Being a die hard fan of the books, I did not have high expecations for this film but i was impressed and immensely pleased as soon as i saw the title sequence, Chris Weitz did a superb job of coaxing out whatever talent this cast has and combined with the special effects it turned out to be a very enjoyable movie. I have a love hate relationship with books turned into films, love that the story comes to life across a movie screen hate that the directors or producers never get the adapation right which is what happened with Twilight but New Moon sticks to the storyline of the book and for that I give it my thumbs up.