New moon was my least favorite book of the series but i loved the movie!

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2009)

First off i want to say that i am 30 years old and watch all kinds of movies and some of my favorites are Schindlers List, 300, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Good Will Hunting, Braveheart, and Saving Private Ryan. I just want to make it clear that i am not one of those women that only likes romance movies!!!! I thought New Moon was much better than Twilight...it had a lot more from the book which i thought was great!!!! I loved the colors and images and music...it was so different from Twilight!!!! I actually thought all three main actors greatly improved from the first movie!!! New Moon was my least favorite book in the series, but the movie made me enjoy the story so much more! I thought the things they added that weren't in the book were great additions...i thought Michael sheen did a terrific job as Aro...i loved the wolves...just so everyone is clear they are not supposed to be scary werewolves that transform under a full moon...they are really shape-shifters....each wolf is different in appearance demonstrating that persons inner strengths and personality...granted anyone who hasn't read the books might not know any of this. I do believe that it would be hard for anyone who hasn't read the books to thoroughly enjoy this movie for all it's worth, but i think it's a great movie for anyone to see! It's not the best movie of all time...it doesn't compare with my favorites of Schindlers List or Braveheart, but it's not as bad as everyone says it is!!! When a movie comes out with this much fan base and attention some people are just waiting to condemn it!!!!! You know, i stood in line for a midnight showing of the Phantom Menace some years ago with a large group of guys dressed up as their favorite star wars characters...now that movie was definitely not the best out of all star wars movies, but i sat through it and enjoyed it just because it was part of the star wars movies...it told an important part of the story that needed to be told and hard core fans wanted it to be told!!!!! I just wish people would go in and see the movie with an open mind and not go in already hating it and laughing at it!!! I think Chris Weitz did a great job embracing all of the complex emotions between the three main characters and set up the story for the next movie, which is my favorite book, Eclipse!!!!!