Eclipse, the Twilight Saga - Best of the Worst, by far  
| First of all let's say what we are all thinking: Stephanie Myers is the devil. There. I said it. No need to dance around the elephant in the room (and yes that is a reference to Stephanie's size at the Eclipse premiere..)
Anyway let's face it only the devil herself could write so badly and still have such success. The books were horrible. But yes I read all 4 cover-to-cover. The movies are heinous, but yet I keep paying money to watch them. (And I own the first 2...)
Eclipse is though, by far, the best movie out of the trilogy. That's not to say it's a great movie... just the best of the three.
The acting from everyone seemed to be better than the other films. Jackson Rathbone (who plays Jasper) actually does a good job. Which is amazing to me because in the first 2 he barely spoke and his steely stares made me giggle inappropriately.
Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg did a better job with the flow.
It still angers me to no end that they could not hire actual blonde haired actors and actresses for the blonde roles. Peter Facinelli is absolutely retarded looking. And could they not find a few extra bucks in the hair and makeup budget for eyebrow bleach on Nikki Reed? Her pitch-back brows make me want to throw things.
Two words of advice if you do see this flick, you have to be willing to respect it for the trash that it is. When Edward explains that the reason he wants to marrying Bella before they have sex is that he is "old fashioned" resist the urge to yell out "because I was written by a Mormon." It may be accurate but it's not polite.
And when Bella is standing next to Jacob-in-wolf-form, scratching his fury neck do not yell out "Hump her leg! Hump her leg!" because the Twihards in the audience will not appreciate the humor.
This maybe trashy film-making at it's best - but the best of anything deserves some respect.
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