Continues to be better than the first but still a travesty in acting

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2012)

What can I say about Eclipse that I didn't already cover in Twilight and New Moon. This is no different than those two films and my comments on them will be identical. So really you can look up my reviews for those two movies and find out exactly how I feel about this one. Literally nothing has changed. The story is perhaps a little better with a new killer victimizing the people of Forks. The action is better than the first and about the same as New Moon as well so if you preferred New Moon over Twilight than this one will keep you equally as entertained.
I'm not going to go into great deal with the cast. Everyone is the same as they have always been in the series. I will say that Robert Pattinson gives a slightly better performance than ever before. He is still creepy (and not in a good way) obsessive, melodramatic but its toned down just a little bit. Kristen Stewart's Bella is perhaps a little one dimensional in Eclipse compared to previous films but it does feel like she is maturing as a character.
Yet another director takes over, David Slade, who comes to us from music videos and you can see that style especially in some of the fight sequences. The special effects are a little better than ever before which is a good sign. Basically this series gets just a little better with each instalment but at the same time it will never become a 'good' movie. Despite that the series has generated over a billion dollars so who am I to speak but it speaks testament to good marketing and mass hysteria because this is a B-Movie at best and completely ignorable for the most part. 7/10