The movie was good. Some of the scenes were drawn out and some went by really fast. It was definitely brighter than the first movie, which I thought was often too dark, but there was a lot of stuff left out that I felt was important to the movie, but only because I had read the books prior to going to see the movie. Kristen's acting was better in this movie but Robert's was only so-so. Of course, Taylor's acting did shine as he was in much of the movie. The explanation of him being a werewolf was not as good as it could have been, but the process of his change from man to wolf was really good.