Expectations were sky high and New Moon delivered! I saw in it a full theater, mostly female. There were screams, gasps and even tears. My ten year old daughter and I loved it, my husband a little less. The acting was better, most notably the other High School teens who were bizarrely immature in the previous movie. Taylor earned his place as a co-lead with his body and his acting. There's lots more action and great villains in the Volturi... My only disappointment was the music. The first Twilight had such a hip, cool soundtrack. This sounded a lot like any other movie out there, over-scored and a little old fashioned.