50/50

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2010)

Having read all of the Twilight books a long time before the films were mentioned, I can say that I at least appreciate that it's hard to please everyone when it comes to making a film adaptation of a book, whether that book is popular or not. As I found the first and second films rather cringe-worthy at times due to the acting, I did personally quite like that the producers stuck as close to the book as was possible, and quite a few points that were vague in the book are explained somewhat in the film to which I would go 'Oh yeah, I get that now!' I've always been a grouch when films waver somewhat erratically from their written roots, but fans of the books and the previous films will most likely appreciate the attention to detail that has been a constant throughout the previous films. However, as I mentioned previously (and I hate to admit it as I for one am a lover of cheesy films) I found the acting at times to be quite amateur for such a popular franchise; Stewart just doesn't seem to quite hit the undying love mark that we've seen in other films, and at times I wonder if her chin will actually begin to graze the floor due to the amount of time her mouth is hanging open in what is meant to be a shocked/thoughtful expression; in actuality it comes across as making her look rather gormless and is an annoying little feature that winds me up throughout all of the Twilight films. Unlike the previous two films, I found Eclipse to keep up a decent pace throughout its entirety which is always a plus point for such a lengthy film, and the scenery of it is just amazing; they really picked a beautiful place to film Eclipse- some of this film is jaw-dropping in its beauty. Although, at the end of the day, the beauty in the surroundings means nothing when the dialogue feels empty. It is very rare that you find a film of such popularity to have such dead dialogue in it; rarely when the actors are talking on-screen do you actually feel the emotions that they're meant to be portraying, and for that reason I couldn't really let myself be absorbed into the film, and ended up watching it with half-hearted interest.