e [Music] e e e e e e e e e e friends if you want to watch super hit movie the Twilight Saga Eclipse in English then you must like this video if you are visiting our channel for the first time don't forget to subscribe to our Channel friends in today's video the movie we are going to talk about is called The Twilight Saga Eclipse we will talk about what this movie is and where you can watch it all the interesting facts about this movie in today's video I am going to tell you I am also going to give you all the information on which Ott platform or on which satellite channel you will get to watch this movie also we will talk in detail about the technical department music department pre-production filming postproduction budget box office collection of this film we will also talk about the story of of this film and I will also give you a small review of the story of this film apart from this we will discuss about the facts of this film storyline starcast actor's performance in the film and which character has played which role that's why I request you friends to watch this video till the end so let's start the video the Twilight Sager eclipse is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film directed by David Slade from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg based on the 2007 novel Eclipse by Stephy Meyer it is the sequel to The Twilight Saga new Moon 2009 and the third installment in the Twilight Saga film series the film stars Christen Stewart Robert patson and Taylor lner reprising their roles as Bella Swan Edward Cullen and Jacob Black respectively Bryce Dallas Howard joins the cast as returning character Victoria who was previously portrayed by relle laf fav in the first two films Summit entertainment announced it had green lit the film on February 20th 2009 principal photography began on August 17th in Vancouver Canada and finished on October 31st with post production beginning early the following month the Twilight Saga Eclipse premiered at the Nokia Theater LA live in Los Angeles on June 24th and was released in the United States on June 30th it became the first the Twilight Saga film to be released in IMAX the film received mixed reviews from critics but grossed $ 6985 million worldwide becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 2010 it held the record for biggest midnight opening in the United States and and Canada grossing 30.1 million beating the Twilight Saga new Moon until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2011 the film then scored the biggest Wednesday opening in the United States and Canada with $ 68.5 million beating Transformers Revenge of the Fallen on 2009 the Twilight Saga Eclipse has also become the film with the widest independent release beating the Twilight Saga new Moon and the widest domestic release playing in 4,46 theaters until it was surpassed by Despicable me2 2013 the film received two sequels Breaking Dawn Part 1 2011 and Breaking Dawn Part 2 2012 movie plot in Seattle Washington the vamp Empire Victoria attacks a human Riley and turns him into a vampire as she begins creating an army of newborn vampires to help her get revenge on Edward Cullen who killed her lover James in Forks Edward and his human girlfriend Bella Swan discuss her desire to be turned into a vampire but Edward wants her to stay human he asks her to marry him but Bella is reluctant even after Edward promises to turn her into a vampire if she agrees Bella talks with her father Charlie who decides to lift Bella's house arrest if she promises to spend more time with her other friends and Jacob Black her childhood friend and a werewolf with a strong dislike for vampires and Edward Edward's Clairvoyant sister Alice Cullen foresees the newborn vampire Army led by Riley attacking Forks Edward's Chase Victoria through the forest but she escapes into werewolf territory causing an incident between the vampires and the werewolves that flares up tensions between them Edward decides to keep all this a secret from Bella at school Edward and Jacob have a tense meeting where Jacob reveals the incident to Bella Bella annoyed with Edward keeping things from her decides to leave with Jacob and starts spending more time with him and his tribe eventually Jacob confesses his love to her she tells him she's in love with Edward but he refuses to believe it and forcefully kisses her she punches him but hurts her own hand due to his werewolf nature later Jacob apologizes for his behavior and Bella forgives him the cullins forge an uneasy alliance with the werewolf tribe to defend against Victoria's oncoming attack and train together during the training Alice's partner Jasper tells Bella that he was once part of a newborn Army and hated himself but eventually experienced happiness once he fell in love with Alice Beller and Edward spend the night alone in his family home and Afraid how her feelings will change after being turned into a vampire she agrees to marry him if he agrees to have sex with her the two make out but Edward finds it too dangerous and explains that he wants to wait until marriage after which he shows Bella his mother's ring and asks her to marry him and she says yes they use Bella's blood to bait the newborn vampire Army and Edward and Bella camp in the mountains away from the fight to keep her safe they discuss their engagement which Jacob overhears after which he storms off Bella chases Jacob and desperately asks him to kiss her which they do Bella explains to Edward that although she loves Jacob her love for Edward is stronger they get interrupted when Victoria and her Army attack the Cullen family together with the werewolves manage to fend off the attack with Edward killing Victoria but Jacob gets badly injured during the fight after the werewolves carry Jacob to safety the voltri guard who carry out vampire laws arrive and find the cullins guarding a teenage newborn who surrendered the vuri torture and interrogate the newborn despite the Cullen's protests when the vuri note that Bella is still human against their agreement she explains the date for her transformation has been set the leader of the vuri Guard sends one of her subordinates to kill the newborn with the cullins too afraid to intervene afterwards Bella visits injured Jacob to tell him she has chosen to be with Edward and he reluctantly accepts her decision Bella and Edward talk about their upcoming wedding in their Meadow Edward questions why she's doing this and Bella explains that she feels more herself in Edward's world and wants to be connected to him and they decide to reveal their engagement to Bella's father cast Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan an 18year old who finds herself surrounded by danger and targeted by the vengeful vampire Victoria in the meantime she must choose between her love for vampire Edward Cullen and her friendship with werewolf Jacob Black Edward had proposed to Bella in the previous film and she says yes in this film ultimately choosing him over Jacob Robert Patterson as Edward Cullen Bella's vampire boyfriend who is capable of reading Minds except for Bella's in New Moon Edward left Bella and now he has returned to try to stay a part of her life Edward had proposed to Bella in the previous film and she says yes in this film Taylor lner as Jacob Black a werewolf in whom Bella found solace during Edward's absence in New Moon now Edward has returned to Bella's life permanently and Jacob is looking for ways to prove that he is a better choice for her he is heartbroken and Furious when he finds out Bella is marrying Edward but is unable to do anything to stop her Peter Facinelli as carile Cullen a compassionate Doctor Who acts as a father figure to the Cullen coven he turned each member of the Cullen family into vampires other than Alice who was turned by an unknown vampire and Jasper who was turned by Spanish vampire and his former love Maria Elizabeth reer as Esme Cullen a loving mother figure to the Cullen coven and the wife of carile Ashley Green as Alice Cullen a member of the Cullen family who can see subjective visions of the future and who is close friends with Bella being Jasper's mate she helps him control his thirst for blood and is also the reason why he stays with the Cullen family Alice's vision of the Seattle Army helped the Cullen coven Ally themselves with the quillo pack and come up with a plan to protect Bella from Victoria Kellen Luts as EMT Cullen the strongest member of the Cullen family who provides comic relief Nikki Reid as Rosalie hail one of the most beautiful vampires in the world according to Bella she was raped by her fiance and left to die before she became a vampire she also feels that Bella is making a mistake for choosing to live the life of a vampire before she could live a full human life Jackson wrab as Jasper hail a civil war fighter who was turned into a vampire to train newborns he's also a member of the Cullen coven who trains his family to fight newborn vampires and can feel control and manipulate emotions Billy Burke as Charlie Swan Bella's father and Fork's chief of police Burke admits he has not read the Twilight books saying we can't make the book we're making the movie and that he works from the scripts Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria a vengeful vampire who wants to kill Bella to avenge her mate James whom she supposes to be killed by Edward in the first Twilight film she meets her end at the hands of Edward when B cuts herself on purpose to distract her Chase Spencer as Sam Uli Alpha of the wolf pack Tyson Houseman as Quilla Tara kyola Gordon as Embry call Alex moraz as Paul laot Bronson peler as Jared Cameron Gil Birmingham as Billy Black a quileute Elder and Jacob's physically disabled father tinsel Corey as Emily Young Sam's imprinted fiance whom he once hurt unintentionally Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater Seth's older sister and the only female werewolf in existence boooo Stewart as Seth Clearwater Leah's younger brother and Jacob's friend Dakota Fanning as Jane a loyal servant to the voltri and Alex's twin sister Cameron brigh AS Alec a loyal servant to the vol and Jane's twin brother Xavier Samuel as Riley beers the one Victoria changed to help her form an army of newborn vampires jodell furland as Brie Tanner a newborn vampire created to fight the cullins in the newborn Army she is executed by the volui at the end of the film Sarah Clark as Renee DWI Bella's mother who lives in Jacksonville Florida with her husband Phil Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley one of Bella's friends in Forks Michael Welch as Mike Newton one of Bella's friends in Forks Mike has a crush on Bella and does not like Edward Christian Catos as Angela Weber Bella's shy but caring friend Justin Chon as Eric Yori Bella's friend and Angela's boyfriend Jack Houston as Royce King II Ros R's ex- fiance who drunkenly beat her resulting in rosal's transformation which led her to kill him afterwards Catalina sandino Moreno as Maria the one that turns Jasper into a vampire Charlie buy as Dimitri a vuri God who is a gifted tracker Daniel Cudmore as Felix a loyal servant to the voltri who is one of their gods he executes Brie Tanner at the end of the film development in early November 2008 Summit entertainment obtained the film adaptation rights to the remaining novels in the Twilight book series New