Step Aside, Harry Potter!

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2009)

.. And that's saying something cos i'm a huge Potter fan (before the last disaster). New Moon was definitely a huge improvement on Twilight, which I had to fight to stay awake for the second time around. The acting is a whole lot better than the series of awkward "ummms" and "err"s we had to endure through Twilight and even Edward seems like he's getting a little closer to being the deep, 100 year old man he's supposed to be. All the Cullens look more believable with the new contact lenses and the scene with Bella looking up to 5 Ravenous vampires at the beginning completely brought that line from the book to life. In fact, David Yates could learn a few things from Chris about how to bring out the best of book! The Wolves were fantastic, and Jacob's part was heart wrenching cos there was finally some real emotion in the series. Bella could do with expanding on her limited expressions though. The Volturi's were excellent and the fight scene took the movie up several notches! The vision Alice shares of Edward and Bella running through the woods is extremely lame, but Aro, Marcus, Caius, and Jane are perfectly cast. I cant wait to see them in action again! Overall, this movie actually took a dull book and turned it into an exciting story and for that Chris deserves a lot of credit!