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If you haven't seen New Moon yet, you may want to stop reading this, because I will be revealing some spoilers in this review, but if you don't mind the spoiling or you want to hear my rants/praise/jabs then keep on truckin!

Well, I just got finished watching the second movie of the Twilight Saga: New Moon, and overall, the new director Chris Weitz did a good job, better than the first movie in fact, which was a big surprise, since New Moon was my least favorite book of the saga and Twilight was my favorite. My favorite thing was that there was a lot more humor in this particular movie than in Twilight. Twilight's mood overall was a lot more angsty and dramatic...which as I will point out later was good for one actor and REALLY bad for another. The dialogue for many of the characters was better and witter this time around. I especially loved Billy Burke, who played Charlie Swan (Bella's father). He is just the quintessential, awkward dad. He made me chuckle every time he came onscreen. I loved him in both Twilight and New Moon. They couldn't have chosen a better actor to play him.

One of my biggest fears was that Taylor Lautner, the actor that played Jacob Black, would not be emotionally a strong enough actor to convey Jacob's dramatic scenes, but thank God that he can act, because he was the primary male protagonist in this movie. He even beefed up quite a bit physically to portray Jacob's transformation....which brings me to my new, disturbing revelation about myself.....this boy is freakin hot.....which in turn now makes me a cougar, since Taylor is only 17 years old. His biceps and abs were amazing...and when he cut his hair....Meeeeow. It really brought out his facial features. Gosh...there's something so wrong with me for thinking dirty thoughts about a teenager...ugh...but anyway. I'm glad Taylor could keep on par with Rob Patterson (Edward Cullen).

Rob for the limited scenes he had in this movie, did a good job. He very good at acting angsty and brooding, which is Edward Cullen for the majority of the series. The sparkling skin effect, as ridiculous as it is, was done with less cheese for this film. It looked more like how I imagined it to look, with a shimmer, like high-quality marble, instead of faceted like diamonds. The first movie's portrayal of that feature was downright hilarious. This time it was more subtle, though still noticeable. The makeup, costumes, and hair were better too this time around. No greasy Afro/Elvis Presley look. Ashley Greene/Alice Cullen, my favorite character also got a lot more screen time, which made me very happy. I makes me look forward to the third movie which has more of all the Cullens in it, not just Edward and Bella....which brings me to my biggest complaint about the whole movie.

Kristen Stewart/Bella Swan the main character, the central character, the narrator of this series....CANNOT ACT. I was praying the whole time that since she had now been with this cast for so long that the awkwardness between her and Rob would finally have dissipated. I was wrong, in fact, it was almost worse. The break up scene was quite possibly the most emotionally constipated thing I have EVER seen. She didn't tear up once. Bella is supposed to be completely, irrevocably in love with Edward, and she didn't act moved about anything! There was a lot of heavy breathing, coupled with: "Oh God....you can't do this to me, Edward", and head twitching, but that was about it. Not even a bloodcurdling "EDWARD!!!!" when he left. She just stumbled around a bit and stared into space for the majority of the brooding about Edward. No wonder her friends abandoned her, stupid bitch. She was; I'm serious. I felt so sorry for Jacob. He was completely used by Bella, even though she knew his feelings. He wasn't subtle about them at all. The ending was so cruel. Even crueler than what I remembered from the book. Bella: "I love you. Don't make me choose, Jacob. I need your friendship, but it will always be him (Edward)." She says this while Edward is standing right there behind her, with full knowledge of him there. If I would have been Jacob (or Edward), I would have B-slapped her right across her annoying, pouty face while saying: You've obviously made your choice, Bella! How about you twist the knife a little further in, bitch! And then turn into a werewolf and bite her head off. Bella pretty much ruined the whole movie for me. The things she did like jump on the back of a creepy guy's motorcycle while abandoning her friend Jessica during one scene just to see her hallucination of Edward, cliff diving for the same reason later on, and her butchering poor Jacob's heart throughout the entire movie was just about too much to take. I wish that Felix from the Volturi would have twisted her head off, in one of the last scenes of the movie. Edward...why did you intervene?

The wolf effect in this movie was really cool by the way, along with the entire werewolf Quilette tribe. I've always loved the Native American culture, and I'm glad they weren't typecast. I'm glad the director took a lot of time to get the details right from the wolves' fur and movements, to casting genuine Native American people to be the Quilette, even Jacob. I even liked the movie only dream catcher birthday present scene. It was a nice addition that created some nice tension between the three main characters. I also liked the Volturi portrayal, especially Michael Sheen (Aro, the leader of the Volturi) and Dakota Fanning (Jane, one of the main guards). Dakota always does a great job with her characters. She's one of my favorite actresses. Michael's portrayal of Aro was so creepy. He was just so delightfully evil. You couldn't help but feel genuine like for such a creepy guy. His nonchalant giddiness about Edward and Bella's situation was fantastic. It gave me the shivers, when he gave Bella that creepy smile of his, while he attempted to read her thoughts by holding her hand. It was great. The addition of the extra fighting in the Volturi scenes gives me hope about the scene that should have happened in the last book Breaking Dawn. They need to just disregard the lack of action in that book, and just have a battle royal.

Well, there is so much more that I could talk about, but I just don't feel like typing anymore. I can't wait to see the third movie: Eclipse, since that was my 2nd favorite book in the series, and the director David Spade is the same director that directed 30 days of night, a REAL vampire movie, where the vampires are evil and heartless. It will be interesting on seeing his portrayal of the vamps in this next installment. Overall, I give the movie a B- to B. I enjoyed the movie, but Bella is just killing me. Someone needs to zap her with a dose of Vitamin ACT! Cause this next movie will be the most intense of them all.

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