DVD review: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” two-disc special edition
Director David Slade’s adaptation of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” easily outshines the previous two films based on Stephenie Meyer’s supernaturally popular vampire romance book series.
To be fair, Slade, who has previous bloodsucking experience with the 2007 horror movie “30 Days of Night,” gets to sink his teeth into the most action-packed and cinematically promising novel in the four-book franchise. But the helmer, who made his feature film debut with the 2005 Sundance favorite “Hard Candy,” also proves adept at bleeding Meyer’s languid paranormal love triangle of every last possible drop of drama.
“Eclipse” delves deeper into the star-crossed tale of human teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and her werewolf best friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner). Usually mortal enemies, Edward’s clan and Jacob’s pack must put aside their differences to protect Bella when an army of bloodthirsty newborn vampires led by vengeful vamp Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) descends on their peaceful hamlet of Forks, Wash.
The filmmakers breathe thrilling life into the climactic battle between the newborn vampires and the allied Cullen clan and wolf pack. But the rip-and-tear action sequences won’t be enough to convert audiences who haven’t already been brought over to the “Twi-hard” side by Meyer’s books.
DVD extras: Six-part making-of documentary, two commentaries, music videos, deleted and extended scenes, photo gallery and, especially for Twi-hards, “Edward Fast Forward” and “Jacob Fast Forward” functions that let them easily watch their favorite scenes of the hero of their choice ad nauseam.
— BAM
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Looking forward to watching all the dvd extras. Never tire of watching the dvd’s in a marathon session.
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Not loving the wait until next year for Part 1 of Breaking Dawn but I survived the wait for the LOTR flicks