Moon eclipse and Breaking Dawn on February 20th 2009 Summit confirmed that they would begin working on the Twilight Saga Eclipse on the same day it was announced that since the Twilight Saga new Moon director Chris whites would be in post production for New Moon When eclipse began shooting he would not be directing the third film instead the film would be helmed by director David Slade David Slade Dove right into the project interviewing cast members individually two to three times to discuss characters and the plot casting Summit entertainment revealed that they would replace rashelle lefer who played an evil vampire named Victoria with Bryce Dallas Howard in Late July 2009 they attributed the change to scheduling conflicts and lafra responded by saying she was stunned and greatly saddened by the decision Howard had previously rejected the role of Victoria as too small of a part when she was approached to play her in Twilight Silent Hills jodell ferland was cast as the newly turned vampire Brie Tanner other newcast members include Xavier Samuel as Riley Jack Houston as Royce King II Catalina sandino Marino as Maria Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater and boo boo Stewart as Seth Clearwater actors who auditioned for the various roles were not given a script to work from instead actress Kirsten Prout mentioned they made the scenes exact transcripts from the book they didn't give the screenplay out so the audition side was just reading a page of Twilight and reading the lines that were interspersed between the descriptions filming and post-production principal photography for Eclipse began on August 17th 2009 at Vancouver film studios on August 29th photos captured Kristen Stewart Billy Burke and other principal actors filming a scene with graduation caps and gowns September 2nd brought Xavier Samuel together with Stewart and Robert Patterson filming at a Sound Stage for scenes at Bella's house director David Slade stated that they filmed a scene with a tent on September 13th he also said that they filmed a kiss between Jacob and Bella on September 17th filming wrapped up on October 29th 2009 while post- production began in late November Slade published multiple updates on his Twitter account proclaiming that editing was going well he said the story and the way they approached the film calls for a more realistic approach in April 2010 it was revealed that re-shoot to the film were needed both Slade and stepheny Meyer were present at the shoot along with the three main stars in January 2010 an early draft of the film script was leaked on the internet the script presumably belonged to Star Jackson Rathbone as as his name was watermarked across each page music the score for the Twilight Saga Eclipse was composed by Howard Shaw who composed the scores for such films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Aviator the film soundtrack was released on June 88th 2010 by Atlantic Records in conjunction with music supervisor Alexandra pavasa Chop Shop label the lead single from the soundtrack is Neutron Star Collision love is forever performed by the British band Muse on May 11th 2010 Myspace announced that the full eclipse soundtrack listing would be unveiled starting at 8:00 a.m. the following morning every half hour totaling 6 hours the album debuted at Nara 2 on Billboard 200 visual effects as in the previous film Eclipse used CGI anim to depict the wolf pack when they were transformed into wolves mostly the Wolves were simply animated although in one scene with Jacob and Bella Taylor lner himself played the wolf with him wearing a gray suit which was reportedly so his skin tone wouldn't bounce back onto Stewart and create lighting issues the visual effects of the wolf was later edited onto lner marketing on November 5th 20 2009 the American Film Market revealed the first poster for eclipse in late February 2010 Summit entertainment announced that the first trailer would be attached to the Studio's own film remember me which also Stars Robert Patterson on March 10th 2010 a 10-second preview of the trailer was released online followed by the release of the full trailer the next day the trailer's release coinci Ed with the launching of the film's official website on March 19th 2010 the Twilight Saga new Moon was released on DVD and Blu-ray the Walmart Ultimate Fan Edition includes a 7-minute first look at eclipse on March 23rd the second poster for the film was released the final Eclipse trailer debuted on the OA Winfrey Show and in promotion for the movie Robert patson Kristen Stewart Taylor lner and Dakota Fanning made a guest appearance on the show May 13th the audience also viewed a version of the film on June 6th 2010 a sneak peek of the film was shown at the 2010 MTV movie awards that same week more clips and TV spots were released also in order to tie in the lunar eclipse on June 26th 2010 Summit entertainment hosted screenings of the first two films in the Twilight Saga film series in 12 cities throughout the United States the event was streamed live from Philadelphia and San Diego and included cast member appearances and special previews of eclipse Nordstrom and Summit entertainment joined together to sell a fashion collection inspired by the film as was done for the previous installment created by awake Inc the collection was based on Ashley Green's character Alice and Kristen Stewart's character Bella the eclipse collection became available on June 4th 2010 in a similar style to its new moon marketing Burger King started promoting the film on Monday June 21th 2010 their promotion heavily focuses on the team Jacob versus Team Edward aspect of the film release tickets for Eclipse went on sale on various online movie ticket sellers on Friday May 14th 2010 the official red carpet premiere for the film was held on June 24th 2010 at the Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles an official United Kingdom Premiere was held in leer Square London on July 1st 2010 however Kristen Stewart Robert Patterson and Taylor lner were not present eclipse opened in 4,416 theaters and 193 IMAX screens with that early predictions forecasted the film will gross anywhere from 150 million to 180 million within its first 6 days of release putting the record set by The Twilight Saga new moons in danger of being broken Eclipse accounted for 82% of Fandango's online ticket sales reaching the top five on May 14th 2010 movietickets.com stated that Eclipse was the top Advanced ticket seller on its site with more than 50% of daily ticket sales the film was the top Advanced ticket seller as of June 2010 early ticket sales for the film also have broken records for Gold Class Cinemas where more than 8,500 Twilight fans have reserved tickets the fair viiew TX location sold out their showings of eclipse for June 30th the film was re-released into theaters on September 13th 2010 in recognition of lead character Bella Swan's birthday home media the Twilight Saga Eclipse was released on DVD in the United States on December 4th 2010 the two dis special edition DVD and Blu-ray discs include special features such as eight deleted and extended scenes music videoos by Muse and Metric from The Twilight Saga Eclipse original motion picture soundtrack and commentaries by christon Stewart and Robert Patterson stepy Meyer and W Jeffrey it was released on December 1st 2010 in New Zealand and Australia there is also a gift set two dis collector's edition which features a unique packaging and six collectible photo cards in North American DVD sales the film has currently grossed 164 67669 F and has sold more than 9,424 155 units box office Eclipse set a new record for the biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada in box office history grossing 30.1 million in over 4,000 theaters the record was formerly held by the previous film The Twilight Saga new Moon with $26.3 million in 3,514 theaters it held the record until the summer of 2011 when it was broken by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two which made 43.5 million Eclipse also had the highest midnight growth of The Twilight Saga film series until it was topped in November 2011 by its successor the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn part one 30.3 million the movie also surpassed Transformers Revenge of the Fallen in total grosses for a midnight screening in IMAX Eclipse garnered more than 1 million at 192 theaters while Revenge of the Fallen earned $959,000 until it was beaten 5 months later by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one with $1.4 million the film grow $ 68.5 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada becoming the biggest single day Wednesday opening over revenge of the falland $62 million and the third biggest single day opening ever at the time as of 2011 the film has the third highest opening day gross of the series behind New Moon 72.7 million and Breaking Dawn Part 1 72.0 million furthermore the film earned 9 million at various IMAX locations during its first week after 6 days of release in the United States and Canada the film ended Independence Day with a total of 176.000 million including $ 64.8 million during its first weekend in its second weekend the film fell 51% a better standing than its predecessors grossing an estimated 31 .7 million the film opened overseas with 16.2 million beating records set by the film's predecessor in Russia with an estimated 3.9 million since surpassed by Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides which earned 5 million dalu in Italy with an estimated 3.1 million in the Philippines grossing $ 1.2 million and in Belgium where it grossed an estimated $1.1 million it is the third best opening day ever in Italy in the Philippines Eclipse topped Spider-Man 3 for best opening day ever and was the highest opening day ever in Belgium in 3 days Eclipse topped the box office with $113 million and during its first weekend it earned $7 71.3 million overseas in its second weekend the film grossed $7.6 million from 9,440 screens in 63 markets a 1% drop from its first weekend the film opened in the United Kingdom at number one grossing 20.7 million from 523 locations including previews the Market's biggest opening of 2010 until Toy Story 3 surpassed it and about $1.7 million more than the Twilight Saga new Moon grossed in its opening weekend in November 2009 the film also debuted at number one in France grossing 13 .3 million which marks the third largest opening in the country for a 2010 film behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1es 20.7 million and Alice in wonderlands 15.4 million the film opened at number one in South Korea with 4.9 million the film ended its box office run in the US and Canada on October 21st 2010 having grossed 300.5 million surpass pass ing its predecessor the Twilight Saga new Moon which grossed 296.32 to reach $300 million and ranks 46th on the alltime chart in the US and Canada compared to its predecessor overseas it has grossed $393 million against new Moon's $13.2 million therefore internationally Eclipse Remains the second highest grossing film in the franchise with 6936 million against new Moon's $710 million eclipse's highest grossing markets except the US and Canada are the UK Ireland and Malta $ 45.7 million Germany 33.1 million France and the mcreb region 33 million Italy 20 million Brazil 3.5 million and Australia 