#THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE BOOK MOVIE#

There are cutaways to BellaвЂ™s reactions ad nauseum, but unfortunately, Stewart isnвЂ™t doing much in these shots.

#THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE BOOK MOVIE#

The movie takes on a comprehensive point-of-view, often relegating Bella to the sidelines. The Cullen House of the first film is back in an impressive act of set design that is one reason to watch the Blu-ray Special Features.Дavid Slade favors a lot of close-ups but often this works against him, especially when you feel like youвЂ™re staring up EdwardвЂ™s nose from the second row of an IMAX theater. The natural settings are gorgeous with a beautiful use of light by Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe. Visually, Eclipse is light and naturalistic, a contrast to the cool and ethereal Twilight and the romantic lushness of New Moon. PG-13 bloodless bloodsucking and crystalline beheading abound. The CGI wolves are leaner, meaner and furrier. In impressive stunt and special effects sequences, the vampires are wicked fast and strong. Eclipse drags at times in the first act but then clicks along at a vampiric, albeit sometimes choppy pace.

In another successful deviation from the book, Director David Slade ( Thirty Days of Night) keeps the action rolling throughout, introducing exciting chases and clashes that are outside BellaвЂ™s point-of-view in the novel. ItвЂ™s an utterly absurd predicament вЂ“ a chaste threesome вЂ“ and the sort of thing that makes Twilight be Twilight. One rescue was the essential вЂњTent SceneвЂќ in which the love triangle of cool vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), hot werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and hypothermic human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) spend a stormy night together. There are mythology and character hiccups which usually occurred when self-proclaimed вЂњlogic naziвЂќ Meyer wasnвЂ™t on set. Fortunately, Eclipse stands well on its own. Even my husband, who named me the вЂњTwilidiot,вЂќ frequently quotes JacobвЂ™s line: вЂњI am hotter than you.вЂќ The Twilight and New Moon films were a kind of aesthetic Cliff Notes of the books and confusing for those who had not read them. As a bonus, Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg ( Dexter) coins superb zingers. The screen adaptation changes timeline, settings and dialogue which work better cinematically. Eclipse the movie, condenses into 124 minutes Stephenie MeyerвЂ™s novel (629 pages) and parts of the Eclipse novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (178 pages).

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