by Rebecca Hawkins

Created on: May 21, 2010   Last Updated: May 22, 2010

New Moon is the second film that has been released in the twilight series, following on from Twilight, which was released last December. These films are based on the 4 books of the same names, written by Stephanie Meyer.

New Moon is directed by Chris Weitz, who has previously done films including "About a Boy" and "The Golden Compass"

In New Moon we re-join main characters Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson) who, as human and vampire, are managing to continue their romantic relationship, established in the first film, in the small and rainy town of Forks. Bella's 18th birthday has arrived and with that number making her technically one year older than Edward, she is troubled by thoughts of old age and the worry that Edward will not want her when she "looks like a grandmother"

An incident at the Cullen house involving a paper cut later cements in Edward's mind that he will always be putting Bella in danger as long as he and his vampire family are in around. Of course he could always just turn Bella into a vampire as well, but that would mean damning her soul, and who wants that for the girl they love?

Leaving Bella heartbroken after breaking the news that the Cullens are leaving town, Edward leaves,

Bella's initial depression is made slightly better by the growing friendship she finds in childhood friend Jacob Black. She also discovers that adrenaline and danger help her subconscious to conjure up Edward in her head, meaning she won't forget him and her pain is momentarily reduced. Jacob has a secret of his own however and a killer vampire from the first film is after revenge on Bella, add to that a bit of a misunderstanding regarding Bella's life and the climax of the film sees Bella and Alice rushing to Italy to save Edward from committing suicide by annoying the Volturi. (Vampire law enforcers) 

Kirstin Stewart seemed to grab a little more of the sarcastic and silly side that Bella should have and I think the scenes with Jacob really helped this show, leading to a much less irritating performance over all and myself starting to think that maybe she wasn't the worse choice in the world. She just generally seemed more comfortable.

Rob Pattinson who plays Edward is the main focus of the first film but we see him taking a back seat in this movie as he isn't really in a great deal of it, not including flashes in Bella's mind. However, he is still wonderfully handsome and with all his brooding and worrying he gives a good

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