Eclipsed

1. As with the previous installment, “Eclipse” is teeming with dialogues that are cringe-worthy and that might have only worked on paper, but not at all when people actually speak them. Especially if recited by Bella.

2. Apart from the cinematography, there’s another improvement worth mentioning: the vampires no longer look like human espasol. Their skins are now devoid of talc. The make-up artists have done an excellent job. But then again, it could also be because we’re used to seeing them so white that we no longer notice their abnormally powdery white faces.

3. I almost cheered when I saw Anna Kendrick early in the movie. I expected George Clooney to appear somewhere.

4. I actually enjoyed some lines. The most funny one for me is Jacob’s “Face it, (talking to Edward) I’m much hotter than you.”

5. I’ll trade Bella and Edward’s high harlequin romance for the interesting love triangle of Elena, Damon and Stefan any day.

6. I’m no expert when it comes to vampires but don’t they hide from the daylight? In Sookie Stackhouse series (and even in the defunct “Moonlight”), they still sleep during daytime. In “The Vampire Diaries”, they wear rings that protect them from sunlight. In Stephenie Meyer’s, they just glow. Weh?

7. I didn’t know that you could easily break a vampire’s head which turns into an icy rock. The Cullen-Wolves team should have thrown stones at them. Makes their job a lot easier.

8. But I learned something in the film: Don’t be scared to make mistakes (or something to that effect) – as spoken by Jessica (Anna Kendrick) in her graduation speech. And no one makes a career by studying Philosophy.