The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (4/10)

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[/caption]Bryce Dallas Howard? I thought my memory was failing me again when she appeared. I don’t remember her being in the first two at all. Because she wasn’t. She took over Rachelle Lefevre in Eclipse after what appeared to be a clash in movie shoots. But seeing as how little screen time and acting opportunities there was for her character, Victoria, don’t think I’d blame her if something better came along.Oh well, back to the review. I think the problem now with the series is that, if you’ve never read the book, the movie alone will not be able to give you a clear picture. I’m still just so confused why is Bella so important to both the vampires and werewolves? She’s like “The One”. But she’s not. She’s just this ordinary girl caught in a love triangle (god knows why) and she’s got nothing going on for her except her whining and indecisiveness.The first three quarters were just painful to sit through. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happened. It was just all these back and forth with the love triangle as we discover more and more how much of a bitch Bella can be. But I did appreciate a few of the back stories of the other vampires, which I thought was too long overdue. They no longer were these one dimensional characters.Robert Pattinson may have gotten better with his Edward character, but not Taylor Lautner. I still don’t know what to make of Kristen Stewart, just that her character should just die. Jacob is a bigger idiot while Edward still can’t help himself.The only good thing that came out of this movie was Bryce Dallas Howard who provided some better acting and gave her character more depth even when she only had three scenes. Great casting choice. But too bad, Victoria is dead. What a huge waste of effort. I want to say Dakota Fanning too, being a long time fan, but she only had two scenes that didn’t require much effort.Poor Anna Kendrick, after her greatest achievement in Up In The Air, is stuck in this rut of a role looking more awkward. Other hot blooded males are raving on about Ashley Greene, but I just don’t see it in this series. And whatever happened to the best thing of New Moon, Michael Sheen. He didn’t even bother to make an appearance.This was probably the better instalment of this series. I didn’t hate it as much as the other two. But maybe that’s because I’m already too numbed out. There were some good things here and I think credit has to go to director David Slade, though I could have done without all those shaky camera going on.So deciding between a 4 and a 5, even though I didn’t want to claw my eyes out, the first half was more boring than Pearl Harbour. New Moon was a 3 while Twilight was probably a 4 – but I couldn’t find my review of Twilight here, strangely enough; probably because subconsciously wanting to forget I ever started watching this franchise.