Overdue since July: the Eclipse Review

Gosh, just writing down that headline makes me realize how much I failed at blogging lately… Actually I plan on making a top as well as a flop ten list for Eclipse just like we did with New Moon cause I thought that was a pretty cool idea. There are a few general thoughts though that probably won’t make it into any of those lists but still have to be mentioned so I decided they get their own post. Here we go!

I didn’t really like Eclipse. There, I said it. Now you can go and hate on me. I don’t care. It’s my opinion and I’m not gonna take it back. I mentioned it about a million times back in the day that I was neither as excited nor as hyped up for Eclipse as I was for New Moon. That’s not what I’m talking about here though.

Eclipse - Welcome to the land of bad wigs and general awkwardness

About a week ago I watched Eclipse again cause I thought maybe I just had missed all the awesomeness the first time. I hadn’t. I mean, I DID realize some really good stuff (like all the little Alice and Jasper moments) but all in all that movie is just full of awkwardness and out of character moments. More about those in the flop ten list! In general I would say I just didn’t get the Eclipse feeling. (Yep Kiyoka, I agree with you on that one!) Of course this is a movie and it’s only natural it can’t be EXACTLY like the book but I felt like all my favorite scenes had been left out or changed and all the annoying and bad ones had been left in the script. I mean HELLO? NO ALICE KIDNAPS BELLA SCENE? No completely what the heck Edward bribed her with a yellow Porsche moment? FAIL!!! And that’s just one of many more examples. I can live with lots of changes. Edward’s Volvo is charcoal instead of silver? Fine. Angela dates Eric instead of Ben? Alright. Everyone of the vampires has a totally different haircut and color in each of the movies? Oh well. None of that ruined it for me. As I said I just didn’t get the Eclipse feeling like I should have. Remember reading it for the first time? What was it like for you? When I think back the following thing come to my mind: romantic overload, sexy make-out scenes (hello there leg hitch!), oh no he dihin’t, oh so sweet, fight scenes, oh no she dihin’t, most romantic thing EVER, I want Edward as my bf, I love the Cullens, backstories FTW, Victoria ROCKS as an enemy. Yeah, I know that were just random words but that’s how my feelings develop usually. In a random chain of single words that are a complete mess. Haha, sorry. But if you know me that shouldn’t really surprise you. If I made a thought chain for Eclipse the movie it would probably look something like this: Oh no they dihin’t leave that out, OMG the wigs, SO unrealistic Bella, as if you would ever do that, OMG the wigs, since when do I want to do NEITHER Edward NOR Jacob, awkwardness to the max, gosh I think I might fall asleep soon, cheesiness overload, OMG the wigs, who the heck said KStew could act, awkwardness to the max, so not excited. Kinda sad, right? Please don’t hate on me though. Or at least not until you’ve read the top and flop ten lists next week. Cause yes, there WERE things that I liked after all!

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Eclipse the book, our love stays untarnished forever!

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PS: Chelle, I know you’ve been DYING to read my review ever since July. I’m honestly sorry I kept you waiting that long girl. So I’ll post the top and flop ten list next week. Plus they might include some of the “special secret information” you passed on to me concerning the Bella eyebrows!

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What were your Eclipse thoughts? Has your first impression changed after watching it again a while later? We wanna know about it! Leave a comment or e-mail us!

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The Fireboy and Twilight Diaries

Sorry girls, that's not him. But almost...

A new post just two days after the last one? Yeah, crazy. I know. And no, it is not a coincidence that I decided to call this new mini-series “diaries” two days after season 2 of the Vampire Diaries started. Honestly, can Stefan get any hotter? He looks SMOKIN! Oh, I’m drifting off topic, huh? Sorry. So as most of you (aka everyone reading my tweets) should already know there’s that firefighter guy I’m currently seeing, lovingly named fireboy by @Blufish27. And since the day I first met him strange things have happened, some of which somehow include Twilight. Yeah, seems I just can’t get away from it. Not even if my real life. Who knew? And because I’m awesome like that I decided to share those little real life stories featuring Zelda and the Soul sister with all of you. Now go and have a laugh at the crazy mess that is my real life!

