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Review: THE TWILIGHT SAGA – ECLIPSE

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Oh ladies… it’s about to get steamy in here.

The third installment of the Twilight series is here, and it is pretty darn streamy. In ‘Eclipse’, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is pushing to be turned into a vampire by Edward (Robert Pattinson). His request is for her to marry him, then he will be the one to turn her himself. This absolutely devistates Jacob (Taylor Lautner), and he starts to fight for her love, harder than he has before. In the process, Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard… a new addition to the cast) has joined with the Volturi to form an army of new vampires, lead by Riley (Xavier Samuel), who just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, vampires and wolves alike must join forces to keep Bella safe and to defeat the vicious, wreckless army of new vampires.

The chemistry in this movie is rather intense. Pattinson, Stewart, and Lautner have all settled quite nicely into their roles. They are actually rather believable in their tangled little love triangle. Lautner was given some nice little zingers to throw into his dialogue. Pattinson didn’t have much going on in the film, so his role was a bit flat. As for Stewart, she always seems a bit flat. It just seems like she could be a tad bit more dramatic. I know the role of Bella is clumsy and argumentative, but still… there could be a little more passion there.

The story line was a bit bland for the book. As much as I enjoyed the love triangle, there still could have been a bit more action. Heck, with how much the cast had to train, I was expecting way more out of the fight scenes. The fight scenes that they did have were rather stunning to watch. Still, it left me wanting more.

It was pretty cool seeing Jack Huston, who I got the chance to interview Saturday in the film. He was great as Royce King. Might I add that he was super nice (and ladies… pretty darn attractive!). Seriously, I am honored to have gotten the chance to sit down with him.

The one big complaint I have about this film is that the wig that Stewart had to wear was TERRIBLE! I couldn’t stop staring at it!  I know that her hair was cut off for her role in “The Runaways”, but they could have done a better job with the color, length and overall appearance of that hideous mop!

So, to sum it all up for all you Twi-Hards… Pattinson – HOT… Lautner – HOT… story-Eh!

Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars

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