Vamp or Wolf….You decide
I have read the novels out of curiosity so I was easily able to follow the plot of the movies, and overall I know exactly why these films have raked in over a billion dollars. The books and movies were respectively written and filmed with one exact audience in mind…. Teenage girls. This wasn’t about creating the most kick-ass vampires of this century, let’s leave that to True Blood. This was about every little girl’s fantasy, which is to find a handsome prince (or in this case undead hunk) who is forever eternally devoted to you. 16-year-old girls don’t want to hold their vamps in the sun and watch the flesh melt off their rotting corpse as they explode into flames. No, they want them to sparkle in their arms as they hold their defined, muscular figures close.
Ok, Ok, back to the flick.
It pains me to say this but Eclipse was a vast improvement over the first two films. In the first film the special effects looked like they were created by an after school program at the YMCA. At least in this film, when we get a fight scene, it looks like a bunch of high school students created it in their film studies class. I am hoping that in the next installment we can at least reach college level film work.
The acting is still atrocious but you can tell the cast is learning. I mean, I don’t really blame the three amigos, an actor can only produce so much good work from a shoddy script. Let’s also keep in mind that the most acting any of these three have done would equal to one Hannah Montana episode.
This time around the main focus is the love triangle our 3 characters are struggling with. As always Edward is behaving just like Bella, forever pouting and staring intensely into her eyes. He continues to give the same speech about how she is his world and how he roamed the earth for centuries to find her while Jacob, played by the obviously steroid-induced Taylor Lautner, is the sweet werewolf who can give her what she needs, give her stability and keep her human.
So what is it people?
Do we go with the unpredictable vampire, and therefore become a vampire?
Cons: The whole dead thing. Never see the family again. Insatiable urge for blood. Also keep in mind that you REALLY need to make sure this isn’t just a schoolgirl crush because once you go vamp you never go back.
Pros: You will look really pretty in the sunlight . You will always have a guy around you who is constantly undressing you with his eyes. Seriously this dude would DIE to protect you…if he wasn’t already dead.
Or do we go with the Wolf…
Pros: Yay! You get to stay alive! You will always be close to your family! You’re married to a freakin’ wolf so that’s ultimate protection right there.
Cons: That pesky all-male wolf pack that never seems to go away. Your husband keeps you safe but bores the ever-loving crap out of you so that you count down the days until you die.
It’s a tough decision for our heroine, but ultimately she knows that her nether-regions gravitate more towards Count Sparkles. The rest of the film is a battle over her wanting to become a Vamp, Edward not wanting to bite her, her wanting some hot vampire love, Edward wanting to wait until marriage. It really is a common struggle most kids from high school go through, right? I almost feel bad for the rest of the cast because even when they try and include story lines for others, lesser known characters, it almost always goes back to the love story. That is what it is all about, and the reason movies like this will go on. As long as there continues to be teenage girls in the world, the idea of love will remain high on a pedestal of the latest chick flick, and new Team Edwards and Team Jacobs will be born.