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First night out with fireboy

Soul: Btw, where are you from?

Fireboy: Spokane, Washington. You know Washington? Seattle?

*Zelda’s and my heart rate increase, we switch to silent telepathy conversation mode immediately (because that’s one of our superpowers clearly)*

Soul: OMG!

Zelda: Shut up! No way! The Twilight state?

Soul: There’s NO WAY we can ever let him know how we got to know Washington state so well!

Zelda: Yeah, don’t mention Twilight or this will be the first and last time you guys hung out!

*We switch back to normal conversation to answer fireboy question*

Soul: Oh yeah, Washington. Of course.

*facepalm* Honestly, what are the chances? I meet a guy and then he tells me he’s from WASHINGTON? Stuff like that just doesn’t happen in real life! Ever!

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Hm, that's not him either... Sorry.

Night out with fireboy, his friends and my sister; bar with awesome live music and some TVs playing on mute at the walls. The Eclipse TV trailer comes on.

Soul Sister (padding my arm excitedly): *gasp* Look! Look!

All the guys turn around and look at the TV. I give her the oh-no-you-didn’t-could-you-have-fucked-up-any-more stare. She turns to fireboy and his friends.

Soul Sister: Sorry guys, I’m just really into Twilight. That wolf-guy is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa HOT! I love that trailer.

Worst sister ever for almost giving me away and outing me as a Twinerd in front of fireboy? Yes. Best sister ever for taking it all on her and throwing the guys off by pretending she’s just ogling Taylor’s abs? YES!

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Off to plan the next nights out with fireboy so I can share even more Two-stories afterwards

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Did your boyfriend / husband / guy you’re dating / random guyfriend say or do something Twirelated? Aren’t guy-Twi-stories the best? Leave a comment or e-mail us!

(images: Google)

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Back from Vacation aka I want your reviews

First of all: Sorry for my absence lately. I was on vacation and Zelda was stuck in the middle of exam-hell so she couldn’t take over for me. The actual plan was to write a post about how much I’m gonna miss you all why I lay there on the beach and enjoy my cocktails. But I started packing a bit late and there was so much to do that I simply forgot about it. When I arrived at our hotel and realized “Damn, I didn’t put a post up” it was already too late. So, sorry for leaving you guys all alone here. It’s true though, I DID miss you while I was laying there enjoying the sun and the water and cocktails. At least at times when I wasn’t distracted by random sexy guys, haha.

Now to the real stuff! (Who else thinks it’s weird that I just ended a paragraph about my real life with “now to the real stuff”? Obviously this blog seems more real… or I’m just crazy.) You may have noticed that I’ve put off my Eclipse review. Partly because I have to watch it again and partly because I wanna make sure once I publish that review there will be EVERYTHING in it. Not like with New Moon where one week later I got mad at myself for not including several things because I overlooked them on my first watch. Chelle was so kind as to send me some of her thoughts which I am endlessly gratefull for cause there were quite a couple of things I sure as hell would’ve forgotten about even though they’re way too good to NOT talk about. Now here’s the deal: I want you (yes, EVERYONE!) to tell me your personal highs and lows plus random things you noticed while watching Eclipse. Honestly, write down EVERYTHING! As soon as I got your lists I will watch Eclipse one last time paying extra attention to all the stuff you mentioned and then you will FINALLY get my review! If we hurry up I might get it all done before the Eclipse two month premiere anniversary!

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Off to wait for your lists to hit my inbox

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So, what should I definitely NOT miss while watching Eclipse again? Leave your thoughts via comment or e-mail! Thanks to Chelle for already sharing your thoughts with me! That meadow wig thing KILLS me, haha!

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Guess who’s still alive

Yeah, that would be me. I know I have really neglected the blog during the last few days and even if you do not count all these things as excuses I still tell you the reasons why!

