is and there is no such thing as the perfect movie. I may be a Twilight Saga fan and have been looking forward to seeing this movie for a long, long time, I can say with 100 % honesty that it is well worth your money. The acting was actually better in this movie too. I'm not saying they were acting poorly in Twilight but there was something extra now. We have Chris - the amazing director - to thank for that. I am happily awaiting Eclipse and with the way that the movies are progressing, it's probably going to be even better than New Moon. Before I finish, I would like to add one important detail; when Twilight was just about to be released, I remember seeing tones and tones of released clips and TV spots and like the fan that I am, I watched all of them and that actually destroyed how I took in the movie a little bit so this time, I only watched the two or three trailers that were released and I loved the movie all the more because of the mystery. It's not fun if you see all the good parts before. In summary; excellent movie with great special effects, romance and more action than the movie provided (and in this case, that's a good thing). So I give it 8/10 which I think is the most appropriate.