I just finished reading the Short Second Life of BT, and NOW I get why so many people think her scenes were sooooo short. She should have been allowed to say a little more. But oh well… I wonder if there would be a movie about Bree… hmmmm. Marcela

As previous posters have mentioned, Bella was flat. The only time she showed a reasonable amount of emotion was when she had the talk with Charlie (which was a great scene, especially Charlie’s last words before chomping into his sandwich).

Overall, I liked it and, although I know it’s impossible to stick completely to the book, I liked that a few scenes had direct lines from Eclipse.

Sadly, my stepdaughter and I sat in front of two girls that chose to giggle and chat all the way through the movie. That ruined it for me. They got shushed a couple of times and eventually shut up. I understand it’s exciting and all but seriously? Shut upppppp!!!!

I only had a few minor nit picks, like Bella in shirt sleeves outside the tent, the morning after she nearly freezies to death. That was really fake and took me out of the movie. I also didn’t like the bed scene – sure, we go the “leg hitch” but I would have loved to have seen it more like the book, not both walkiing into his room with a bed there.

What I loved : Jacob’s note! How cool was that, and all wrinkled, like she read it over and over. That was so great. I also loved the way Edward was filmed, and portrayed. Less tortured, better make up. Yeah, beautiful, too beautiful for Bella!

I could go on, but so many have posted my favorite scenes. I will be seeing this again. I saw it opening day, and there were A LOT more guys in the theatre than for New Moon..

Eclipse is my favorite book and I read it many times and I know it is impossible to cover all the book in the movie, but I think some very important parts are missing, the beginning of the movie was confused, ” the scenes and the conversations were totally choppy”.
The movement in Eclipse is different from the others and most of the dialogs were lost, disconnected.

The action scenes were very good and I liked ” the proposal”, ” the conversation” with Charlie, and the newborns in Seattle: that’s what David Slade can do better, But the LOVE…. I was like: ” Where is the LOVE????”. It was there, but with no emotion, no intensity, no passion, kind of “flat” ! I didn’t like the love scenes because of the way they were filmed: the takes, the angles, the dialogs. Not even by the performance of the actors. I think David Slade could not take out the best of them in the love scenes.

The kiss between Jacob and Bella was “fast”, without emotion and without her vision of their future together…. In the book he is so sweet, they kiss many times: They kiss, they stop and he goes: “Bella you can do better than this” . Which means she is hesitating… she is confused ! They kiss again and then she finally give up and let herself feel what she feels, and there’s the last brief sweet kiss, where she does not want to let him go, because she realizes she loves him too. It is the most important part of the book when she finally knows what she feels for Jake. I liked most their “almost kiss” in New Moon, much more passionate, they hesitated, look each each in the eye,( I felt butterflies in my stomach!) In Eclipse I was like: “This is it ????”

The tent scene…well in the book Edward is very irritated with Jake and with himself because he cannot give Bella the heat she needs, but in the movie Robert is not, he is nervous at first and then relaxed, calm and almost smiling… ( They said in many interviews that it was difficult to make this scene because all three were laughing, they had to return to Canada to film it again, and I could see why ). I didn’t like it, I wanted to see that tension between them, and the love both of them share for Bella.

I also did not like Kristen’s acting in this movie, she had the same face all the movie, like a mask ! And as someone said I could not see either ” that” chemistry between Edward and Bella. Rob was “less” Edward, he was not that “tormented soul” with the amazing “tormented faces” of desire and thoughts. Taylor was good, but I also missed the way he looked into Bella’s eyes in New Moon, looking for something. In the book they are always talking and laughing and I pictured it like Jake giving Bella that look and she always trying to avoid his eyes, afraid of finding something. In the book they were always at the beach, there are no conversations at the beach in the movie … Well they almost have no conversations, just some brief moments which do not cover their situation at all.

I know many people loved the movie,but I expected Eclipse to be better than the others because they had a big budget make the movie, the actors should be more into the characters and the story, and the acting should be better now they are more experienced. After all I keep loving the book, it is my favorite !
Team Jacob!

Loved the Jasper backstory, though. They did a decent job on that.

I thought some of the scenes & conversations were ‘choppy’. Couple of minor things that bothered me were the attention to details they seemed to miss out on. When Edward & Bella were laying in her bed, the camera pulls out and shows their reflection in the mirror…Edward does not have a reflection…hello?! One minute Edward is ‘sparkling’ and the next he’s not….no consistency. Minor, I know, but bothersome non-the-less.

Given the success of the movies and the books, I feel they could have done a better job with the makeup and effects. The makeup was still quite ‘thick & white’ for the Cullens. Their eyebrows were so dark with makeup it looked poorly in my opinion.

I also agree with Abyyyyy! & Kelly Smith about leaving out the reason for the heart bracelet that Edward gave Bella. The scene portrayed him just as a jealous boyfriend. The explanation would have been great.

I enjoyed Jasper’s and Rosalie’s stories about their past. However, the close up of Rosalie, she looked so “fake” to me; with the makeup and wig lines. Given the talent in the show…I feel the makeup could have been so much better!

Kristen was ‘kinda flat’ in this movie to me. Not enough emotion for being torn between two hot guys; not to mention the Volturi are coming & Victoria is out to kill her!!

Jacob didn’t show enough emotion when he kissed Bella and in the scene where she demanded him to kiss her before the fight. Where was the excitement and passion there?

I LOVED: the “talk” with Charlie, Jasper’s Texan accent & calling Alice ma’am (funny how he didn’t have the accent in the previous movies), Edward’s proposal to Bella & Alice in general. I just love her character!

I know you can only put so much into a movie given script and time line restraints. However, I believe they should have made the movie a bit longer to fit in some of the important scenes from the book that made it the sensation that it is.

I have read all the books and read them again before the movie releases. I have friends who haven’t read a single one. Upon the ending of each show, they have so many questions. I tell them the same thing, the books answer all your questions. But….that depends on the viewer and the fan. While I love the books, I love the movies too. I’m a fan through and through.
I will definitely watch Breaking Dawn. I hope they do it justice. There’s a lot of information to put into the story line of the movie.

Eclipse is still a great show!! Just wanted to state my ‘views’ on the movie as these ‘little’ details makes the story.

Team Jacob!!