Watching the previews for New Moon, I was a little worried the movie would diverge greatly from the book. It is inevitable that a movie will be slightly different from its book counterpart, but I thought the wolves would be horrible, the plot would be dragged out, and the viewer would be bored thru-out much of the movie. I was wrong. Although the movie did diverge from the book, overall, it stayed with the book's plot, with omissions of course. There were bits of humor and suspense added that were not in the book, that made the viewing experience much greater than expected. There are some directing issues that could have been resolved, but you will see this in any movie. I am highly satisfied with the movie.