Too slow at the start

Rating: 6/10 (26 July 2010)

Continuing where the 2nd film ends this one tells the third stage of Bella's choice making process. She's still tossing and turning between Edward and Jacob, and that is starting to make less and less sense to the people watching the films but not reading the books (like me). Still, the story goes on. And, since it continues where the previous one left off, this one makes no sense when watched on its own.
The film then. It starts slowly with the normal twisting and turning of the days - normal when you consider your boyfriend is a vampire and another friend you care about is a werewolf. All is well in the world, but there's something brewing just a few cities away. It looks like the start of something nasty, something that will have to be dealt with and that seems to be too big for the Cullen clan to handle on their own.
This story is one of the two red lines through the film - the other one is the obvious love triangle between Bella and the two guys and convoluted as that one might seem it still isn't enough to fill the first half of the film - it's just too slow with too many long stretches of nothingness. The 2nd half the film picks up speed and becomes quite all right, but it doesn't make the film as a whole work out. It's not enough, even though it's enjoyable (if you're very bored).
6 out of 10 sparkling vampires