If you love the book you will love this film even with its faults.

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2010)

I really love the Twilight books (and I aren't a teenager- I'm 42). Eclipse was by far my favourite book having read it 4 times and for this reason I was really looking forward to the release of the movie. I wasn't disappointed - it fulfilled what I needed it to. Plenty of dialogue taken directly from the book onto the screen. Granted it was rushed - I would have been happy for it to be longer in order for them to be able to get the sequencing correct and for them to delve further into the back stories.
I saw the film with a friend who had not read any of the books and her view was that not much happened compared to the first two. I think for me as I watched I had my own internal dialogue going on filling in the gaps. I seem to know the characters so well from the book that it was a shame that it was felt that they needed to strengthen Bella's character. The book Bella would never have got on the back of Jacob's bike and just left Edward standing there or approach Rosalie. Also a shame that the tent scene wasn't longer as the Fire & Ice chapter in the book is the best and most amusing (fiving a great insight into Edward's head) As there were so many scenes with the wolves it would have been helpful if we could have heard the voices of the characters in some of these scenes so that we knew what the wolves were thinking.
I know this sounds like I have a lot of complaints but I accept that films are never ever as good as the book and your own little film in your head.
I would say that if you love the Twilight books this film will be a treat for you.