New Moon did an awesome job with their visual effects and keeping to the book as much as possible. Nothing can ever be 100% the same. I have already seen it twice and it definitely was better the second time round because I was able to pay attention more instead of just being happy that I was there! I loved the movie and those critics can bite me because it was so much better than a 2/5. I would put it as 5/5!!
It was a fantastic movie! I think the actors did an amazing AMAZING job! You'll like it a lot more if you read the book ahead of time! But this is a definite see!