Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) **1/2

I went to this movie because it was the only movie out that we hadn’t seen that the other girls wanted to see.  Linda and I hadn’t seen the first two Twilight movies or read the books, so we weren’t sure we’d even follow the story… joining in the middle stinks.  But, most sequels are able to stand on their own, so I wasn’t too worried. 

There were a couple things that were a little unclear, but it didn’t make it too bad.   I watched the movie and it was pretty good.  Not great.  But I could definitely understand why teen and preteen girls love this series! Nothing too gory and several very attractive characters.  But I’m 40-something, so I didn’t get quite the same feeling as the younger crowd probably.

I have since seen Twilight… they were showing it on Showtime Movies on Demand.  I don’t know if I liked that one as much, but it was helpful to see the beginning of the story.  It cleared up a few things and I’m glad for that.  It also kind of got me interested to read the books.  I think I will do that.  If I find New Moon on HBO or Netflix, I will watch that one, but if I don’t, I really don’t care.

I like all of those actors in these movies except Kristen Stewart.  If they had cast a different actress for that role, I probably would have loved this.  My son thinks she’s ugly.  I don’t.  But, I hate the way she always looks down and doesn’t seem to look anyone in the eye and never smiles.  I thought it was just her character, but I’ve seen her elsewhere and she’s kind of like that.  It’s creepy.

I didn’t really understand why she would go for Edward over Jacob.  Jacob is really warm and Edward is really cold.  I don’t know why they like each other… it doesn’t seem like they have any fun.  Edward is so serious… well, vampiring and protecting the one you love is serious business, but Jacob seems more fun to me… and hotter, in many ways.  After seeing the first movie, her attraction to Edward is a little more understandable too, but I’d still go for Jacob.

I don’t know when the next movie comes out, but I hear they are making the last book into two movies… it’s really thick!  I’m going to try to read the books before it comes out.  Sigh.