28.6 million critical response review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 46% based on 256 reviews and a rating average of 5.41 the site's General consensus is that stuffed with characters and overly reliant on uninspired dialogue Eclipse won't win the Twilight Saga many new converts despite an improved blend of romance and action fantasy Metacritic another review aggregator rated it awaited average of 58100 based on 38 reviews indicating mixed or average reviews The Hollywood Reporter said the film Nails it Peter de brouge of variety said that the film finally feels more like the Blockbuster this top earning franchise deserves Rick Bentley of mcache newspapers said the film was the best in the Twilight Saga so far suggesting that the person who should be worried is Bill Condon the director tapped for the two-part finale Breaking Dawn he's got a real challenge to make movies as good as eclipse the New York Times praised David Slade's ability to make an entertaining film calling it funny and better than its predecessors but wrote that the acting has not improved much giving the film 4.5 out of five stars Betsy shaky from the Los Angeles Times praised David Slade's method of blending his previous Works to form a funny movie she stated eclipse eclipse its predecessors the film was also listed in 49th Place by movie phone on its list of the 50 best movies of 2010 r J Moore of the Orlando Sentinel who gave the film 2.5 out of four stars said the dullness of the performances really stands out when somebody like Bryce Dallas Howard or Anna Kendrick turn up and liven up their scenes while calling the film too chatty and too long he did compliment David Slade's directing and noted that the movie will please the fans Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of five stars stating that David Slade's pacing is everything like molasses running upill he also criticized the characters the actors portraying them the big close-ups of handheld devices and called Howard Shaw's score Gunk Wesley Morris from the Boston Globe said if the first two movies were get a room part three is get a therapist he said the second and third film repeat that Discovery in Twilight without truly deepening it the movies are interesting without ever being good Jeff Burkshire of Metromix said that while Eclipse restores some of the energy New Moon Zapped out of the franchise and has enough quality performances to keep it involving the film isn't quite the adrenaline charged game changer for Love Story haters that its marketing might lead you to believe the majority of the action remains protracted and not especially scintillating should we or shouldn't we conversations between the central triangle Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film a more positive review than for the first two films in The Saga but still felt the movie was a constant unclever conversation between the three main characters he criticized the gazes both Edward and Jacob give Bella throughout the film and said audiences unfamiliar with the Saga would understand the opening or closing scenes he gave the film two stars out of four Steve pcel of the St Peterburg times rated the film C and called it just monstrously bad he said Eclipse leaves the sputtering story Ark in Idol with only an uneasy truce between the vampire and werewolf Clans am mounting to to anything new the Guardians columnist Peter Bradshaw gave the film a one-star rating in a review that lampooned Bella's continued abstinence among other plot elements Bradshaw dubbing the series The Epic of The Unbroken duck wrote that Bella Swan is starting to make Doris Day look like the Nyo from hell and concluded that it could be time to sharpen the wooden stake sequel Summit entertainment announced it would adapt Breaking Dawn into a two-part film in June 2010 the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn part one was released on November 18th 2011 and part two on November 16th 2012 with Bill Condon directing the Twilight Saga Eclipse movie review the price for surrendering your virginity is so high in the Twilight Saga Eclipse that even Edward Cullen the proposed tool of surrender bulks at it like him you would become one of the undead this is a price that Bell Swan The Virtuous heroine must be willing to pay apparently when you marry a vampire even such a well- behaved one as Edward he's required to bite you this romantic dilemma is developed in Eclipse the Third third installment in this inexhaustible series by adding a complication that has been building ever since the first Jacob Black the shape-shifting werewolf is also in love with Bella Kristen Stewart and she perhaps with him Jacob Taylor lner and his tribe are hot-blooded and never wear shirts inspiring little coups and ripples of delight in the movie audience here is a fantasy to out steam any romance novel a sweet girl is forced to choose between two improbably tall dark and handsome men who brood and smolder and yearn for her nothing is perfect there is a problem the flame trest vampire Victoria Bryce Dallas Howard has been active in Seattle initiating new vampires or newbies who in their youth are ravenous for blood and would have superhuman strength if they were human Victoria wants to destroy Bella in Revenge for the murder of her boyfriend James Edward and Jacob both vow to protect the girl they love and their fellow vampires and werewolves of course are prepared to fight to the death in this cause this is true buddy love the movie contains violence and death but not really very much for most of its langor running time it listens to conversations between Bella and Edward Bella and Jacob Edward and Jacob and and Edward and Bella and Jacob this would play better if any of them were clever conversationalists but their ideas are limited to simplistic renderings of their desires to be sure there is a validatory address reminding us that these kids have skipped school for three movies now and Edward has a noble speech in which he tells Bella he doesn't want to have sex with her until after they're married this is self-denial indeed for a 100 9-year-old vampire Whose actions add a peakant flavor to the category confirmed Bachelor of Taylor lner's musculature and particularly his abs much has been written yes he has a great build but I remind you that an abdominal six-pack must be 5 Seconds work for a shape shifter more impressive is the ability of both Edward and Jacob to regard Bella with penetrating gazes from Neath really dope eyebrows when my eyebrows get like Edwards the barber trims them and never even asks me first there is a problem with the special effects many of the mountain ranges which disappear into the far distance as increasingly pale peaks look suspiciously like Landscapes painted by that guy on TV who shows you how to paint stuff like that the mountain forests and lakes are so pristine we should see Lewis and Clark just arriving and the werewolves are inexplicable they look snarly enough have vicious fangs and are larger than healthy ponies but when they fall upon newbies they never quite seem to get the job done one werewolf is nearly squeezed to death and another hears he has broken bones on one whole side luckily repairing the damage is only a night's work for Dr Carlile Cullen Peter Facinelli the problem with the effects is that the Wolves don't seem to have physical weight or presence much leads up to a scene in a tent on a Mountaintop in the midst of a howling blizzard when Bella's teeth start chattering obviously a job for the hot blooded Jacob and not the coldblooded Edward and as Jacob Embraces and warms her he and Edward have a cloying cringe Fest in which Edward admits that if Jacob were not a werewolf he would probably like him and then Jacob admits that if Edward were not a vampire well no no he couldn't come on big guy the two of you are making eye contact Edward's been a confirmed Bachelor for 109 years get in the brokeback Spirit the audience watched this film with wrapped attention they obviously had a deep understanding of the story which is just as well because I don't think anyone not intimately familiar with the earlier installments could make head or taals of the opening scenes the Twilight movies are chased eroticism to fuel adolescent dreams and are really about Bella being attracted and titilated and aroused and tempted up to the E very brink of surrender and then well no no she shouldn't other information about this film it goes without saying that the faithful will devour the Twilight Saga Eclipse the third movie in Stephie Meyer's immensely popular Supernatural love triangle Saga and also the one in which Bella must finally choose between her two beastly sutors the pleasant surprise this time around is that the result finally feels more like the Blockbuster this top earning franchise deserves employing a bigger budget better effects and an edgier director hard Andy's David Slade Eclipse focuses on what works the Stars even as the series parent friendly abstinence message begins to unravel summer release should reap summit's biggest yield yet taking a queue from the Harry Potter series which maintains continuity on the writing and casting fronts while introducing a different feel with each change of director the Twilight producers have embraced a variety of different Visions behind the camera capitalizing on her Indie sensibility and keenly observed teen insights Catherine Hardwick set the tone with the lowbudget first film with Chris White's expanding and flattening the world with his broader daytime soap opera style in New Moon now the task Falls to Slade who clearly understands how to work with actors while also demonstrating a welcome competence in the action and melodrama departments it's no easy task taking a piece of material ODS already know inside out and spinning it in such a way that individual scenes still generate tension and suspense Slade sets us on edge from the outset with an atmospheric vignette merely alluded to in the book as small town boy Riley Xavier Samuel is ambushed and bitten by an unseen vampire in shadowy Seattle looking every bit as ominous as Tim Burton's Gotham City not much happens for the first 300 pages of Maya's novel during which vampire Edward Cullen Robert Patterson and werewolf jaob black Taylor lner VI for the affections of Bella Swan Kristen Stewart with our increasingly impatient heroine determined to surrender both her virginity and her Humanity to The Brood ing blood sucker to his credit Bella's 109-year-old boyfriend wants to marry her first slay and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg wisely intercut these puppy love scenes with uneasy horror movie jolts after all Eclipse builds not to a showdown between Edward and Jacob no matter how often he takes off his shirt the poor wolf boy will never be Bella's first choice but to an uneasy alliance between the Cullen Clan and Jacob's tribe of shape shifters United to protect Bella from the Vengeance seeking Victoria Bryce Dallas Howard taking over the role from relle leev and her Army of newborns undisciplined but super strong new vampires rather than attempting to elevate mea's swoony Pros to the level of literature the poor scribe exhausts herself trying to find synonyms for Perfection rosenberg's task is to Faithfully adapt the material for fans in such a way that works on screen that means having