Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Release: June 30, 2010
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria
I am appalled at the fact that Hong Kong cinemas released this on the exact date but they release a lot of other movies at least two months late, appalled I tell you. What kind of marketing strategy is that? Movies like Toy Story 3 would reel in the dough at a much faster rate seeing that it's shown in 3D.
I, being known for my love for movies yet my inextinguishable hate for the Twilight Saga, have been asked numerous times if I'm going to see Eclipse. Unfortunately, my love for movies prevails; I watched it, not very comfortably if I may add, but I watched it.
Synopsis: Kristen Stewart returns as anti-heroine Bella Swan whose life is in constant peril as Victoria sets out and creates an army of newborn vampires to avenge the death of her beloved James whilst being caught in between her bestfriend, Jacob, and her boyfriend, Edward, as she makes one of the most life-changing decisions one can make in a single lifetime.
Never before have I watched a film in which almost all the characters are clumsily tripping over their hormones. There were enough kissing scenes to make you want to vomit last night's dinner onto your lap, or should I say, too many that the most important one and the best throughout the film at that, i.e. Jacob-Bella kiss, failed to make an impact. [I stopped counting after 7 but I think there were 11 kissing scene, give or take a few]
Furthermore, for a story that's supposed to be thrilling and passionately exhausting, it was rather depressing. The dialogue, which took up about 80% of the movie, droned on without even a speck of emotion, the characters, namely Edward, had to constantly say how he was feeling. They weren't acting I can tell you that, they were merely spitting out their lines as if they were desperate to just get it over with. Taylor Lautner did a more impressive job on expressing his undying love for Bella without much help of dialogue [You could at least tell that the boy was, I don't know, ALIVE?] , but Robert Pattinson's acting ability has been established ever since he played Cedric Diggory - a role in which my favourite part was when he died. Kristen Stew on the other hand -- [Let's not even go there]
At this point, I was already sporting a headache; And just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, Jacob and Edward's neverending bickering made that headache escalate to a migraine. They sounded like an aging unhappily married couple whose sole purpose is to make the other feel utterly miserable.
[Somebody stop me before I deliver my own head on a silver platter]
On a lighter note, the opening scene where Riley Biers becomes a newborn vampire was quite impressive. Xavier Samuel's acting wasn't too shabby either. As a matter of fact, the few short scenes of Riley Biers, be it when he's angry or confused or homicidal - hungry would be a more appropriate word, gave Eclipse the littlest bit of substance that the main cast should've delivered.
The interpretation of Jasper and Rosalie's human lives didn't disappoint either. Having read the book myself, I was glad they kept that. However, I was let down when Billy Black told the history of the Quileute tribe, they cut off the part where he actually explained HOW the tribe became shapeshifters.
From where I see it, despite how certain factors were up to par, Eclipse deserves a D. D for dull, dead and depressing.
Story: D
Acting: D
Direction: C-
Visuals: D
Average: D
- Messer Girl
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