A Good Follow-Up to Twilight

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2010)

I don't know why the critics bash this movie like anything? Most of the critics would've read the novel and hence would've felt that the movie fell short of the impact that the novel created. I, quite frankly, more of a movie buff than a reader of the novels as I mentioned in my last review of Twilight(2008). I watched the second installment of what they named as "The Twilight Saga" immediately after watching the first so that I could understand the continuation and flow. To be very honest, I completely enjoyed this one more than the first.
The Story is that Bella and Edward get along right from where they left in the first. This time Bella becomes 18 which is an year older than Edward who always remains in 17 because he is a vampire(A Peculiar concept which I didn't mention in my review of Twilight(2008)). Edward takes Bella to his home for her birthday celebrations and due to a little paper-cut, Bella bleeds. Jasper Cullen, the mate of Alice Cullen, thirsts for Bella's blood and Edward confronts him by pushing Bella. Bella scratches her arms and more bleeding tempts a few other Cullens as well.
Fearing that the Cullens themselves will end Bella's life, Edward decides to part ways with Bella asking for a promise that she won't do anything reckless and assuring that, that would be the last time she'll ever see him. All the Cullens disappear from Forks and Bella struggles without any contact to any of the Cullens. Jacob Black(Taylor Lautner) comes to the big picture as Bella's best friend through her difficult times without Edward.
Bella decides to break the promise she made to Cullen and goes reckless believing that Edward will return to be with her again. Meanwhile Victoria, the vampiress stalks the Forks county planning to make Edward suffer without his mate as a revenge and Jacob gets in to a stage called Mono(A Transition phase in their tribe in which a man gets the power to morph in to a wolf) and begins to follow a guy named Sam Ulley, who is the leader of the group of Guys in Jacob's tribe who went through their mono.
The mission of Sam's gang is to capture the vampiress who is stalking Forks and killing people. Meanwhile Bella jumps off a cliff(as a reckless act)in to a sea where the Sam's boys perform cliff jumping and Alice sees it in her vision and tells Edward that Bella jumped off a cliff. Alice comes to visit Bella's place but Edward stays where he is, not willing to break his own promise. Jacob saves Bella from the sea and they head home only to see a surprised Alice. Edward calls at that time and Jacob misinterprets the situation on purpose, Edward decides to end his life thinking Bella is dead.
Alice tells Bella at that time that Edward has decided to die in the hands of Volturi clan(Royal Vampire Clan who'll kill other vampires if they're exposed to public). Bella immediately travels to Italy where Volturi clan resides to save Edward. An obvious little battle between Volturi and the Cullens(Alice and Edward) before Alice stops the Volturi from turning Bella promising that she herself has seen in the future that she'll turn Bella in to one of them. Volturi clan's head Aro gets convinced and sends back the Cullens and Bella.
So Edward and Bella, get back together again much to the envy of Jacob Black. The struggle for Jacob Black in choosing between Bella's Love and their tribe's honor is portrayed decently but acting is still immature. Some characters like Emily(Sam's fiancÃ©e) and the creepy Jane(Dakota Fanning) supports the flow well. I pretty much liked this one over the first one and can't wait till I see the next one, "The Twilight Saga"-"Eclipse". This is a good follow-up to Twilight, nothing more, nothing less.
My Verdict- The Twilight Saga-New Moon 7/10