the freedom to remove reorder or completely rewrite certain passages she also has to contend with eclipse's muddled message Bella's in a hurry to be bitten while everyone else is telling her to slow down and devises a nice graduation speech for best friend Jessica Anna Kendrick on the merits of not rushing into things despite the somewhat simple-minded Source The Producers plot everything as if it were a strategic game of chess paying off earlier gambles Jacob played third wheel in the past but gets the sexier kiss here while seeding future films of particular interest is a wide-eyed young newborn played by jodell ferland subject of Maya's spin-off Nolla the short Second Life of Brie Tanner who serves as an effective tool in setting up the powerful volur villainy for the two-part Breaking Dawn finale Eclipse feels the most cinematic of the series so far taking scenes out of the lunchroom and Swan House as much as possible Slade shares Hardwick's aesthetic of using dramatic aerial photography to give the otherwise intimate tale a more epic sweep and expands on it by repeatedly lining up the various Clans like the subjects of a Vanity Fair cover shoot their iconic group poses helping to make the movie seem as big as its following though Slade inherits New Moon DP Javier Aires arobe his choice of lenses and shooting style including a fair amount of handheld camera work gives things a more Dynamic energy visual effects have improved considerably with no fewer than 11 companies working on everything from Edward's sparkling skin to CG wolves that realistically blend with liveaction characters a scene of Bella side by side with K9 Jacob feels perfectly plausible but nothing beats the sight of vampires and werewolves going at it in the climactic battle if anything the digital work outshines the other departments with bad makeup lifeless wigs and creepy contacts being the elements that disrupt the fantasy positive elements some might scoff at the idea of conscientious vampires and werewolves but the Twilight Saga is filled with well-meaning creatures of the night Edward loves Bella just as deeply as she does him but his is a more mature Selfless Love he's positively chivalrous when it comes to courtship always looking out for Bella's well-being and insisting that the two of them not sleep together unless and until she marries him in this respect Edward is a study in exstension he's also willing to let Bella go if she so chooses and speaking of choice the film repeatedly emphasizes how important our choices are specifically Jacob challenges Bella to Grapple with the reality that our choices have consequences Jacob long one of Bella's closest friends struggles mightily with his Fe feelings for her even crossing a big line when he kisses her without her permission apart from that self-serving mistake though he understands that it's Bella's choice to make and he's still willing to risk his life for her safety even if it means teaming up with those dastardly Cullen vampires to protect her a number of other ancillary vampires and werewolves strive to protect Bella too likewise her parents try to care for her as best they can albeit in their own rather ineffective ways spiritual elements for a film loaded with vampires werewolves telepathy and superhuman strength overt spirituality in Eclipse is limited to a couple of scenes Bella is the first Outsider ever to sit in on a council meeting involving Jacob's cute tribe most of whom are or will become werewolves the Clan's leader mentions magic and an ancestor who was a great spirit Warrior Alice Cullen continues to have visions in which she gets glimpses of enemy activities and Edward still Frets that his eternal soul may be lost though the subject is rarely discussed it's a subject explored with more intensity in the books and the previous two movies sexual and romantic content doesn't he own a shirt Edward asks Bella referring to Jacob after they see him loitering near his motorcycle while flexing his pecs truth is Jacob does own a shirt he just doesn't wear it much one of Jacob's shirtless scenes even takes place in a driving snowstorm and he's not the only one with this proclivity Jacob's hot-blooded werewolf packmates also shun shirts much of the time if Edward represents a pure more idealized form of love in Eclipse then Jacob personifies a more animalist IC passion let's face it Jacob tells Edward as he snuggles next to Bella again shirtless in order to keep her from freezing to death I am hotter than you he jokingly suggests that she take off her clothes so she can warm up faster and forces a kiss on her for which he receives a punch in the face Bella later asks him to kiss her and he does the drawn out lip lock that follows leaves Bella moment momentarily conflicted but Edward ultimately remains Bella's main squeeze the two smooch often and once engage in some foreplay complete with the beginning of clothed removal before Edward puts a stop to it much to Bella's Chagrin that's because Edward wants to get married before they have sex something Bella's not much concerned about she wants sex Eclipse screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told the techland blog she is absolutely clear about that when he says I don't want to have sex until we're married and he is trying to protect her virtue but she's like you're a dinosaur Bella's father meanwhile believes she's already having sex and he awkwardly tells her to take precautions before Bella informs him that she's a virgin I'm liking Edward a little bit more now he mumbles other couples in the film kiss too but the most egregious sexual content is a suggested gang rape we don't see all of it but we are asked to watch one of the woman's ass salant begin to manhandle her and force a kiss on her we later hear that they left her in the street for dead violent content the main point of action in Eclipse is a mini war between the cullins and an army of New Blood vampires we see this vampire Army in Seattle in the throws of hunger pangs feeding on practically anything that moves those deaths are blamed on gangs or a particularly horrible serial killer later when they battle the cullins several are killed and we witness heads and other body parts being cut off and smashed like ceramic vases the decapitation of one villain we see her head separated from her body is particularly intense similarly disturbing is the implied death of of a young girl shortly after she becomes a vampire broken necks via Twisted heads seems to be the preferred method of vampire dispatchment gigantic werewolves chew on adversaries and are sometimes hurt or killed themselves one vampire fighting a werewolf tries to pull the wolf's Jaws apart for example another werewolf suffers painful broken bones which have to then be re-broken in his human form to heal properly when Bella smacks Jacob in the jaw she injures her own hand and when Jacob learns that Bella and Edward are getting married he threatens to kill himself elsewhere vampires beat each other up during action-packed training sequences and torture each other via telepathy a woman stabs herself in the gut to attract the attention of blood mad vampires Bella later slices open her arm for the same reason and we see the blood running off her skin in a stream the character who was raped later gets revenge on her as salant after she becomes a vamp we see her bursting into the room of one attacker sporting an obvious intent to feed crude or profane language we hear a DN and a h ah is said a couple of times God's name is inappropriately exclaimed at least once once drug and alcohol content Bella's dad drinks beer one scene shows a man who is clearly intoxicated later we see him clutching an unmarked bottle of alcohol other noteworthy elements several people lie or try to keep truths from each other none with much success Edward in particular has a habit of hiding the truth from Bella for her own good while giving a speech the High School Valedictorian for Bella's class Embraces the idea that everyone makes mistakes on the path to adulthood to the point that she glorifies intentionally making bad choices conclusion before walking into the Twilight Saga Eclipse I expected the audience to consist mostly of girls in the 13 to 18 age range you know the demographic that might go to a Justin Bieber concert I was wrong granted there were plent plenty of young women but many were in their 30s and 40s even 50s and let me tell you they were into it they cheered kisses they cheered shirtless appearances they saved their biggest Harrah for Edward's proposal I don't know whether this was the team Edward Team Jacob Dynamic at work or whether these fans were just absorbed in the story but they couldn't help applauding every time somebody's lip gloss started rubbing off on somebody else in short these viewers were engrossed in the film's fantasy world and I'm not talking about the whole vampire and werewolf fantasy I'm talking about the film's Fantastical view of Love Eclipse like Twilight and New Moon before it is far more about romance than horror and almost all romances by their very nature idealize both love and the lovers involved in some ways that's manifested pretty posi ly here and some of these values should be idealized it's great to see Edward so often taking pains to be careful with Bella's virtue and act like a gentleman for instance more folks in the real world should aspire to such chivalry but eclipse takes that Romanticism to another level giving us two male protagonists who are practically Godlike Edward is a knight in shining skin who props his beloved Bella on a pedestal Jacob is a darkhaired pinup Idol sensitive and vulnerable even as he's virile and strong they are creatures of Pure Imagination pretto naturally powerful and kind and desirable and desirous no wonder teens who are still mulling what true love looks like are attracted to these characters no wonder grown women many of them who fell in love got married and found their relationships weren't wall-to-wall passion and joy for forever and ever find themselves drawn to them too in this sense I suspect that the Twilight Saga particularly Eclipse feeds our already unrealistic Skyhigh expectations about what romantic relationships should look like I don't think a lot of teens will walk out wishing to be vampires or werewolves but many of them and more than a few adults it would seem May painfully Pine for the sort of love and attention Bella receives from her Supernatural sutors the film has some other problems as well I mourn the fact that Bella is so bent on becoming a vampire setting aside for a minute the ethics of becoming Undead the fact that she wants to jump into this irreversible decision feels terribly Hasty Bella's own father comes across as practically powerless to influence his daughter's life yet another reason for sorrow eclipse is also dark ER and more violent than the first two entries in the franchise the decapitation scenes in particular are jarring and sex is obviously becoming a bigger and bigger issue for Edward and Bella as I left the theater though I thought less about those things and more about the American inclination to idealize love that inclination can sometimes make real love an undeniably great and wonderful but complex roller coaster feel a little like a disappointment it's telling perhaps that eclipse's supposed love triangle isn't much