THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Blu- ray Review; Reviewed by our TWILIGHT Super Fan Contest Winner. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens with a fresh- faced college kid attacked in a dark Seattle alley by an unseen menace, save for a flash of red hair, and left bitten and screaming on a dock in the pounding rain. Immediately, you know you’re in a more dangerous film than Twilight or New Moon. Ultimately, Eclipse is still more love story than horror film: a supernatural Wuthering Heights of the Olympic Peninsula. Altogether, it’s an intoxicating blend of vampires, werewolves and romance. The Blu- ray Special Features explore a quality film production, in more depth than has been marketed. The more time I spend with the Blu- ray, the more I like it. Find out why after the jump: Eclipse the movie, condenses into 1. The Twilight Saga: The Complete Film Archive: Memories, Mementos, and Other Treasures from the Creative Team Behind the Beloved Motion Pictures. GET INFORMED. Industry information at your fingertips. GET CONNECTED. Over 200,000 Hollywood insiders. GET DISCOVERED. Enhance your IMDb Page. Go to IMDbPro » |. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Blu-ray Review; Reviewed by our TWILIGHT Super Fan Contest Winner Gretchen “Twilidiot” Vaughn. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the third installment of the Twilight series based on Stephenie. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, commonly referred to as Eclipse, is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel Eclipse. It is the third installment of The Twilight Saga film series, following 2008. October 7, 2015. Stephenie Meyer at New York Comic Con. We’re excited to celebrate Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death dual edition with fans tomorrow at New York Comic Con! Please join us for a Q&A. Twihards, rejoice! In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, love for Bella and Edward is not only triumphant--it's a love story for the ages. The finale in the wildly successful Twilight teen vampire romance saga will. Includes cast and crew list, filming locations, message board, trivia, soundtrack listing, photo gallery, box office information, links and plot summary. Twilight is about a teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) who risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire (Robert Pattinson). Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga encompasses all five films with almost 2 hours of brand new. Find great deals on eBay for twilight saga twilight saga books. Shop with confidence. Stephenie Meyer’s novel (6. Eclipse novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (1. The screen adaptation changes timeline, settings and dialogue which work better cinematically. As a bonus, Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter) coins superb zingers. Even my husband, who named me the “Twilidiot,” frequently quotes Jacob’s line: “I am hotter than you.” The Twilight and New Moon films were a kind of aesthetic Cliff Notes of the books and confusing for those who had not read them. Fortunately, Eclipse stands well on its own. There are mythology and character hiccups which usually occurred when self- proclaimed “logic nazi” Meyer wasn’t on set. Thank goodness for reshoots. One rescue was the essential “Tent Scene” in which the love triangle of cool vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), hot werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and hypothermic human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) spend a stormy night together. It’s an utterly absurd predicament – a chaste threesome – and the sort of thing that makes Twilight be Twilight. In another successful deviation from the book, Director David Slade (Thirty Days of Night) keeps the action rolling throughout, introducing exciting chases and clashes that are outside Bella’s point- of- view in the novel. Eclipse drags at times in the first act but then clicks along at a vampiric, albeit sometimes choppy pace. In impressive stunt and special effects sequences, the vampires are wicked fast and strong. The CGI wolves are leaner, meaner and furrier. PG- 1. Visually, Eclipse is light and naturalistic, a contrast to the cool and ethereal Twilight and the romantic lushness of New Moon. The natural settings are gorgeous with a beautiful use of light by Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe. The Cullen House of the first film is back in an impressive act of set design that is one reason to watch the Blu- ray Special Features. David Slade favors a lot of close- ups but often this works against him, especially when you feel like you’re staring up Edward’s nose from the second row of an IMAX theater. The movie takes on a comprehensive point- of- view, often relegating Bella to the sidelines. There are cutaways to Bella’s reactions ad nauseum, but unfortunately, Stewart isn’t doing much in these shots. Pity. When I first saw Twilight, I felt a bit breathless because I was completely absorbed by Stewart’s performance and ability to draw us into Bella’s point of view. On the way home from the theater in November 2. I remember saying: “Robert who? Wasn’t he the guy who played Cedric Diggory? I didn’t even recognize him.”Two years later, a bit of Robsession has set in. In Eclipse, Pattinson finally relaxes into his character, creating an Edward who is both sweeter and scarier. Add in some improvements in hair, makeup and wardrobe and movie Edward and book Edward are finally matching up. Pattinson