Movie for the Fans

Rating: 6/10 (18 November 2009)

Just watched the early morning release of New Moon and came away with mixed feelings. While the movie closely follows the format of the book and tries to explain Bella's 'feelings' with the same type of narrative like in Twilight, I found that the scenes were a bit disjointed or stopped too short.
Little extras could have given the movie more flow and it heavily relies on the watcher having read New Moon prior.
I also feel it tries to quickly explain too many conversations and back up knowledge.
I think that all the hype and excitement of the movies upcoming release left me a little wanting when I finally saw the movie and will try to refrain in future from watching too many previews of Eclipse.
This movie is definitely a movie for the fans. Taylor Lautner comes into his own in this movie and I am looking forward to seeing Taylor and Rob in their scenes in the next movie.