The haters hate this movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2009)

I've been really looking forward to seeing this movie because Twilight was really horrible,and I love the books so dearly. As soon as I heard there would be a different director I had some hope for new moon. The first thing I did when this movie went nationwide was check this site for the rating it got. I was really disappointed to see that it had gotten a 4/10! I was still planning on seeing it, but went into this thinking it was going to be terrible.
Guess what? It wasn't terrible! It certainly doesn't deserve a 4/10. The acting overall was better, although still in need of improvement. The story line made sense, and it was way more true to the book than the first movie. The special effects were cool too. My boyfriend went with me and he has never read the books, but he saw the first one with me and hated it, and after seeing this one he said "the movie wasn't that bad."(and he's a pretty harsh critic) But it's true! I was really pleasantly surprised. I mean obviously there are some corny scenes, but again, not deserving of a 4 rating.
I think one of the problems was that the first movie didn't really set up the relationship between Bella and Edward properly. They have an all consuming, soul mate, can't live without each other love. This was not really established in the first movie.
So why does this movie have such a low rating?I think some people out there just love to hate the twilight series. I mean the first movie made it embarrassing for anyone over the age of 15 to admit they like the books. It was really butchered, and I think New Moon really was an improvement.
Give it a chance, have low expectations and you'll be pleasantly surprised too.