It had been a while since I read the books. My cousin had Twilight on DVD, so I got to watch that before we went to see New Moon.
I liked them both because they were like "recaps" of what I had read and it made for a great refresher.
Most of the graphics and graphic scenes (the changing into wolves)in New Moon, I liked. The casting of quite a few of the parts was wonderful!
What I didn't like was the twinkling skin. But - Hollywood has passed on so many vampiric stereotypes that I am sure I am a little biased.