As a big fan of the books (no, I'm not 14...) I was excited for Twilight to come out last year. Unfortunately I was really diappointed about it because the story was weird and the special effects looked like child-made. Surprisingly New Moon is a lot better! The Special Effects are actually believable this time and although "Bella" is still really awkward and never smiles the movie is great! The lack of Edward in the bigger part of the movie is also kind of refreshing as the scenes between him and Bella tend to be really corny. So: Yes, the movie is definitely better than Twilight and I now can't wait to see whether Eclipse will be even better!