Eclipse: Twilight Saga

Eclipse: Twilight Saga

By Jose

Plot

The continuing love triangle gets even more complicated with a return of a lover scorned, and an army of newborn vampires ready to kill. Plus the decisions Bella needs to make begin to truly hurt her and those that she loves.

Review

The third installment in the Twilight series offers something new and something old. I mean if anything you can even say this is a totally new movie. Eclipse was given a shot of adrenaline that was much needed.

From the start of the movie you can feel that your up for something different. Which by the way was actually very well done. Loved the stalking and attack made on a rainy night. It finally felt like these vampires can actually be taken seriously. As the movie goes on the same old obvious love triangle between Bella, Edward, and an angry Jacob unfolds. But the big difference is that these kids are actually acting right and proper. None of that awkwardness and wooden acting we received from the first two. But it is not just those three. The whole cast feels different and seem to be given a chance to shine and do their roles justice.

We get some decent time with the Cullen family in Eclipse. Yes a bit late but I am actually glad it was done in this movie and not the ones before. We see that Emmet (Kellan Lutz) is a power-house. Jasper is not so quiet and actually is the most dangerous one of the family. Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) used to be a Texas major/general for the army during the Civil War and was turned by other vampires to train and lead a vampire army. Essentially Jasper help create one of the strongest armies in the south before leaving for the Cullen’s. Seriously? I want to know more about that now. Now I know I am a fan of Jackson Rathbone and his expanded role here just gives me hope that he makes more and more movies. We also learn that Rosalie Hale (Elizabeth Reaser) hates being a vampire and her past is quite bad. But her revenge is “theatrical” as she puts it. We even get some new blood in this as we get a new vampire helping out Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) in Riley (Xavier Samuel). We got a good sense in how newborn vampires act and how blood thirsty and dangerous. So overall the acting was not great but it is a very big improvement from the previous film. I am not going to comment on the obvious hotness of Jacob and Edward I will leave that to you. But Bella here was better than I expected. A bit horny. I mean really horny but Stewart did a good job this time.

Now on to the big fight scene between the newborn vampires and the Cullen family and werewolf tribe. What can I say. I wish it was longer. But it was pretty damn badass. I loved how ferocious the fight was and the brutality. I mean there was no blood but seeing heads ripped off bodies and limbs flying was great. Now How cans all that happened with no blood spraying everywhere? Well in the Eclipse universe vampires break apart and shatter like stone. Which actually helped with the fight. Really just seeing the Cullen’s’ beating the crap out of the vamps and werewolves biting and ripping the newborns apart in a stony rock-like shattering was really fun to see.

Final Thoughts

Everyone dislikes this franchise for one reason or another. But I decided to give the movies a shot. Yes they suck and are badly acted, to the actors faults or directors, but Eclipse just changed how I look at this franchise. There was even some much needed comedy parts here and there. like Edward asking Bella if Jacob owns a shirt. Then Edward telling Bella to stop undressing him. I really enjoyed this entry to the franchise and only wished that the previous movies delivered like Eclipse had done.

Ratings: 3.5 out of 5