Had the potential to be something special

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2010)

I loved the Twilight Saga as soon as I started reading the first few pages of the first book. Eclipse was one of, if not the strongest book in the saga, with plenty of suspense and action to satisfy the reader. I had extremely high hopes for this film.
One thing I can't fault is the special effects. The fight scenes were great, the acting within these scenes was very good. What let this down was the boring first half of the film, and I felt that the ending was quite poor. I felt that there was too much kissing (yes I know it is a love story, I appreciate that, but it was almost every five minutes they we're sucking each other's faces off).
I also feel they focused a bit too much on the novella that was recently released, rather than the actual Eclipse novel. I liked that we managed to see a bit more into the story of Rosalie and of Jasper, which you get in the books also - but I think I'd have liked to have seen a bit more bonding going on with Bella and the rest of the Cullens.
This film had great potential, but wasn't great. I felt that New Moon was a lot stronger than Eclipse, and seeing as it is the weakest book in the saga - that's not a good thing!
I just hope and pray that Breaking Dawn can do better.