I don't care if I get bashed for praising this film, but New Moon entertained me heavily, and that's all there is to it for me.

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2010)

Now I'm not apart of the crazed female population, who go nuts over Twilight, nor am I a professional critic, or an expert . I'm a simple male who happens to actually enjoy Twilight related stuff. New Moon is a film that seemingly gets never-ending bashing, from movie critics and people alike. While everyone has a right to their opinion, I also have a right to mine. It's because of the ridiculous bashing that I decided to watch this online, rather than pay for money at the theater. All I had heard was, how wooden the acting was, and how the story is so incoherent. I don't look for constant flaws in a movie, nor do I really care, I know all about New Moon's flaws. All I care about is a movie entertaining me, and putting me in another world to distract me from my own problems, in life. New Moon is much darker than Twilight. Bella is much more fragile, she's suicidal and even dangerous to herself. I think it made for a much more interesting storyline this time around, because it develops the strong friendship, and even more from Bella and Jacob. I thought Taylor Lautner had the proper intensity, needed to play Jacob, dude was fit as hell too. The developing relationship between him and Bella, was a treat to watch.
The last 40 minutes or so, are absolutely suspense filled, and loaded with surprises. I liked how the movie ended just suddenly like that, to make us wait for Eclipse. It also had some decent humor bits too, from Bella herself. I would laugh when Edward appeared briefly in a blur, telling her no, and she would constantly disobey him, it added some much-needed humor. I thought the budding relationship of Bella and Jacob, was more interesting than the one that was going on with Edward&Bella, which is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Eclipse, to see what happens there, since I haven't read the books. The slow motion effect of Bella running to Edward, was pretty cool in my opinion. It had a lot of suspense to it.
Performances. Kristen Stewart is more rounded this time around. I have heard nothing but criticism from her performance. Well I honestly felt, she was more matured this time around. She had a sense of humor this time, and had more to play with. She gave Bella her all, and looked amazingly hot to boot!. Robert Pattinson did OK, but his part isn't as required, until the finale. Taylor Lautner is actually pretty good as Jacob. He Doesn't have much to do in the 1st, while here the movie relies on his character heavily. He responded to the pressure more than adequately, and I give him plenty of props, for making me care about his character. I see big things for the lad. Billy Burke is solid as Charlie, but he isn't quite as important as he was in Twilight. Ashley Greene does OK as Alice, but does not have a lot to do this time around. Michael Sheen is a bit too hammy for my liking, as Aro, and was dwarfed by all the makeup he was wearing. Anna Kendrick has just become more self-centered here as Jessica.
Bottom Line. New Moon entertained me just as much as Twilight, and I don't really care what people think about that. It's not perfect, it has many plausible moments, but when all was said and done, I had a good time!. a 4. 5 rating, really? There are movies that are rated higher on here, that I felt deserve that rating, more then this one. Make up your own mind on this one, you might enjoy it like I did, but if you hate it like a lot of the others, that's okay too. But don't let the bad reviews stop you from watching it.
8/10