of a triangle at all Bella is Edward's girl she always was always will be she chooses a Charming bloodless idealized man over one of Flesh and Blood who's arguably more fallible more real and I can't help but wonder how many Twilight fans are being encouraged to shop for love in the very same way the Twilight Saga Eclipse is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film directed by David Slade from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg based on the 2007 novel Eclipse by Stephy Meyer it is the sequel to The Twilight Saga new Moon 2009 and the third installment in the Twilight Saga film series the film stars Kristen Stewart Robert patson and Taylor lner reprising their roles as Bella Swan Edward Cullen and Jacob Black respectively Bryce Dallas Howard joins the cast as returning character Victoria who was previously portrayed by relle laf favra in the first two films Summit entertainment announced it had green lit the film on February 20th 2009 principal photography began on August 17th in Vancouver Canada and finished on October 3 f with post- production beginning early the following month the Twilight Saga Eclipse premiered at the Nokia Theater LA live in Los Angeles on June 24th and was released in the United States on June 30th it became the first the Twilight Saga film to be released in IMAX the film received mixed reviews from critics but grossed $ 6985 million worldwide becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 2010 it held the record for biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada grossing 30.1 million beating the Twilight Saga new Moon until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2011 the film then scored the biggest Wednesday opening in the United States and Canada with $ 68.5 million beating Transformers Revenge of the Fallen on 2009 the Twilight Saga Eclipse has also become the film with the widest independent release beating the Twilight Saga new Moon and the widest domestic release playing in 4,416 theaters until it was surpassed by Despicable me2 2013 the film received two sequels Breaking Dawn Part 1 2011 and Breaking Dawn part part 2 2012 movie plot in Seattle Washington the vampire Victoria attacks a human Riley and turns him into a vampire as she begins creating an army of newborn vampires to help her get revenge on Edward Cullen who killed her lover James in Forks Edward and his human girlfriend Bella Swan discuss her desire to be turned into a vampire but Edward wants her to stay human he asks her to marry him but Bella is reluctant even after Edward promises to turn her into a vampire if she agrees Bella talks with her father Charlie who decides to lift Bella's house arrest if she promises to spend more time with her other friends and Jacob Black her childhood friend and a werewolf with a strong dislike for vampires and Edward Edward's Clairvoyant sister Alice Cullen foresees the newborn vampire Army led by Riley attacking Forks Edward's family Chase Victoria through the forest but she escapes into werewolf territory causing an incident between the vampires and the werewolves that flares up tensions between them Edward decides to keep all this a secret from Bella at school Edward and Jacob have a tense meeting where Jacob reveals the incident to Bella Bella annoyed with Edward keeping things from her decides to leave with Jacob and starts spending more time with him and his tribe eventually Jacob confesses his love to her she tells him she's in love with Edward but he refuses to believe it and forcefully kisses her she punches him but hurts her own hand due to his werewolf nature later Jacob apologizes for his behavior and Bella forgives him the cullins forg an uneasy alliance with the werewolf tribe to defend against Victoria's oncoming attack and train together during the training Alice's partner Jasper tells Bella that he was once part of a newborn Army and hated himself but eventually experienced happiness once he fell in love with Alice Bella and Edward spend the night alone in his family home and Afraid how her feelings will change after being turned into a vampire she agrees to marry him if he agrees to have sex with her the two make out but Edward finds it too dangerous and explains that he wants to wait until marriage after which he shows Bella his mother's ring and asks her to marry him and she says yes they use Bella's blood to bait the newborn vampire Army and Edward and Bella camp in the mountains away from the fight to keep her safe they they discuss their engagement which Jacob overhears after which he storms off Bella chases Jacob and desperately asks him to kiss her which they do Bella explains to Edward that although she loves Jacob her love for Edward is stronger they get interrupted when Victoria and her Army attack the Cullen family together with the werewolves manage to fend off the attack with Edward killing Victoria but Jacob gets badly injured during the fight after the werewolves carry Jacob to safety the voltri guard who carry out vampire laws arrive and find the cullins guarding a teenage newborn who surrendered the vuri torture and interrogate the newborn despite the cullins protests when the voltri note that Bella is still human against their agreement she explains the date for her transformation has been set the leader of the vuri God sends one of her subordinates to kill the newborn with the cullins too afraid to intervene afterwards Bella visits the injured jaob to tell him she has chosen to be with Edward and he reluctantly accepts her decision Bella and Edward talk about their upcoming wedding in their Meadow Edward questions why she's doing this and Bella explains that she feels more herself in Edward's world and wants to be connected to him and they decide to to reveal their engagement to Bella's father cust Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan an 18-year-old who finds herself surrounded by danger and targeted by the vengeful vampire Victoria in the meantime she must choose between her love for vampire Edward Cullen and her friendship with werewolf Jacob Black Edward had proposed to Bella in the previous film and she says yes in this film ultimately choosing him over Jacob Robert patson as Edward Cullen Bella's vampire boyfriend who is capable of reading Minds except for Bella's in New Moon Edward left Bella and now he has returned to try to stay a part of her life Edward had proposed to Bella in the previous film and she says yes in this film Taylor lner as Jacob Black a werewolf in whom Bella found solace during Edward's AB Ence in New Moon now Edward has returned to Bella's life permanently and Jacob is looking for ways to prove that he is a better choice for her he is heartbroken and Furious when he finds out Bella is marrying Edward but is unable to do anything to stop her Peter Facinelli as carile Cullen a compassionate Doctor Who acts as a father figure to the Cullen coven he turned each member of the Cullen family into to vampires other than Alice who was turned by an unknown vampire and Jasper who was turned by a Spanish vampire and his former love Maria Elizabeth reer as Esme Cullen a loving mother figure to the Cullen coven and the wife of carile Ashley Green as Alice Cullen a member of the Cullen family who can see subjective visions of the future and who is close friends with Bella being Jasper's mate she helps him control his thirst for blood and is also the reason why he stays with the Cullen family Alice's vision of the Seattle Army helped the Cullen coven Ally themselves with the quillot pack and come up with a plan to protect Bella from Victoria Kellen Lutz as EMT Cullen the strongest member of the Cullen family who provides comic relief Nikki Reed as Rosalie hail one of the most beautiful vampires in the world according to Bella she was raped by her fiance and left to die before she became a vampire she also feels that Bella is making a mistake for choosing to live the life of a vampire before she could live a full human life Jackson wrab as Jasper hail a civil war fighter who was turned into a vampire to train newborns he's also a member of the Cullen coven who trains his family to fight newborn vampires and can feel control and manipulate emotions Billy Burke as Charlie Swan Bella's father and Fork's chief of police Burke admits he has not read the Twilight books saying we can't make the book we're making the movie and that he works from the scripts Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria a vengeful vampire who wants to kill Bella to avenge her mate James whom she supposes to be killed by Edward in the first Twilight film she meets her end at the hands of Edward when Bella cuts herself on purpose to distract her Chase Spencer as Sam Uli Alpha of the Wolfpack Tyson hman as Quilla Tara kyola Gordon as Embry call Alex moraz as Paul laot Bronson peler as Jared Cameron Gil Birmingham as Billy Black a quileute Elder and Jacob's physically disabled father tinsel Corey as Emily Young Sam's imprinted fiance whom he once hurt unintentionally Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater Seth's older sister and the only female werewolf in existence boo boo Stewart as Seth Clearwater Leah's younger brother and Jacob's friend Dakota Fanning as Jane a loyal servant to the voltri and Alex's twin sister Cameron brigh AS Alec a loyal servant to the voltri and Jane's twin brother Xavier Samuel as Riley beers the one Victoria changed to help her form an army of newborn vampires jodell furland as Brie Tanner a newborn vampire created to fight the cullins in the newborn Army she is executed by the vuri at the end of the film Sarah Clark as Renee DWI Bella's mother who lives in Jacksonville Florida with her husband Phil Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley one of Bella's friends in Forks Michael Welch as Mike Newton one of Bella's friends in Forks Mike has a crush on Bella and does not like Edward Christian Catos as Angela Weber Bella's shy but caring friend Justin Chon as Eric y Rie Bella's friend and Angela's boyfriend Jack Houston as Royce King II Rosalie's ex fiance who drunkenly beat her resulting in rosal's transformation which led her to kill him afterwards Catalina sandino Moreno as Maria the one that turns Jasper into a vampire Charlie buy as Dmitri a voltri God who is a gifted tracker Daniel Cudmore as Felix a loyal servant to the voltri who is one of their gods he executes Brie Tanner at the end of the film development in early November 2008 Summit entertainment obtained the film adaptation rights to the remaining novels in the Twilight book series New Moon eclipse and Breaking Dawn on February 20th 2009 Summit confirmed that they would begin working on the Twilight Saga Eclipse on the same day it was announced that since the Twilight Saga new Moon director Chris whites would be in post production for New Moon When eclipse began shooting he would not be directing the third film instead the film would be helmed by director David Slade David Slade Dove right into the project interviewing cast members individually two to three times to discuss characters and the plot casting Summit entertainment revealed that they would replace rashelle lefer who played an evil vampire named Victoria with Bryce Dallas Howard in Late July 2009 they attributed the change to scheduling conflicts and lefer responded by saying she was stunned and greatly saddened by the