I finally got to watch New Moon last night with my siblings. And I must say, at least it's a bit better than Twilight, the first movie.

Obviously, there were a lot of cheesy and corny love phrases like "Oh you are my everything," and "I can't live without you," or something like that. God, if you read it in a book, it doesn't sound so cheesy and composed, but when it is translated into a movie, yeah it definitely sounds too choreographed and just unnatural. Okay, so forget about that, I somewhat liked the movie, with the exceptions of some of the lovey-dovey sickening-to-the-stomach scenes. There were more action scenes in this movie, too.

But some of the dialogues were just plain...awkward. I mean, I don't know, I don't know if it's just me or what but when I watched the movie, I thought that some of the dialogues didn't make any sense, or have any relevance to what they were really trying to tell us. And, here's the thing, these people were trying to squish a 500-paged book into a two-hour movie, and yeah it didn't work out so great. There were obviously too much from the book that were cut out from the movie because they needed to find a way to fit those scenes in a two-hour movie, somehow. I guess if you've read the book, you'd understand the movie. But if you haven't, then you'd have a pretty tough time deciphering the whole story.

I kind of like the new director's way of composing the whole movie. I mean, he gave the audiences a whole new environment, in some ways that I can't seem to explain. And, oh, the soundtrack is just amazing! And the score -- as in, the background music in the movie -- is amazing too! There's a lot of indie going on in the soundtrack, but they're somewhat soothing and enlightening, which I can listen to when I go to sleep -- since I have a hard time falling into the blissful oblivion of sleep nowadays. And as for the cinematography? It was excellent. The angles were great...including the part where Jacob takes off his shirt [to reveal those abs] to wipe off a small smudge of blood on Bella's head. That particular scene, and some other scenes, left me laughing at its cheesiness!

Anyway, the ending was downright disappointing. I don't think there is an ending to that movie, or maybe they're trying to hold the suspense until the third movie comes out -- in June. I mean, come on, those two lovebirds were talking, and then, that's it. No epilogue! It was like as if they were forced to cut off a part of that scene just to fit into the whole movie.

I think I liked the movie mainly because of the cinematography and the soundtrack, and also the action scenes. The score of the whole movie kind of sounded a bit like Harry Potter, but it's still great! I really loved the part when that red-haired vampy Victoria is being chased in the woods by the werewolves, with the cool background music and the awesome cinematography, and my favourite part of that scene was when she jumped into the water from a cliff, with the grace of a ballerina. Man, I loved that part.

And did I tell you that Jacob was hot? Oh yes he was! He [and also the rest of his werewolf pack] made Edward look like a chicken. Go Team Jacob!

Overall, I think I'd give it a rating of 6/10 stars. That six comes from the soundtrack, the cinematography, and hey ho, the werewolf pack!