• semi-annual exam hell at college (Honestly, it IS hell! 9 to 11 hours a day doing nothing but college stuff is NOT fun!)
• work
• gymnastics practice
• more exams
• having to fill in for Mama and Papa Soul who were on vacation
• major sleep deprivation (3 hours on monday, 5 on tuesday, 3 yesterday. That should make me count as a vampire, no?)
• a certain firefighter guy who will hopefully never ever read this

Some of you might say now “You could’ve blogged instead of going out with that guy until 4 am when you have to leave at 7:30 the next morning”. But hey, I’m getting older (notice older, not old… yet) and I don’t play on staying single forever. Plus he’s really cute. And hot. Plus I know my beloved dudettes and basically everyone of our readers here would never say stuff like that. Cause you all are way to cool and sweet to give me shit about FINALLY getting over all the bad experiences and going out with someone again. I wish you could all meet him to see how awesome he is but unfortunately I think it would be hard to come up with an excuse as to why tons of random girls suddenly want to stalk him on Facebook and give him a hug, haha. Now here’s the plan: I’ll be done with all the college stuff tomorrow night and then be back to old blogging awesomeness by Saturday. I got posts planned about several Eclipse top ten lists, the Bree book (thanks cdubs aka blufish27 for answering all my questions!), why I don’t like Breaking Dawn and tons of other stuff. So thanks for being patient while I was MIA due to sleep deprivation, college exams and (yes, I won’t deny it) a certain guy.

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Hold on one more day! I missed you all!

Soul

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PS: Guess what! He’s from Washington state. Aka Twilight country. Funny how things sometimes happen…

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Meet the Soul sister

Alright, it took me two full days to first decipher my notes from the secret interview with my sister and then figure out what they meant. Cause while they seemed to make perfect sense at the time it wasn’t so clear what they really stood for a few hours later. You don’t know my sister yet so here are two things you should know before reading this post:

1.) She likes to monologue. Honestly, this girl can talk without breathing.

2.) She’s a physical person. Which means this was probably a lot funnier standing in front of her watching her “acting” it all out and making wierd faces.

Now let’s start with the first edition of Soul and sister chatting it up!

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Soul: So how was Eclipse?

sister: OMG, hilarious! We had that older woman sitting behind us and she completely freaked out during the proposal scene and started shouting stuff like “Come on, take him! Say yes!” Crazy! She was way too old to do stuff like that!

Soul: Haha, I’m so glad our mum would never do stuff like that! I would DIE of 2nd-hand-embarrassment!

sister: Yeah, and it got even worse! Then there was the Jacob scene and she shouted “Decide now! Take him! FInally take SOMEONE!” I mean hello? She didn’t care which one Bella takes as long as she takes anyone? How does that make sense? And then worse again! Jacob comes into the tent and takes off his shirt and I hear her say “See Bert, THAT is how it’s supposed to look!” and I turn around and see she has BROUGHT HER HUSBAND! WTF? That’s the number one rule. Never bring your husband or boyfriend to a Twilight movie. She’s lucky if he doesn’t want a divorce now. I could so understand him if he does! That woman was crazy like woah!

Soul: You’re right, he SHOULD get a divorce! Poor guy… So how was the movie though?

sister: It was good. Some passages were weird though. Like the campfire scene with the wolves. It felt like the just rushed through it to get to the parts they needed Billy to talk about and that was it. Didn’t feel as if they were chillin and hanging out having a nice campfire barbeque at all. Plus Kristen Stewart? That girl can’t act! All she does is doing puppy eyes the whole damn movie long. And trying to touch her hair and then pulling her hand back last minute. Why is that? Does that make any sense?

Soul: Well, that might be because she has to wear that shitty wig. But I agree, I’m not impressed by her acting either.

sister: Yeah, she sucks! I wish they would kick her out and take that girl from the Vampire Diaries!

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See, that alone is proof that this girl is my sister! I swear I never influenced her when it comes to Twilight but still she doesn’t like KStew as Bella. Just like me. Awesome! Plus that cougar sitting behind her in the theater? I really pity her husband! My sister got that one right! Never bring your boyfriend / husband to a Twilight movie. Ever. Cause he will either think you’re a crazy Twihard or that you want him to use glitter bodylotion. And you don’t want him to think either one of this, trust me!