decision Howard had previously rejected the role of Victoria as too small of a part when she was approached to play her in Twilight Silent Hills jodell ferland was cast as the newly turned vampire Brie Tanner other new cast members include Xavier Samuel as Riley Jack Houston as Roy King II Catalina sandino Marino as Maria Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater and boo boo Stewart as Seth Clearwater actors who auditioned for the various roles were not given a script to work from instead actress Kirsten Prout mentioned they made the scenes exact transcripts from the book they didn't give the screenplay out so the audition side was just reading a page of Twilight and reading the lines that were interspersed between the descriptions filming and post production principal photography for Eclipse began on August 17th 2009 at Vancouver film studios on August 29th photos captured Kristen Stewart Billy Burke and other principal actors filming a scene with graduation caps and gowns September 2nd brought Xavier Samuel together with Stuart and Robert Pattinson filming at a Sound Stage for scenes at Bella's house director David Slade stated that they filmed a scene with a tent on September 13th he also said that they filmed a kiss between Jacob and Bella on September 17th filming wrapped up on October 29th 2009 while post production began in late November Slade published multiple updates on his Twitter account proclaiming that editing was going well he said the story and the way they approached the film calls for a more realistic approach in April 2010 it was revealed that re-shoot to the film were needed both Slade and Stephy Meyer were present at the shoot along with the three main stars in January 2010 an early draft of the film script was leaked on the internet the script presumably belonged to Star Jackson Rathbone as his name was watermarked across each page music the score for the Twilight Saga Eclipse was composed by Howard Shaw who composed the scores for such films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Aviator the film soundtrack was released on June 8th 2010 by Atlantic Records in conjunction with music supervisor Alexandra pavasa Chop Shop label the lead single from the soundtrack is Neutron Star Collision love is forever performed by the British band Muse on May 11th 2010 Myspace announced that the full eclipse soundtrack listing would be unveiled starting at 8:00 a.m. the following morning every half hour totaling 6 hours the album debuted at NAA 2 on Billboard 200 visual effects as in the previous film Eclipse used CGI animation to depict the wolf pack when they were transformed into wolves mostly the Wolves were simply animated although in one scene with Jacob and Bella Taylor lner himself played the wolf with him wearing a gray suit which was reportedly so his skin tone wouldn't bounce back onto Stuart and create lighting issues the visual effects of the wolf was later edited onto lner marketing on November 5th 2009 the American Film Market revealed the first poster for eclipse in late February 2010 Summit entertainment announced that the first trailer would be attached to the Studio's own film remember me which also Stars Robert patson on March 10th 2010 a 10-second preview of the trailer was released online followed by the release of the full trailer the next day the trailer's release coincided with the launching of the film's official website on March 19th 2010 the Twilight Saga new Moon was released on DVD and Blu-ray the Walmart Ultimate Fan Edition includes a 7-minute first look at eclipse on March 23rd the second poster for the film was released the final Eclipse trailer debuted on the Oprah Winfrey Show and in promotion for the movie Robert patson Kristen Stewart Taylor lner and Dakota Fanning made a guest appearance on the show May 13th the audience also viewed a version of the film on June 6th 2010 a sneak peek of the film was shown at the 2010 MTV movie awards that same week more clips and TV spots were released also in order to tie in in the lunar eclipse on June 26th 2010 Summit entertainment hosted screenings of the first two films in the Twilight Saga film series in 12 cities throughout the United States the event was streamed live from Philadelphia and San Diego and included cast member appearances and special previews of eclipse Nordstrom and Summit entertainment joined together to sell a fashion collection inspired by the film as was done for the previous installment created by awake Inc The Collection was based on Ashley Green's character Alice and Kristen Stewart's character Bella the eclipse collection became available on June 4th 2010 in a similar style to its new moon marketing Burger King started promoting the film on Monday June 21st 2010 their promotion heavily focuses on the team Jacob versus Team Edward aspect of the film release tickets for Eclipse went on sale on various online movie ticket sellers on Friday May 14th 2010 the official red carpet premiere for the film was held on June 24th 2010 at the Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles an official United Kingdom Premiere was held in leer Square London on July 1st 2010 however Kristen Stewart Robert Patterson and Taylor lner were not present Eclipse opened in 4,416 theaters and 193 IMAX screens with that early predictions forecasted the film will gross anywhere from 150 million to 180 million within its first 6 days of release putting the record set by The Twilight Saga new moons in danger of being broken Eclipse accounted for 82% of Fandango's online ticket sales reaching the top five on May 14th 2010 movietickets.com stated that Eclipse was the top Advanced ticket seller on its site with more than 50% of daily ticket sales the film was the top Advanced ticket seller as of June 2010 early ticket sales for the film also have broken records for Gold Class Cinemas where more than 8 th f00 Twilight fans have reserved tickets the fair viiew TX location sold out their showings of eclipse for June 30th the film was re-released into theaters on September 13th 2010 in recognition of lead character Bella Swan's birthday home media the Twilight Saga Eclipse was released on DVD in the United States on December 4th 2010 the two dis special edition d DVD and Blu-ray discs include special features such as eight deleted and extended scenes music videos by Muse and Metric from The Twilight Saga Eclipse original motion picture soundtrack and commentaries by Kristen Stewart and Robert Patterson Stephy Meyer and W Jeffrey it was released on December 1st 2010 in New Zealand and Australia there is also a gift set two disc collector's edition which features a unique packaging and six collectible photo cards in North American DVD sales the film has currently grossed 164 67669 and has sold more than 9,424 155 units box office Eclipse set a new record for the biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada in box office history grossing 30.1 million in over 4,000 theaters the record was formerly held by the previous film The Twilight Saga new Moon with $26.3 million in 3,514 theaters it held the record until the summer of 2011 when it was broken by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two which made 43.5 million dolls Eclipse also had the highest midnight grow of The Twilight Saga film series until it was topped in November 2011 by its successor the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part One 30.3 Million the movie also surpassed Transformers Revenge of the Fallen in total grosses for a midnight screening in IMAX Eclipse garnered more than 1 million at 192 theaters while Revenge of the Fallen earned $959,000 until it was beaten 5 months later by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one with $1.4 million the film grossed $6 68.5 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada becoming the biggest single day Wednesday opening over revenge of the falland $62 million and the third biggest single day opening ever at the time as of 2011 the film has the third highest opening day gross of the series behind new moon 72.7 million and Breaking Dawn Part 1 72.0 million furthermore the film earned 9 million at various IMAX locations during its first week after 6 days of release in the United States and Canada the film ended Independence Day with a total of $76.49 including $ 64.8 million during its first weekend in its second week the film fell 51% a better standing than its predecessors grossing an estimated 31.7 million the film opened overseas with 16.2 million beating records set by the film's predecessor in Russia with an estimated 3.9 million since surpassed by Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides which ear earned 5 million in Italy with an estimated 3.1 million in the Philippines grossing $1.2 million and in Belgium where it grossed an estimated $1.1 million it is the third best opening day ever in Italy in the Philippines Eclipse topped Spider-Man 3 for best opening day ever and was the highest opening day ever in Belgium in 3 days Eclipse topped the box office with $21.3 million and during its first weekend it earned $ 71.3 million overseas in its second weekend the film grossed $7.6 million from 9,440 screens in 63 markets a 1% drop from its first weekend the film opened in the United Kingdom at number one grossing $2.7 million from 523 locations including previews the Market's biggest opening of 2010 until Toy Story 3 surpassed it and about $1.7 million more than the Twilight Saga new Moon gross in its opening weekend in November 2009 the film also debuted at number one in France grossing 13.3 million which marks the third largest opening in the country for a 2010 film behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1's 20.7 million and Alice in wonderlands 15.4 million the film opened at number one in South Korea with $ 4.9 million the film ended its box office run in the US and Canada on October 21st 2010 having grossed 300.5 million surpassing its predecessor the Twilight Saga new Moon which grossed 296.32 to reached $300 million and ranks 46th on the all-time chart in the US and Canada compared to its predecessor overseas it has grossed $393 million against new Moon's $ 413.20 193.684710 except the US and Canada are the UK Ireland and Malta $ 45.7 million Germany 33.1 million France and the mcreb region 33 million Italy 20 million Brazil 30.5 million and Australia 28.6 million critical response review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 46% based on 256 reviews and a rating average of 5.41 the site's General consensus is that stuffed with characters and overly reliant on uninspired dialogue Eclipse won't win the Twilight Saga many new converts despite an improved blend of romance and action fantasy Metacritic another review aggregator rated it a weighted average of 58100 based on 38 reviews indicating mixed or average reviews The Hollywood Reporter said the film Nails it Peter de brouge of variety said that the film finally feels more like the Blockbuster this top earning franchise deserves Rick Bentley of mcache newspapers said the film was the best in the Twilight Saga so far suggesting that the person who should be worried is Bill Condon the director tapped for the two-part finale Breaking Dawn he's got a real challenge to make movies as good as eclipse the New York Times praised David Slade's ability to make an