SO much better than the first one, brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2009)

I must have been watching a completely different film to everyone else commenting on this film! Bear in mind that the New Moon book itself was slow to pick up the pace, the action tended to happen towards the end, and was the weakest of the saga.
While Twilight was boring, strayed away from the book too much, had dull, lifeless acting (particularly from Kristen Stewart who plays Bella), New Moon is a complete revelation, with more life and emotion in the characters. Kristen must have seen the criticism she got for her lack of emotion that Bella has in the books, and stepped it up a notch. Although she isn't quite there, her performance in this film was a lot lot better than what it was in the first film. Rob Pattinson again was a lot better, I have never seen a vampire look so ill and so broken, great acting yet again. The one that shone the most was Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob. Such a brilliant actor and has worked hard to live up to the role of Jacob.
The effects were so much better in this film, more guy friendly! Congrats to the director, who is obviously much better than the director who did Twilight.
If you have read the book, I don't think you'll be disappointed by this film. It's true to the story, apart from one fight scene added in at the Volturi, but to be honest, myself and my friend who are big fans of the books both thought that it gave an interesting flair to the movie. The ending was brilliant, it was gripping, enticing, and I loved absolutely every second of it (although it STILL doesn't live up to the book, but none of them ever will).