The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2011)

Considering my hate of the previous two Twilight films, I was surprised that this managed to engage me for the entire 2 hours. The film is simply better as a whole. The second film was unnecessary, with protagonists going missing, and the same love story playing out in a loop. Nothing was resolved in the last film, so it's good to see David Slade being able to handle this more complete picture. He does a surprising amount, finishing off character arcs from the first film, visiting the Cullens' pasts in rather sumptuous and well paced flashbacks, and giving everyone a bit more substance. Rather than laughing at the film, it actually made me laugh intentionally a few times. Jacob, Bella and Edward are still mostly terrible and boring characters. I just can't care for their relationships. One of the new antagonists was much more interesting. An emotional puppet coming to terms with his new powers. The wolves also looked A LOT better, and it was depressing to see action scenes that were shot better than recent action films such as The Expendables and The A Team.