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An Outsider's Review
PostedJuly 1, 2010
Lightsout2412
from New York
Let me reveal this at the beginning of the review, I hated Twilight New Moon. I absolutely despised it. I thought the entire movie sucked. So I wasn’t expecting much when I sat down to see Twilight Eclipse. But then I liked it. I really liked it. I seriously got into the movie. I was firmly in Team Edward and found myself pist when the hormonal teenage girls around me were Team Jacob. They swooned and wet their pants when he was on screen with his shirt off. They rooted for Bella to pick him over Edward. I was so into the movie that I yelled out “dirty whores” and “sluts” every time they cheered Jacob. I felt like I was in the twilight zone.
In my opinion, the major difference in the movie was the third different director in David Slade. Slade focused more on action and let the dialogue lead the scenes. He showed the amazing landscapes in the backgrounds but he didn’t let them take over the scene. David obviously had to play to the base of the series, and included the love triangle scenes throughout the movie. But they were easily my least favorite scenes of the movie. There was even a homoerotic scene with Jacob and Edward that made me think they were going to kiss. Just watch for the tent scene.
Another thing I didn’t like about the movie was the obviously over-the-top decision to have Jacob go shirtless the entire movie. Why couldn’t Bella do the same to even it out? I get that Taylor Lautner has a sick build and that the teenage girls love him, but you can get the guy a shirt. Whoever was the costume designer for Eclipse basically had a no-show job. Hey Taylor just throw on a pair of shorts and do your scene. No shoes? No shirt? No problem!
The best scenes of the movie were the fight scenes. The fight between the vampire army and the Cullen/Indian tribes was epic. There was a lot of awesome ass kicking and some serious scenes were limbs were ripped apart like Bella’s hormones. The way the damage was taken by the vampires was genius and the shattering of faces was an awesome effect in the repertoire of David Slade.
According to my fiancee’ the movie was very close to the book. That’s always a plus for me, even though I never read any of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books. There wasn’t as much of Bella’s brooding in this film, which is a huge plus. There was the obvious internal conflict, and external as well, but Bella articulated herself instead of relying on horrendous facial acting and brooding scenes to display her emotion. It’s amazing how much more likable Bella is as a character when she is multi-faceted. The acting wasn’t Shakespearean, but it was a lot better than in the past two movies.
Everything came together really well in this movie and made me actually like it. When a movie of this genre can make an outsider appreciate and like what’s going on, then it should be labeled a success. So in my eyes, this movie was a big success.
OUTCOME: 8 out 10 stars. If you’re a fan of the franchise, you’ll love it. If you’re not? You just might find yourself enjoying it a lot more than you expected.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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