Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Review

As expected, I watched the advance screening of Twilight Saga: Eclipse at SM Megamall Cinema 6. Thanks a lot to Cherry Mobile Eclipse for sponsoring this event and giving me the opportunity to be among the first to see it.

I don’t want to be bias having expressed so openly that I am a Twilight Addict. I promise I’ll try not to give any spoilers in this post. I just want to give this review from someone who has read the books and has been following the series since its movie conception.

Meadow Scene at The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

I must let you, my readers, know that I went out of the cinema with a beaming smile in my face. I am happy with Eclipse for the following reasons:

• For once Edward loosened up a bit. Contrary to Robert Pattinson‘s portrayal in Twilight and New Moon, he seem to have shown the lighter side of the character. He smiles as oppose to seemingly in constant pain. I know RobPatts saw Edward‘s character as someone who was in deep pain and in constant conflict with his vampire nature to kill and his longing to be the good, humane and vegetarian vampire Carlisle wanted him to be. So yeah, I’m glad there was a change in Robert Pattinson‘s approach.
• David Slade included my favorite scenes in the book–the part when Charlie was asking Bella about getting intimate, Edward’s marriage proposal, Edward’s jealousy incidents, and the tent scene with Edward, Jacob and Bella (of course!).
• On the production side, I love that the make-up does not look overly done as in the New Moon. Their faces, to me, seem closer to natural-looking and not too artificial. There were a lot of scenes when I said, Kristen actually looked pretty or Edward looked dashing and handsome.
• Loved that David Slade did not omit the back stories of the Quileute Tribe, Rosalie and Jasper and they were portrayed the way I imagined them while reading the book.
• The exchange of lines between Edward and Jacob is remarkably endearing. Kudos to Melissa Rosenberg for finally doing the dialogs right. The characters, especially Jacob, did not appear obnoxious at all, just plainly saying he’s ‘hotter’ than Edward in a matter-of-factly tone.

I can go on enumerating a long list of reasons why I am happy with the Twilight Saga: Eclipse. However, I would risk putting spoilers if I do so. So, I know that a lot of boyfriends and husbands would actually drag their feet just to give in to their girlfriends or wife’s Twilight addiction, but bare with us Twlighters. Two more films and we’ll never torment you again with our endless drooling over Edward or Jacob.

That said, I can’t wait for Breaking Dawn, the last book of the franchise, which reminds me, I hope that Bill Condon will do as good if not better. Breaking Dawn is my most favorite of the four books. I wouldn’t want to be disappointed at all.

Hope everyone would enjoy this movie as much as I did. I enjoyed it so much I am going to the Eclipse block screening sponsored by Twilight Coven Philippines tomorrow.

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