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Twilight Eclipse

When the Twilight Saga began, I was promised a fight. Every great love triangle has one, and this series of books-turned-movies is supposed to have one, too. We have this little pickle that involves Edward (Robert Pattinson), the sparkly, dead-eyed vampire; Jacob (Taylor Lautner), the perpetually shirtless werewolf with a heart; and Bella (Kristen Stewart), the confused teenage girl who is out looking for love when she should really be preoccupied with say, getting into a good college. No need for college though, when you’re looking to become a member of the undead.

The first two Twilight chapters have come and gone, and while fans have eaten up their broody teenness, those of us who came for the action have been left in the lurch. I, like any man who has enjoyed a good vampire or werewolf film, just want to see a really bloody battle in one of these movies. That would at least move them toward being marginally worthy of their inclusion in this Sunday’s Oscar night “horror” tribute. And we were given hope for the third movie, Eclipse, when Summit Entertainment hired 30 Days of Night director David Slade. Did you see his vampire movie? Lots of blood! It gets me giddy like a 15-year old girl who just touched RPattz’ hair.

Today, we see the first trailer — which Summit hath giveth, and I hath embedeth below — and it’s mostly just fan service. All of those broody teen superhumans (and unhumans) talking about how much they will fight, if the fight happens. It’s all very romantic, I suppose. Though, it would be nice if the damn fight would just start already. Here’s hoping that Mr. Slade is saving the bloodbath for a future trailer that will weird-out the MTV crowd. Fingers crossed.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is in theaters June 30, 2010. Full synopsis and new trailer are below.

Trailer:

Synopsis:

In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, 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 Edward and 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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  • Sylentwolf
    If anyone remembers, VICTORIA (Enemy Vampire) was played by Rachelle Lefevre and is now someone else, Bryce Dallas Howard (Lady In The Water, Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation) who is now capturing the roll of Victoria.

    I've always like original cast members from movies (similar to Iron Man's "Rhodey" played by Terrence Howard, now played by Don Cheadle) , and once again here is another sequel that has done that very same thing. Chemistry is EVERYTHING!

    I feel that this franchise is morphing into another Cable TV Vampire Show, gone really bad. And is now going straight to video.

    "Steamy" is not what guys as fans will be looking forward to, and again I strongly believe THIS sequel will not do as well as "New Moon" (I didn't care too much for New Moon either).

    SPOILER ALERT !!! (from the books Bella gets pregnant. GOD help us all if they push with "Breaking Dawn."
  • Connor
    You guys suck. Buzz kill for real. I love this series more than my own sister! Nah I wouldn't take it that far, but close!
  • bellaphoenix
    i have totally failed to see the damn trailer...it keeps telling me error or wateva.dont know wats wrong with this damn computer...oh well the comments are pretty hilarious. was really excited when i heard david slade was directing but that bit about richardson editing totally inflated my hardon for the movie.nothing that taylor wont fix...he is so hot.
  • "Benniereadsbooks"
    Boy, have I read some really stupid comments. Not just on this site but many others. Some of the comments are just plain dumb. READ THE FREAKIN BOOKS. Some person on another site mentioned(referring to scene in eclipse trailer) that the Volturi were upset over Bella and Edward's consideration of marriage, which is totally not true. That scene in the trailer had nothing to do with their proposed marriage. Someone made a comment about college not being important to Bella. Both Bella and Edward applied to a number of colleges and it is mentioned a number of times in the book eclipse. Edward is supposed to be brooding the majority of the time, bella is suppose to be the way she is. Jacob's body temperature is higher than normal which is why he often has his shirt off. Also, he loses his clothing when he shapes shifts into wolf form. We all know, and I am quite sure that the twilight fans know that the books are fantasy and once and a while people like to escape a little bit. I don't think anyone expected the series to become nominated for the Oscars. Personally, I don't feel that the movies have done the books justice and frankly some of things in the book would be very difficult to capture on the big screen. I give all involved credit for trying to bring the story to life on screen. Why can't people accept the series for what it is(fantasy, fun, romance, entertainment). All of these critics just amaze me. The majority of the actors in the series are very young and just getting started and are bound to make mistakes along the way. It would be nice to hear a little encouragement for these young people who are trying to find their way. Way to go, just tear down their self-esteem. If you don't like the series, why not move on to something else.
  • nechoplex
    Wao, that is so f***ing LAME
  • LucyW
    I was hoping for a good fight (though I never believed we'd get a really bloody one) and a little less mush but when Summit replaced Slade's usual editor, Art Jones, with Nancy Richards (Twilight editor) it got crushed. "The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film." The editing in Twilight was horrible (e.g. see the final fight scene, the confrontation in the baseball field, every choice of shots with Stewart's performance) and I don't think Slade had any choice but to accept the change. In the end it says "Richardson recently completed Miley Cyrus’ upcoming romantic drama The Last Song", see: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/03/02/summi...
    I've seen both Twilight and New Moon but was really disappointed. The trailer for Eclipse doesn't show much but at least it looks like there's nice cinematography and possibly better action editing, if they won't have Richardson re-edit the whole thing.
  • laurenbegley
    In less than 24 hours, the highly anticipated Twilight Eclipse trailer has received close to 3 millions hits on YouTube and 1.7 million blog mentions. Crazy! http://popculture2point0.wordpress.com/2010/03/...
  • ...1.68 million of which were wet-pantied school girls whose days are filled sketching R-Pattz's chiselled torso as it appears in different shades of light.
  • BigRob32
    David Slade Great Director.... But Twilight cast...(Ho Hum). I'm sure the Twi-hards are gonna go " Oh My GAWD I can't wait for this movie" Seriously when will Hollywood put people with Talent to play roles such as these... I 'm sick of Beefcake 1 and Shirtless jackass and Emotionless Actress draining the energy. Please let this Franchise end soon so I can go on with out watching T.V. and seeing thnext Twilight commercial. ugh
  • Mandy
    This just makes me want to see the whole film. Is the red head Victoria coz it didn't look like her??? Sorry but i can't help love the Twilight films. I think they all have done a great job at bringing it to life.
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