This Will Never Be Amazing

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2009)

First of all, I have read all of the books and watched the first film a million times. I'm a huge fan of fiction, and I do agree that the books are poorly written - yet entertaining for a one-time read.
I understand why people feel let down by this movie. Some of the special effects were cheap and the acting, from Kirsten Stewart in particular, wasn't great. However, I never felt bored once during New Moon - I actually preferred it to Twlight. I thought that lighting was a great improvement, it made the film a little more realistic. Also, the new appearance from the vampires were excellent - they looked exactly how I imagined them to in the book, with tired eyes and bright golden pupils. They are vampires after all - they arn't meant to look like humans.
The fight scene between Edward and the Volturi was visually stunning and despite not being in the book, the film needed that extra scene to make the film more exciting and to show how powerful and fearful the Volturi are.
This film will not appeal to ANYBODY who is not already a fan of the books or of Twilight, as they will not be able to look past the fact that these vampires glitter in the sunlight. It is not a horror film, it is a romance. The vampires arn't meant scary, therefore it is a little unfair to compare them to Dracula or true blood - its a completely different take on the vampire mythology.
Some of the dialogue was absolutely appalling though - some lines in particular had me in hysterics when I'm pretty sure they were meant to be serious. And the scene in the flash forward with Bella and Edward running through the forest must have been a joke, if not it could have been done so much better.
New Moon was not terrible at all, and I was not disappointed as the weak points that were in the movie were exactly what I expected. I thought that it stuck to the book really well and was much better directed than Twlight. Chris Weitz has done a good job at turning arguable, the most boring and depressing book of the series into a funny and entertaining film, which will make all 13year old girls weep with joy every time they see Jacob without his shirt on.