The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob.

Director:

David Slade

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Stars:

Xavier Samuel, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson

18 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Xavier Samuel	...	Riley
Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson	...	Edward Cullen
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Justin Chon	...	Eric
Anna Kendrick	...	Jessica
Michael Welch	...	Mike
Christian Serratos	...	Angela
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jasper Hale
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen
Paul Jarrett	...	Mr. Biers
Iris Quinn	...	Mrs. Biers
Sarah Clarke	...	Renee
Peter Facinelli	...	Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Elizabeth Reaser	...	Esme Cullen

Storyline

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | revenge | graduation | love | friendship | 

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Taglines:

It all begins ... With a choice

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

Belcarra Regional Park, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$68,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£13,756,653 (UK) (9 July 2010)

Gross:

$300,523,113 (USA) (15 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment, Maverick Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Charlie is sitting at the kitchen table looking at the Riley flyer, it states that Riley was born April 10th, 1990. This is the day after Kristen Stewart's birthday. She was born April 9th, 1990.

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Goofs

When Bree is first leaning up looking at Felix when he is heading towards her, she is leaning up with her hair un-tucked from behind her ears. But when the next camera shot goes back to her, she is laying back on the ground with her hair tucked behind her right ear.

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Quotes

Bella Swan: [as Jake and Edward are about to fight again] Stop!
[beat]
Bella Swan: I'm tired of this. From now on I'm Switzerland, OK?

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Connections

Featured in The 37th Annual People's Choice Awards (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Wedding Plans"
(uncredited)
Written by Howard Shore
Performed by Howard Shore

User Reviews

Tedious boring and meaningless

As bad as the first Twilight was this is a whole new level. The bland and tedious characters lack chemistry, life, personality which sort of makes sense because most of them are undead.

The film continues Bella's meaningless coin flip decision between Jacob the skin-walker (I refuse to refer to these as werewolves) and Edward the fairy. Every sentence out each character's mouth, particularly the main characters, is stilted and stale. They can't even articulate their lines let alone deliver them with any depth - not that there is any depth to the script or story here, there isn't.

Even the fights are bland with vampires getting snapped apart like they were porcelain dolls and the only main threat of the movie - an army of New Born vampires - ending up being overcome with GREAT EASE. Also the division of the skin-walkers and "vampires" is suddenly bridged, there's no exploration of the issues between their kind or how to resolve them, just a randomly quick decision to work together despite the fact they hated each other a moment ago.

The film's focus, instead of the parts that might have proved interesting, is in the emotionless and empty romance between two obscenely pale individuals and the muscular third wheel. Any attraction I could have had to Kristen Stewart is erased by her terrible delivery, empty eyed stare and general lack of emotion.

Bland from start to finish and painful to anyone who genuinely likes good films. If you are brave enough to see it I recommend drinking something that will erase the memory and numb the pain afterward.