Lala’s Movie Corner: Eclipse (Twilight Saga, #3) – One Movie 2 Different Reviews!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life

From IMDB.

 

Ok, so I went to see Eclipse this Saturday with my BFF. We had bought the tickets about a month ago and we both were super excited to watch it, especially since we have both read the book (well, he read it an year ago, so he didn’t really remember everything LOL)

I am not sure how I feel about this movei, I feel like I need to do two different reviews for it. One as a Twilight Saga fan and one as a regular movie goer. So, that’s what I’m going to do…

My Views as a Regular Movie Goer:

*If I hadn’t read the books or seen movies 1 and 2

OK so, I have no idea what the heck was going on. This guys named Edward kept proposing to this girl, who kept saying “no” and he didn’t relent. That was sort of creepy, I mean, NO is NO, right?

They kept talking about some people I had never heard of before and things started moving forward too fast. Who is Jacob and why doesn’t he have a shirt? Even that guy Edward noticed. There seems to be a sort of love triangle going on, but neither men seem able to understand the word NO.

Jacob insists the Bella chick loves him and she says NO. Edward proposes and she says NO. However neither of them gives up, apparently NO doesn’t have the same meaning for me, since not even Bella knows the meaning… so weird.

Another thing is, that guy is supposed to be a vampire? He doesn’t have fangs and he sparkles, what the f**** is that about?

The dialogue was pretty lame throughout the movie, things didn’t really make much sense, I felt like there was a lot going on underneath it all, but it never came across to me, so I was very confused.

The action scenes were pretty cool and the wolves were well done, but the story felt rushed, there was a lot going on and things were never really explained. I know I haven’t seen the previous movies (I know I live under a rock), but a little bit of catching up could have helped.

All in all it was an ok movie. Nothing to write home about.

 

My Views as a Twilight Saga Fan:

Hmmmm this is really hard for me. I enjoyed seeing my favorite of the books translated to the screen, but I felt that it wasn’t really a great movie. I can’t put my finger on it, but when the movie ended I felt disturbed.

The Vulturi weren’t scary enough! I forgot about them for a long time during the movie.

K-Stew’s acting was painful! I couldn’t take another lip-chewing moment. Rob and Taylor did ok. They were never great, but they did their job. My favorite parts were anything with the other Cullens. They were so cute.

The action was pretty awesome! The battle was fun and very well made.

I loved that they gave Bree some screen time. It was definitelly a shout out to us who have read the novella.

There were some unintentional LOL moments for me. But I guess that is to be expected when talking about sparkling vamps, right?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Twilight Saga fan, but the movies just fall short for me. I am curious to see what they will do with Breaking Dawn.

 

I’m not going to rate it! Sorry =P

 

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Lala’s Book Corner: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner [an Eclipse Novella] by Stephenie Meyer

 

 

 

 

“Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood... life before she became a vampire.
All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself and, above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn't know: her time as an immortal is quickly running out.
Then Bree finds an unexpected friend in Diego, a newborn just as curious as Bree about their mysterious creator, whom they know only as "her". As they come to realize that the newborns are pawns in a game larger than anything they could have imagines, Bree and Diego must choose sides and decide whom to trus. But when everything you know about vampires is based on a lie, how do you find the truth?”

From Goodreads.

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young

• Release Date: June 5th, 2010

• My Copy: Free HERE! Available until July 5th!

• Pages: 178

• Genre: Paranormal YA

• Author's Website

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight Saga)

*Contain Spoilers if you haven’t read “Eclipse”

I was not really inclined to read this story anytime soon. I am a huge Twilight Saga fan and always will be, but after reading the books I have encountered so many amazing YA novels and series, that Twilight’s shortcomings became amazingly glaring.

Don’t get me wrong, as I said, I will always love the series and I’ll probably re-read the books for a 6th time in the future, but I wasn’t really interested in reading this short story about a character that gets so little time on stage, in Eclipse.

I am so happy that I decided to give it a try and read it on the free Bree Tanner website. I was pleasantly surprised and shocked at how much I enjoyed this story.

Bree is a newborn, created amongst many with the sole purpose of being put to fight for a cause she is not even aware of. She has been lied to and cheated the chance to have a “healthy” vampire afterlife.

Her unexpected friendship with another newborn named Diego, leads her on a discovery path that can be deadly for both of them. They’ve been lied to by the people that are supposed to have their safety in their hands, but changing the status quo is definitely trickier than they think.

“The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” shows a definite improvement in Meyer’s writing style and does what I thought would never happen, it has made me care for a character that i never gave a second look at.

I feel for Bree and Diego, and for everything that could have been for them and wasn’t.  The future they could have had but that was taken from them.

It was also great to see the final confrontation in Eclipse seen from a different point of view and see things that we could not have seen from Bella’s limited point of view. “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” is a must read to any Twilight Saga fan out there.

I just hope Stephanie has something planned for Fred… I feel that we can get great things from there.

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