This is kind of a spoiler I guess so don't read any further if you don't want it spoilt.
I almost didn't go and see it, because I had to go on my own. But I thought "No, I'm gonna do it!!" so I did ^^

Now the main thing will be the personal effect on me, because this film (and the book every time I read it) has a huge personal effect to me. It relates to so many different things that happened in my life last year, things that I am still feeling guilty for and things that are still affecting me. Events that still scar me, in more ways than one. Watching the film, it was like there was someone kicking me in the chest at specific points, I barely held myself together, afterwards when I went into town I was shaking so much that the people serving me in the shops must have thought there was something wrong with me. Now I'm home I'm holding up just so that my parents don't see, once I get upstairs I don't know what will happen. That film/book involves promises and the breaking of promises. The promises that Jake makes to Bella, I made the very same promises to the person I love, and then I broke them the same, so that wasn't easy to watch. The line "I'm sorry, we just can't be friends any more"(probably misquoted, sorry) is almost exactly what I said, and the reasons behind it the same. At the time I thought I was involved in some... dangerous stuff... I still to this day don't know if it was true, but if it was then my life was in danger. But to get to me, they would have got to her. I know that sounds far-fetched and movie-ish but it might have been true. I also broke my promises for the same reason Edward does, leaving because I thought I was hurting her then realised that I'd hurt her more than I ever thought I had when I left her. It brought everything back to me, everything. It was like drowning in a flood of memories. Another relation is making the choice between a best friend and the person you love. I had to make the decision between the two and they wouldn't stop fighting over me. Arguing and yelling and screaming all with me in the middle, the cause of it all. The amount of times I thought of just disappearing and solving everyone's problems I can't even begin to count. Then came the day that I tried, I ran off to Birmingham, hoping I could get lost in the big city and be hard to find. (For those non-brits of you, Birmingham is our second city so it's huge and full of people.) Fortunately it's built in a way that makes it almost impossible to get lost in, walking around is hard because you really need to get around by bus or car or something.
Sorry I know this is drifting away from a "New Moon review", I'll get back to it, I just need to talk.
Pretty much though the book and movie cover things that really hit me hard and I guess I'm not alone in that. I assume that's why it's so popular, because so many people can relate.

So, eventually, the reviewy part.
I really underestimated it, even though I'd only heard good reviews I was quite worried that it would be a bit disappointing, that it would drift too far from the book, that it would be over-dramatised, that the CGI would be over the top. But my fears were not even needed, it was great! It did drift from the book, a lot, and there were things that annoyed me, Jacob's gift for one, it's supposed to be a little carved wolf, that made sense. The dream-catcher didn't really unless I missed something?
I liked the direction more this time, I think there was a different director for this one? I dunno. But whether it was the same or different it was really good, with the camera angles and the lighting and stuff.
The new settings were epic, especially the Volturi's chamber, it's a shame the Edward and Felix had to trash the place, those nice steps all broken! The actors for the Volturi were really impressive, almost perfectly to how I imagined them. The CGI with the wolves was great and I can't wait to see more of them, I especially like how they fought like real wolves, unlike some other werewolf films that have the wolves fighting like humans.
As a few other people have mentioned, the soundtrack did let it down. As a paramore and linkin park fan I was hoping for some more awesome tracks from them, I'm not sure what bands were involved in the soundtrack but I'm not really a fan of any of the music I heard and it didn't fit the film very well.
Also I couldn't watch the title sequence without giggling and thinking of the moon from Mighty Boosh.

Soooo in general a good movie that I will watch again and I'm hoping the next one is good too. I still prefer the book. Umm 8/10