pulls off an impossible character and an equally impossible marriage proposal as real and not maudlin. Even though Bella and Edward are more comfortable with each other, Rob and Kristen continue to have that inexplicable magnetic pull. With that kind of chemistry, I want to see plenty of kissing (sorry, Rob!). The best chemistry award, though, might go to Pattinson and Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria. My favorite scene is the Edward/Victoria showdown on the mountaintop. With a controlled, manipulative rage Edward goads Victoria into staying for the fight, resulting in one of the movie’s many lovely screams. After a toppled tree and a few head butts, Edward literally bites off Victoria’s head (a detail I was glad was retained from the book). One of Eclipse’s strengths is the considerable depth of talent in the enormous supporting cast. Even unnamed characters catch your eye in the brief time they’re on screen, such as the newborn vampire boy (Cainan Wiebe) in Jasper’s history, and you’re sad to see them killed off. The real breakout performance of the film, though, belongs to Taylor Lautner. Lautner’s Jacob is an utterly believable teenage boy (who just happens to be a werewolf), who is simultaneously sarcastic and sweet, both rash and noble. The studio execs who approved those monster salaries for Abduction and Stretch Armstrong based on only a modicum of screen time can relax: Lautner’s the real deal. His last scene in the film is devastating, as he’s left physically and emotionally broken by the fight for Bella’s safety and her soul. It’s in that scene that I lament the absence of my favorite line from the novel, without which, the title doesn’t make much sense: “I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me.”He sighed. “The clouds I can handle. But I can’t fight with an eclipse.”The overall style of Eclipse can be summed up in how the last three scenes in the film transition dramatically with just a swath of fade- to- black in between. After the execution of a petite vampire (the adorable Jodelle Ferland as Bree Tanner) by the hulking Volturi guard Felix (the immediately frightening Daniel Cudmore) and some really good screaming, the jump to Jacob’s house, with bone breaking screaming followed by heartbreaking agony, a little birdsong brings us back to the meadow with Edward and Bella where we started our love story. Somehow these juxtapositions make sense in the world of Twilight and are why so many of us can’t help getting lost in that fully- formed fantasy universe. In the final meadow scene, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg gives Bella a dramatic speech summarizing the journey we’ve been on with her. She’s finally considered the implications of her choice to become a beautiful, blood- thirsty immortal to spend an eternity with her sparkly vampire. To our relief, and Edward’s, it’s not just about him … just mostly. Eclipse ends with a different sense of danger than where it began, with a humorous repartee straight from the book: Bella: “We have to tell Charlie.”Edward: “It’s highly dangerous.”Bella: “It’s a good thing you’re bulletproof.”The soon- to- be iconoclastic engagement ring reappears with superb musical underscoring as Howard Shore’s score builds and morph into Metric’s “I’m All Yours” as the credits roll. To quote the Volturi’s leader, Aro: “I love happy endings. They are so rare.” Well, not rare in Hollywood movies, perhaps, but this one seems genuine. As a “Twilight Super Fan” and movie buff, I’m happy, too, at the end of what I think is a fun, romantic and engaging film. BLU- RAY DETAILSThe Special Edition is a single- disc Blu- ray/DVD combo. Including the DVD is an improvement over previous releases, but I hate flipper discs. No matter how careful I am, they somehow get covered in fingerprints and scratches. It should be industry standard by now to include a digital copy (I’m an i. Pad addict). Inception will release with a 3- Disc Blu- ray + DVD + Digital Copy for exactly the same price on Amazon as Eclipse. The initial Eclipse release skips the marketing games that surrounded New Moon, which had different special features exclusive to Target and Wal- Mart. The Target Eclipse Collector’s Edition just adds deluxe packaging and six collectible photo cards. Hopefully, Summit won’t release additional editions until all five movies are in the bag. Of course, I would love even more features but that’s what BD- Live is supposed to be for. A features- only disc, like The Matrix Revisited, would also be acceptable. But making the consumer buy the entire movie again to get the new special features is a cheap trick. The picture quality and surround sound on the Blu- ray are excellent, with one notable exception. The chase scene with Victoria is grainy and dark, with a loss of color and detail that were in the original print. The disc has the resume feature which allows you to pick up where you were watching even after changing discs or turning off your Blu- ray player. This is in contrast to most discs which annoyingly load all the way from the very start. SPECIAL FEATURESGrab a cheeseburger, an Arnold Palmer or a Rainier Beer and settle in for an extensive line- up of high- quality special features. I’m puzzled by the TV spots that say there are 9. Twilight fans and general DVD junkies. In fact, it has taken me so long to get through them all that in some sort of Tron- like accident, I think I may be writing this from inside the Eclipse Blu- ray. Please hit eject on the Vizio and let me out.
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