entertaining film calling it funny and better than its predecessors but wrote that the acting has not improved much giving the film 4.5 out of five stars Betsy shaky from the Los Angeles Times praised David Slade's method of blending his previous Works to form a funny movie she stated eclipse eclipse its predecessors the film was also listed in 49th Place by movie phone on its list of the 50 best movies of 2010 Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel who gave the film 2.5 out of four stars said the dullness of the performances really stands out when somebody like Bryce Dallas Howard or Anna Kendrick turn up and liven up their scenes while calling the film too chatty and too long he did compliment David Slade's directing and noted that the movie will please the fans Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of five stars stating that David Slade's pacing is everything like molasses running uphill he also criticized the characters the actors portraying them the big close-ups of handheld devices and called Howard Shaw's score Gunk Wesley Morris from the Boston Globe said if the first two movies were get a room part three is get a therapist he said the second and third film repeat that Discovery in Twilight without truly deepening it the movies are interesting without ever being good Jeff Burkshire of Metromix said that while Eclipse restores some of the energy New Moon Zapped out of the franchise and has enough quality performances to keep it involving the film isn't quite the adrenaline charged game changer for Love Story haters that its marketing might lead you to believe the majority of the action remains protracted and not especially scintillating should we or shouldn't we conversations between the central triangle Roger eert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film a more positive review than for the first two films in The Saga but still felt the movie was a constant unclever conversation between the three main characters he criticized the gazes both Edward and Jacob give Bella throughout the film and said audiences unfamiliar with the Saga would understand the opening or closing scenes he gave the film two stars out of four Steve pel of the St Peterburg times rated the film C and called it just monstrously bad he said Eclipse leaves the sputtering story arc in Idol with only an uneasy truce between the vampire and werewolf Clans amounting to anything new the Guardians columnist Peter Bradshaw gave the film a one-star rating in a review that lampooned Bella's continued abstinence among other plot elements Bradshaw dubbing the series The Epic of The Unbroken duck wrote that Bella Swan is starting to make Doris Day look like the Nyo from hell and concluded that it could be time to sharpen the wooden stake sequel Summit entertainment announced it would adapt Breaking Dawn into a two-part film in June 2010 the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn part one was released on November 18th 2011 and part two on November 16th 2012 with Bill Condon directing the Twilight light Saga Eclipse movie review the price for surrendering your virginity is so high in the Twilight Saga Eclipse that even Edward Cullen the proposed tool of surrender bulks at it like him you would become one of the undead this is a price that Bell Swan The Virtuous heroine must be willing to pay apparently when you marry a vampire even such a well-behaved one as Edward he's required to bite you this romantic dilemma is developed in Eclipse the third installment in this inexhaustible series by adding a complication that has been building ever since the first Jacob Black the shape-shifting werewolf is also in love with Bella Kristen Stewart and she perhaps with him Jacob Taylor lner and his tribe are hot-blooded and never wear shirts inspiringly little coups and ripples of delight in the movie audience here is a fantasy to out steam any romance novel a sweet girl is forced to choose between two improbably tall dark and handsome men who brood and smolder and yearn for her nothing is perfect there is a problem the flam trest vampire Victoria Bryce Dallas Howard has been active in Seattle initiating new vampires or newbies who in their youth are ravenous for blood and would have superhuman strength if they were human Victoria wants to destroy Bella in Revenge for the murder of her boyfriend James Edward and Jacob both vowed to protect the girl they love and their fellow vampires and werewolves of course are prepared to fight to the death in this cause this is true buddy love the movie contains violence and death but not really very much for most of its langor running time it listens to conversations between Bella and Edward Bella and Jacob Edward and Jacob and Edward and Bella and Jacob this would play better if any of them were clever conversationalists but their ideas are limited to simplistic renderings of their desires to be sure there is a validatory address reminding us that these kids have skipped school for three movies now and Edward has a noble speech in which he tells Bella he doesn't want to have sex with her until after they're married this is self-denial indeed for a 109-year-old vampire whose actions add a peakant flavor to the category confirmed Bachelor of Taylor lner's musculature and particularly his abs much has been written yes he has a great build but I remind you that an abdominal six-pack must be 5 Seconds work for a shape shifter more impressive is the ability ility of both Edward and Jacob to regard Bella with penetrating gazes from Neath really dope eyebrows when my eyebrows get like Edwards the barber trims them and never even asks me first there is a problem with the special effects many of the mountain ranges which disappear into the far distance as increasingly pale peaks look suspiciously like Landscapes painted by that guy on TV who shows you how to paint stuff like that that the mountain forests and lakes are so pristine we should see Lewis and Clark just arriving and the werewolves are inexplicable they look snarly enough have vicious fangs and are larger than healthy ponies but when they fall upon newbies they never quite seem to get the job done one werewolf is nearly squeezed to death and another hears he has broken bones on one whole side luckily repairing the damage is only a night's work for Dr Carlile Cullen Peter Facinelli the problem with the effects is that the Wolves don't seem to have physical weight or presence much leads up to a scene in a tent on a Mountaintop in the midst of a howling blizzard when Bella's teeth start chattering obviously a job for the hot-blooded Jacob and not the coldblooded Edward and as Jacob Embraces and warms her he and Edward Ed W have a cloying cringe Fest in which Edward admits that if Jacob were not a werewolf he would probably like him and then Jacob admits that if Edward were not a vampire well no no he couldn't come on big guy the two of you are making eye contact Edward's been a confirmed Bachelor for 109 years get in the brokeback Spirit the audience watched this film with wrapped attention they obviously had a deep understanding of the story which is just as well because I don't think anyone not intimately familiar with the earlier installments could make head or tails of the opening scenes the Twilight movies are chased eroticism to fuel adolescent dreams and are really about Bella being attracted and titilated and aroused and tempted up to the E very brink of surrender and then well no no she should other information about this film it goes without saying that the faithful will devour the Twilight Saga Eclipse the third movie in Stephie Meyer's immensely popular Supernatural love triangle Saga and also the one in which Bella must finally choose between her two beastly sutors the pleasant surprise this time around is that the result finally feels more like the Blockbuster this top earning franchise Des deserves employing a bigger budget better effects and an edgier director hard candies David Slade Eclipse focuses on what works the Stars even as the series parent friendly abstinence message begins to unravel summer release should reap summit's biggest yield yet taking a queue from the Harry Potter series which maintains continuity on the writing and casting fronts while introducing a different feel with each change of director the Twilight producers have embraced a variety of different Visions behind the camera capitalizing on her Indie sensibility and keenly observed teen insights Catherine Hardwick set the tone with the lowbudget first film with Chris White's expanding and flattening the world with his broader daytime soap opera style in New Moon now the task Falls to slave who clearly understands how to work with actors while also demonstrating a welcome competence in the action and melodrama departments it's no easy task taking a piece of material ODS already know inside out and spinning it in such a way that individual scenes still generate tension and suspense Slade sets us on edge from the outset with an atmospheric vignette merely alluded to in the book as small town boy Riley Xavier Samuel is ambushed and bitten by an unseen vampire in shadowy Seattle looking every bit as ominous as Tim Burton's Gotham City not much happens for the first 300 pages of Maya's novel during which vampire Edward Cullen Robert Patterson and werewolf Jacob Black Taylor lner VI for the affections of Bella Swan Kristen Stewart with our increasingly impatient heroine determined to surrender both her virginity and her Humanity to the brooding blood sucker to his credit Bella's 109-year-old boyfriend wants to marry her first Slade and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg wisely intercut these puppy love scenes with uneasy horror movie jolts after all Eclipse builds not to a showdown between Edward and Jacob no matter how often he takes off his shirt the poor wolf boy will never be Bella's first choice but to an uneasy alliance between the Cullen Clan and Jacob's tribe of shape shifters United to protect Bella from the Vengeance seeking Victoria Bryce Dallas Howard taking over the role from relle leev and her Army of newborns undisciplined but super strong new vampires rather than attempting to elevate Myers's swoony Pros to the level of literature the poor scribe exhausts herself trying to find synonyms for Perfection rosenberg's task is to Faithfully adapt the material for fans in such a way that works on screen that means having the freedom to remove reorder or completely rewrite certain passages she also has to contend with eclipse's muddled message Bella's in a hurry to be bitten while everyone else is telling her to slow down and devises a nice graduation speech for best friend Jessica Anna Kendrick on the merits of not rushing into things despite the somewhat simple-minded Source The Producers plot everything as if it were a strategic game of chess paying off earlier gambles Jacob played third wheel in the past but gets the sexier kiss here while seeding future films of particular interest is a wide-eyed young newborn played by Odell furland subject of Maya's spin-off Nolla the short Second Life of Brie Tanner who serves as an effective tool in setting up the powerful volur villainy for the two-part Breaking Dawn finale Eclipse feels the most cinematic of the series so far taking scenes out of the lunchroom and Swan House as much as possible Slade