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Whether you’ve read the books or not, you surely know of the Twilight series. It is a tale of a human girl and a vampire (and a werewolf) falling in love. If you enjoy werewolves and vampires fighting while caught in a love triangle, this is the ticket.

Although most (as in non-teenagers and mature highschoolers) would find it difficult to believe that New Moon eclipsed The Dark Knight by just under $3 million at the box office on opening night. $70 million is now the new record to beat for a single showing of a single film here in the states.

Now on to the good stuff.

Werewolves and Vampires, Oh my!

I am not a huge proponent of tween movies and yes, that is the audience the book series and films aregeared toward. But I will say that for a somewhat light-weight film in regards to scripts and depth of story-line, I was pleasantly surprised.

During the length of the film I was pretty much hanging on every scene. The story-line and performances between all the actors kept me engaged. But I must admit that Kristen Stewart’s performance was quite predictable (Checkout Adventureland for an almost identical performance).

There were certain parts that I could have done without, for example the vision of Edward (Robert Pattison) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) running through a forest. The dairy was strong with the cheese oozing from that scene.

The interpretation of werewolves was very clean unlike Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. In New Moon they were almost cute and cuddly. That is until they ripped a vampire to shreds. Not so cute then.

The whole twilight series brought a lot to the table for the genre and it certainly tweaks the traditional perception of vampires. The ones where they wear capes and count stuff or am I thinking of Sesame Street? Eh, who knows?!

What not to expect

If you’re a twi-hard fan of the books, don’t be surprised to see the usual hollywood “upgrade” of the story-line and characters. Ya know, where they cut out important aspects of the book and modify other parts and characters almost beyond recognition. In other words, if you’re watching New Moon on the coin that it will follow the book series to the letter, you will be sorely disappointed.

Like all hollywood interpretations, they almost are never 100% accurate and New Moon is no exception to this rule. Aside, it is a fun and enjoyable movie and if you liked the first Twilight film, you will almost certainly enjoy New Moon. But don’t expect oscar performances here.