I really enjoyed it and thought it was much better than Twilight.

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2009)

I've never written a movie review before but thought I would give my thoughts on this one. I'm 34 and read all the Twilight books about a year and a half ago and loved them. I didn't really care for the Twilight movie but I have to say I really enjoyed New Moon. Personally I thought it flowed so much better than Twilight and had a brighter feel to it. Twilight made me want to go to sleep. The acting definitely improved. I still don't think Kristen Stewart and James Pattinson are great actors but Kristen irritates me a lot less in this one. I think Taylor Lautner did a great job as Jacob. Almost too good, though. In my opinion he overshadows Edward in the movie because he looks better and acts better. Overall though I really enjoyed the movie. It was funny in parts and not nearly as depressing as the book was. I didn't find it to be boring at all like many of the other reviewers. I also thought they did a good job of following the book. Although it probably helped that I hadn't read it recently so I didn't remember all the details. Some of the scenes were exactly as I had pictured them in my head during the book. I am surprised at the negative reviews. I went with ten other women (30, 40 and 50 year olds) and we all liked it better than Twilight. I think we have to remember that this is a book series written for teenagers so of course the movies are going to try to appeal to them. If you keep that in mind and overlook some of the flaws the movie is very entertaining. The teenage girls in our packed theater seemed very happy when they left so I think they accomplished what they were looking for.