Alright, I finally saw Eclipse.  I say finally as if I should have seen it the second it came out, haha.  Anyway.  If you really loved the movie, you’re not going to love what I have to say.  So, read if you feel like it.

I’m going to start off by saying that 1. I forget everything that happened in the book.  I read it over a year ago and haven’t touched it since.  2. I wasn’t excited to see the movie at all.  I’ve been feeling a bit overexposed within the Twilight world lately, so I just wasn’t ready and raring to go.  No, I wasn’t determined to hate it.  I was actually expecting to not be excited and then end up loving it, because twitter was going crazy with people screeching about how wonderful it was.  I’m going to make this short, because the sooner I’m done with this movie, the better my life will be, haha!  I might borrow points from my friends M & A, mostly because I agree with them.  Girls, if I forget to credit what you said, just let me know!

The Good:

- Yes, it was better that Twilight and New Moon.  That did not make it good.
- Billy Burke as Charlie was amazing.  He does the whole awkward dad thing beautifully.
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria.  She was leaps and bounds better than Rachelle.  I’m not convinced Rachelle could have been as natural as Bryce in this.
- Xavier Whatshisname as Riley.  First, those lips.  Secondly, those eyes.  Thirdly, he can kind of act.  Like.
- Remember how I wanted New Moon to just be all Michael Sheen?  Now I want Eclipse to be all Bryce and Xavier.
- The line, “I’m hotter than you.”  Well played, Rosenberg, well played.
- The opening sequence.  I knew what it would be because I read spoilers, and that was the one part where I can honestly say I was in awe and not disappointed one bit.  It was fabulous.
- Anna Kendrick.  Girlfriend can do no wrong.

The Bad:

- Michael Sheen was not in this movie.  Obviously, I’m convinced he could have saved it.
- Carlisle’s accent.  Here today, gone tomorrow.  What’s the deal?!
- Jasper’s accent.  Hi Jackson, you’re Southern.  All you had to do was talk.  And you still sounded weird.
- The acting.  Kristen Stewart is getting better, but she’s not quite there yet.  I don’t find Rob or Taylor particularly “hot,” so when you take that out of the equation, they’re pretty boring as actors.  I actually almost fell asleep at one point when it was all, “angstangstbadactingangst.”  A little girl (that I didn’t know) next to me poked me and asked me why I didn’t want to see Edward proposing.  It was kind of priceless.
- People told me I was going to love the Jasper/Rosalie backstories.  I did not.  They were kinda lame.  People were going nuts over the leaked photos so I thought they were going to be amazing.  They were fine.  I just wasn’t as wowed as I thought I would be.
- The makeup.  Pale does not equal cakey.  (Thanks M!)
- It felt really unnecessarily long.  But maybe that was just because I was bored about halfway through.  Did it feel long to anyone else?
- Can we just talk about why Bella was wearing old work clothes to a graduation party where everyone else was wearing nice dresses?  Alice freakin’ flipped out in New Moon and made her wear a dress to a party that 7 people attended, but for a party attended by about 100, she lets Bella wear whatever she wants?  Just throwing that out there.
- That proposal.  Even for the King and Queen of Teen Angst… it was a bit too much.
- 90% of the cast seriously needs acting lessons.  I’d be a lot more entertained if I actually believed these people as the characters.
- The end.  Alright, Bella chose Edward.  But all I heard her talking about was their life together and how they were going to tell Charlie and when can he make her a vampire again?  I’m sorry, I thought she was supposed to choose Edward for the person he is, not the lifestyle he has.

The Ugly:

- Rosalie.  First, why do her eyebrows never match her hair?  Second, why did they make her Evita?  Dislike!
- The wigs.  I’m pretty sure Bella was wearing Jacob’s wig from the first movie.  And since when does Alice have soccer mom hair?
- The special effects, as per usual.  Summit, you’re making BANK.  Please give the special effects people some more money.
- Dakota Fanning.  She’s actually a great actress and I really like her, but she totally phoned this one in.  Wasn’t buying it for a second.
- The engagement ring.  I was scrolling through Letters to Twilight (the bestest snarkiest site ever) and someone suggested that Edward spray painted an armadillo silver.  What they said.

Okay, so that’s it.  I know I have a lot of bullet points under the good section, but look back and see how many of those are minor things, and how many major things pop up elsewhere.  I should have trusted my gut in not being excited to see the movie, instead of thinking that becuase everyone else loved it, I would too.  I should have saved my money and just rented it later.  Oh well!  Coulda, woulda, shoulda.