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Off to secretly interview the Soul sister about why she like the Vampire Diaries girl better (SPOILER: probably for the same reasons that I like Nina Dobrev better as well)

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So now you finally met the Soul sister. How did you like her review? Do you agree? Any other thoughts? And how crazy was that woman sitting behind her on a 1 to 10 scale? Leave a comment or e-mail us!

(image: me)

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Today’s the day y’all!

Should our Eclipse outfit include a shitty wig in honor of Bella's?

Yay, today we will finally FINALLY watch Eclipse! Oh no, wait. That’s wrong. Today Zelda and eight other people (including my sister) that have absolutely no idea at all I run a blog about Twilight (or any blog really) will watch Eclipse. Together. And I will be missing. Yep, that’s right. I won’t be there. I will miss out on Eclipse and be somewhere else instead. I have a once (or maybe twice) in a lifetime opportunity to be at another great event because after desperately trying for TEN YEARS (that’s a whole DECADE y’all)  I finally got tickets for a Cirque du Soleil show. No go on. Write me hate comments about priorities and stuff. I don’t care.

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Blue blouse? Check!

I talked to Zelda and she’s taking someone else with my ticket and I’m going to that other AWESOME show. I will wear a certain bracelet to remind me of my poor bloggy pal who has no one to make insider jokes with and on the other hand she will give me her review and send me text messages afterwards. And it will rule nevertheless. Because we’re cool like that. Then we will watch Eclipse again together and all will be right in the world. Plus I plan to give you my sister’s review which will pretty much rule since she’s a crazy person. No seriously, that’s not a joke. She IS crazy! Kind of… And as if that wasn’t awesome enough I intend to share all our text messages from tonight with all of you. So what should I blog about today though? Oh I know! About 3 or 4 months ago someone (that was you Chelle, right?) asked me about our New Moon outfits. I got no idea what the girls will wear tonight for Eclipse but I can give you a first hand account on or New Moon outfits! (Sorry you had to wait so long, Chelle! )

Bella bracelet? Check! Ray Bans? Check! Pic of shirtless Taylor Lautner? Check! Super delicious desserts made by Mama Soul? Check!

Team Jacob shirt plus handpainted Converse with the New Moon tulip plus jorts? A tweed suit like Edward? Bella’s green birthday dress? Nope, much cooler! Come on, we’re not THAT lame obvious in our real lives. Yeah you 1 397 girls who sported a plaid shirt, did you think we would not “get it”? That you all were such crazy Rob fangirls? We ALWAYS get it! In general you could say Zelda went as the Edward and I as the Bella part. And no, that does NOT symbolize our relationship in any special way. I already have Bella hair (only mine looks way better) so that was the best option. I went for a blue blouse (yeah, as if anyone would say “blouse” nowadays) with a beautiful wooden bracelet which ALMOST looks like Bella’s. Only mine is cooler. Because my sister bought it for me on her Italy trip. And because on Bella’s there are only pics of St Peter or someone while on mine there are little Buddhas and Geishas. Honestly, that is WAY more awesome especially since I’m not wearing it for religious but for style-purposes only! Zelda wore a beautiful peacoat and her mom’s old Ray Bans original from the 80s. You know, oldschool like Edward. All in all, our subtle Twi-outfits pretty much rocked! Just in case you’ve been wondering that before: No, NO ONE in our group wore a wolf-shirt. If they did they wouldn’t have been part of our group anymore!

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Off to get that bracelet out again and start texting Zelda

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So what was your New Moon outfit? And what did you wear for Eclipse? Anything special? Or did you try to appear “normal” and just secretly wore your Team Edward bra? Let us know! Send us pictures! Leave a comment!

(images: all made by me)

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Let’s get hyped up for Eclipse! Oh no, you’ve already seen it? How could I forget that?

Okay, maybe you’ve already watched Eclipse once. Or twice. Or multiple times. But I haven’t so I decided the right thing to get me even more excited is to have a look at some new Eclipse clips. Here they come.

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The one where Victoria and Riley ALMOST get it on

Okay, you all know I got some issues with that whole Rachelle Lefevre being kicked out thing. I’ll get used to it. Someday. I just wish they hadn’t made Bryce put on a wig. I mean hello? She’s a NATURAL redhead, so where’s the point? Whatever. I kinda wish they had kissed in that scene because Riley and Victoria are a HOT couple!