shares Hardwick's aesthetic of using dramatic aerial photography to give the other wise intimate tale a more epic sweep and expands on it by repeatedly lining up the various Clans like the subjects of a Vanity Fair cover shoot their iconic group poses helping to make the movie seem as big as its following though Slade inherits New Moon DP Javier Aires arobe his choice of lenses and shooting style including a fair amount of handheld camera work gives things a more Dynamic energy visual effects have improved considerably with no fewer than 11 companies working on everything from Edward's sparkling skin to CG wolves that realistically blend with liveaction characters a scene of Bella side by side with K9 Jacob feels perfectly plausible but nothing beats the sight of vampires and werewolves going at it in the climactic battle if anything the digital work outshines the other departments with bad makeup lifeless wigs and creepy contacts being the elements that disrupt the fantasy positive elements some might scoff at the idea of conscientious vampires and werewolves but the Twilight Saga is filled with well-meaning creatures of the night Edward loves Bella just as deeply as she does him but his is a more mature Selfless Love he's positively chivalrous when it comes to courtship always looking out for Bella's well-being and insisting that the two of them not sleep together unless and until she marries him in this respect Edward is a study in exstension he's also willing to let Bella go if she so chooses and speaking of choice the film repeatedly emphasizes how important our choices are specifically Jacob challenges Bella to Grapple with the reality that our choices have consequences Jacob long one of Bella's closest friends struggles mightily with his feelings for her even crossing a big line when he kisses her without her permission apart from that self-serving mistake though he understands that it's Bella's choice to make and he's still willing to risk his life for her safety even if it means teaming up with those dastardly Cullen vampires to protect her a number of other ancillary vampires and werewolves strive to protect Bella too likewise her parents try to care for her as best they can all be it in their own rather ineffective ways spiritual elements for a film loaded with vampires werewolves telepathy and superhuman strength overt spirituality in Eclipse is limited to a couple of scenes Bella is the first Outsider ever to sit in on a council meeting involving Jacob's cute tribe most of whom are or will become werewolves the Clan's leader mentions magic and an ancestor who was a great spirit Warrior Alice Cullen continues to have visions in which she gets glimpses of enemy activities and Edward still Frets that his eternal soul may be lost though the subject is rarely discussed it's a subject explored with more intensity in the books and the previous two movies sexual and romantic content doesn't he own a shirt Edward asks Bella referring to Jacob after they see him loitering near his motorcycle while flexing his pecs truth is Jacob does own a shirt he just doesn't wear it much one of Jacob's shirtless scenes even takes place in a driving snowstorm and he's not the only one with this proclivity Jacob's hot-blooded werewolf packmates also shun shirts much of the time if Ed W represents a purer more idealized form of love in Eclipse then Jacob personifies a more animalistic passion let's face it Jacob tells Edward as he snuggles next to Bella again shirtless in order to keep her from freezing to death I am hotter than you he jokingly suggests that she take off her clothes so she can warm up faster and forces a kiss on her for which he receives a punch in the face Bella later asks him to kiss her and he does the drawn out lip lock that follows leaves Bella momentarily conflicted but Edward ultimately remains Bella's main squeeze the two smooch often and once engage in some foreplay complete with the beginning of clothed removal before Edward puts a stop to it much to Bella's Chagrin that's because Edward wants to get married before they have sex something Bella's not much concerned about she wants sex Eclipse screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told the techland blog she is absolutely clear about that when he says I don't want to have sex until we're married and he is trying to protect her virtue but she's like you're a dinosaur Bella's father meanwhile believes she's already having sex and he awkwardly tells her to take precautions before Bella in informs him that she's a virgin I'm liking Edward a little bit more now he mumbles other couples in the film kiss too but the most egregious sexual content is a suggested gang rape we don't see all of it but we are asked to watch one of the woman's asals begin to manhandle her and force a kiss on her we later hear that they left her in the street for dead violent content the main point of action in Eclipse is a mini war between the cullins and an army of New Blood vampires we see this vampire Army in Seattle in the throws of hunger pangs feeding on practically anything that moves those deaths are blamed on gangs or a particularly horrible serial killer later when they battle the cullins several are killed and we witness heads and other body parts being cut off and smashed like ceramic vases the decapitation of one villain we see her head separated from her body is particularly intense similarly disturbing is the implied death of a young girl shortly after she becomes a vampire broken necks via Twisted heads seems to be the preferred method of vampire dispatchment gigantic werewolves chew on adversaries and are sometimes hurt or killed themselves one vampire fighting a werewolf tries to pull the wolf's Jaws apart for example another werewolf suffers painful broken bones which have to then be re-broken in his human form to heal properly when Bella smacks Jacob in the jaw she injures her own hand and when Jacob learns that Bella and Edward are getting married he threatens to kill himself elsewhere vampires beat each other up during action-packed training sequences and torture each other via telepathy a woman stabs her herself in the gut to attract the attention of blood mad vampires Bella later slices open her arm for the same reason and we see the blood running off her skin in a stream the character who was raped later gets revenge on her ass salance after she becomes a vamp we see her bursting into the room of one attacker sporting an obvious intent to feed crude or profane language we hear a DN and a h ah is said a couple of times God's name is inappropriately exclaimed at least once drug and alcohol content Bella's dad drinks beer one scene shows a man who is clearly intoxicated later we see him clutching an unmarked bottle of alcohol other noteworthy elements several people lie or try to keep truths from each other none with much success Edward in particular has a habit of hiding the truth from Bella for her own good while giving a speech the High School Valedictorian for Bella's class Embraces the idea that everyone makes mistakes on the path to adulthood to the point that she glorifies intentionally making bad choices conclusion before walking into the Twilight Saga Eclipse I expected the audience to consist mostly of girls in the 13 to 18 age range you know the demographic that might go to a Justin Bieber concert I was wrong granted there were plenty of young women but many were in their 30s and 40s even 50s and let me tell you they were into it they cheered kisses they cheered shirtless appearances they saved their biggest Harrah for Edward's proposal I don't know whether this was the team Edward Team Jacob Dynamic at work or whether these fans were just absorbed in the story but they couldn't help applauding every time somebody's lip gloss started rubbing off on somebody else in short these viewers were engrossed in the film's fantasy world and I'm not talking about the whole vampire and werewolf fantasy I'm talking about the film's Fantastical view of Love Eclipse like Twilight and New Moon before it is far more about romance than horror and almost all romances by their very nature idealize both love and the lovers involved in some ways that's manifested pretty positively here and some of these values should be idealized it's great to see Edward so often taking pains to be careful with Bella's virtue and act like a gentleman for instance more folks in the real world should aspire to such chivalry but eclipse takes that Romanticism to another level giving us two male protagonists who are prac practically Godlike Edward is a knight in shining skin who props his beloved Bella on a pedestal Jacob is a darkhaired pinup Idol sensitive and vulnerable even as he's virile and strong they are creatures of Pure Imagination preternaturally powerful and kind and desirable and desirous no wonder teens who are still mulling what true love looks like are attracted to these characters no wonder grown women many of them who fell in love got married and found their relationships weren't wall-to-wall passion and joy forever and ever find themselves drawn to them too in this sense I suspect that the Twilight Saga particularly Eclipse feeds our already unrealistic sky high expectations about what romantic relationships should look like I don't think a lot of teens will walk out wishing to be vampires or werewolves but many of them and more than a few adults it would seem May painfully Pine for the sort of love and attention Bella receives from her Supernatural suitors the film has some other problems as well I mourn the fact that Bella is so bent on becoming a vampire setting aside for a minute the ethics of becoming Undead the fact that she wants to jump into this irreversible decision feels terribly Hasty Bella's own father comes across as practically powerless to influence his daughter's life yet another reason for sorrow eclipse is also darker and more violent than the first two entries in the franchise the decapitation scenes in particular are jarring and sex is obviously becoming a bigger and bigger issue for Edward and Bella as I left the theater though I thought less about those things and more about the American inclination to idealize love that inclination can sometimes make real love an undeniably great and wonderful but complex roller coaster feel a little like a disappointment it's telling perhaps that eclipse's supposed love triangle isn't much of a triangle at all Bella is Edward's girl she always was always will be she chooses a Charming bloodless idealized man over one of Flesh and Blood who's arguably more fallible more real and I can't help but wonder how many Twilight fans are being encouraged to shop for love in the very same way this film directed by David Slade screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg produced by Wick Godfrey Karen Rosenfeld starring Kristen Stewart Robert pson Taylor lner Bryce Dallas Howard Billy Burke Dakota Fanning cinematography Javier agir arobe edited by Art Jones Nancy Richardson music by Howard Shaw production companies Temple Hill entertainment Maverick films imprint entertainment sunswept entertainment distributed by Summit entertainment release dates June 24th 2010 in Nokia Theater LA Live June 30th 2010 in United States running time 123 minutes country United States language English budget $68 million box office $98.59 comment