Pleasantly Surprised !!

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2009)

OK i am 22 yrs old male and a huge fan of twilight books and the first movie (as evident by my id) I honestly never had high hopes from New Moon because i didn't liked the book much, but New Moon is a surprisingly good movie > Of course its not as good as twilight but it still isn't as awful as i thought it might be > and that is a pleasant surprise, also the movie is technically very well-made. The cinematography is great (though i missed the cold blue tints of twilight) The new look is a good thing and despite the different color-hue, the over-all effect still managed to resemble twilight's look (the lengthy chase scene in particular is awesome and reminded SO much of twilight). Also the CGI is amazing (frankly i wasn't expecting the CGI to be so good, its probably the best thing about the movie). The action scenes were amazing. And are a LOT better than twilight. The Volturi scene is clearly a great example of the best this movie has to offer. Make-up, CGI, Set Design, Fight Choreography and Costumes were extremely well done and Volterra looked visually stunning (with the red robed festival attenders).
Twilight had MUCH better music, New moon soundtrack is pretty ordinary and probably the biggest disappointment i have from this movie (which aren't much) Now for acting > Taylor Lautner is great. I've always been in team Edward and frankly never understood why would people pick Taylor over Robert as according to me Robert Pattinson is much better > But after watching the movie i am beginning to see Taylor's appeal, He is quite handsome, looked a real bad-ass wolf boy and is also a surprisingly decent actor with of course a very nice torso. Robert is just like he was in twilight and that means almost perfect as Edward > Kristen enacts her part really well and handles emotional scenes very expertly, her voice overs were also pretty emotional and not monotonous (which i thought they might be). Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Edi Gathegi and Rachelle were perfect as their characters. The rest of the Cullens didn't get much scope but looked much better than twilight except for Jackson as Jasper. The Wolf guys looked exactly as how i pictured them while reading the book and the CGI wolves are extremely realistic. The Volturi cast was great, Michael Sheen as Aro is mind-blowing and Dakota Fanning as Jane is Perfect Overall i give this movie a 6/10