Well, I went with my sister-in-law to see the new Twilight movie. It totally kicked ass. I don't wanna give a whole bunch of spoilers, but there were just a few parts I HAVE to talk about. I'm thinking my favorite part was about the same in the book: the ending fight scene. I was utterly surprised that they did it so well, and graphically. I mean, actually getting to see Edward literally tear Victoria's head off was impressive. And the way they did the bodies, like they actually are stone. It was really epic.
I was also really impressed by the way they incorporated the creating of the newborn army. The book went into no detail about it, but the movie did like, cutscenes or something, where they flashed to the newborns, and showed Riley. I was torn on my feelings about that, however. They made him a missing person from Forks, and it upset me because you think that the Cullens would have known him then, since they'd been in Forks a while, and he'd been missing for a year. Even Bella should have known him. But aside from that, I was really pleased with they way they showed more about the newborns. I approved. (Congrats, Summit Entertainment. I approved of that choice. Your lives are complete.)
One of my other favorite moments was when Jacob climbed into the sleeping bag to warm Bella so she didn't freeze to death. He said to Edward, "Well, I am hotter than you." The entire theatre cracked up. It was great. I loved it. Jacob had quite a few funny lines. Honestly, Charlie did too, lol. When he confronts Bella about a 'birds and bees' kinda talk, she's like, "Dad! I'm a virgin!" and leaves the room to him saying "Well I'm glad we had this talk," and she calls down the stairs "me too". Then he leans against the counter and says, "I'm liking Edward a little more now." It was great. Too funny, lol.
One of the things that annoyed me was there attempt at integrating some of today's common slang: mainly the use of the word "epic". When Bella was talking about Alice's graduation party, she said it was gonna be epic, which peeved me a bit. I mean, it just doesn't seem like something that Bella would say, not to me. It really just did not fit the character.
I was also really miffed at Jasper. He's always been one of my favorite characters, and the first two movies, admittedly, he didn't play a big part, didn't have a lot of speaking lines. But the stupid fucking Texas accent he put on in this movie completely ruined him for me. I was like, I understand he'd have an accent, but couldn't they get him a fucking dialect coach? He literally talked out of the side of his mouth. It made me very depressed to say "I'm from Texas." Damn you, Jackson Rathborne.
I'm still a little peeved about the ending, too. They never confront Charlie with the asking for Bella's hand in marriage thing, and there's a lot of stuff with Bella and Jake you don't see either. But, they have to leave you hanging, and in truth, it was a beautiful scene, for and ending.
I'm sure there was a lot more I could say, but these are really my big talking points tonight. I mean, I expected it to not follow the book, so I went into open-minded, and I wasn't as annoyed at the variances as I usually am. I did notice them all, and cringe at some of the bigger mistakes or cut-outs or whatever you wanna call it, but I also understand you just can't do it word-for-word to the book. And sometimes there's some pluses to that, too. Like you don't sit in a movie for 6 hours. I was surprised at my approval for most of their additions. I was only mildly shocked at the whole Bree Tanner thing. Supposedly she was gonna get a bigger part, but they never even named the character. They flashed to her a few times, showing her hesitation to participate in the battle, but that was about it. I'm not even sure if she got paid for it, because all she did was scream. Well, maybe she had one line. But that was about it.
So, my arms are tired and I think i've say about all I want to say about the movie. I don't want to be responsible for ruining it for the people that haven't seen (and plan on seeing) Eclipse.
(Sorry if I did ruin it...)
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