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The one where they have a sex-talk

Charlie is so much win here! Billy Burke NAILS it! But… I hate Bella’s greasy hair here. Yeah, big surprise since I mentioned how much I hate that wig about 1735 times over the last 3 weeks. Plus Kristen’s acting? I mean, where was it? One word: Unconvincing! She didn’t seem embarrassed AT ALL. WTF? I’m so not dazzled… FAIL!

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The one where they try to fight

Hello there! I love me some good fight scenes! The Emmet Jasper one? So good! This might be one of the top three scenes that make me understand all those (read: 12.4) Team Jasper members out there. Honestly, he IS cool and sexy and awesome here. WIN! It was about time he got some magic moments in those movies!

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Off to watch that fight scene another 184 times

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What is your Eclipse count? How many times have you already watched Eclipse? How hot is Jasper in that fight scene? How much does Charlie rock that sex-talk? And how bad is Kristen’s acting in comparison? Leave a comment or e-mail us!

(videos: YouTube)

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Top ten lists back in action aka stuff we are excited to see in Eclipse

Guess what I found in that dusty back corner of our blog where we like to hide series we once started and then forgot about. Yep, top ten lists. In fact I used to be pretty good at putting those together and I thought maybe I should go back to it and make a list full of stuff I really want to see when I watch Eclipse for the first time. Now here comes the list!

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Top ten things I want to see during Eclipse

Jump up on your seat NOW!

1.) Some insane Jacob-worshipping girl jumping up on her seat and yelling “TEAM JACOB” during the Bella and Jacob kiss.

2.) Above mentioned girl getting slapped in the face by some Team Edward Twihard yelling “FACEPUNCH” (Haha, that would already be two of the things on my stuff to yell during Eclipse list. WIN!)

3.) The scene where Alice kidnaps Bella. (Yeah, I KNOW that scene doesn’t exist in the movie. I want to see it anyway though so I put it on the list. Just in case. )

4.) The leg hitch. Always the leg hitch.

5.) A wolfpack nude scene. (Honestly, they cannot ALWAYS get their jorts out in time! )

6.) The Edward and Jacob fight scene. (Everytime I watch it on YouTube I hope that this time Charlie will NOT come out in time and they will start a REAL fight.)

Time to kick ass, Carlisle!

7.) The Cullens fighting the Newborns. (I wanna see Daddy Carlisle and Esme kick some vampire asses so bad!)

8.) The Jasper flashback. (Yep, that would actually have been Zelda’s thing to say but it’s true. I too wanna see southern soldier Jasper Whitlock on a horse.)

9.) Howard Shore’s score. (Say what you want, call me lame, I don’t care! You should know by now I have a composer crush on Howard.)

10.) The tent scene. (Because I know I’ll receive at least 963 hate comments within 2 minutes if I don’t put that on the list as well…)

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Top ten lists are back in town y’all!

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What were you excited for when you went to see Eclipse? Did anyone jump up and then get punched in the face while you were in the cinema? Let me know! Leave a comment or e-mail us!

(images: Eclipsemovie.org)

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Let’s get this Saturday started with a few more Eclipse stills

Here come the rest of the Eclipse stills. Plus random notes from me. You know, the usual…

Yep, another one for my homegirl Zelda! And again I cannot get over the Jasper hair. It’s not really the hair itself, more the fact that it looks remarkably different in every single movie. When even some not-inot-Twi-at-all real life friend of mine says after having watched the trailer “Is there a reason why he changed his hair?” and all you can reply is “No, they keep messing it all up with awful wigs” then it’s a sad day in the Twidom. But remember how we used to give Nikki a hard time around here and snark about Rosalie being the ultimate bitch? Well, I gotta admit the Rosalie hair here is THE BEST IT’S EVER BEEN! Hands down. I LOVE IT!

Aw, Bella and her mum enjoying the sun. How sweet. Plus there’s a huge present. Win! Only there was that second where I realized Renee looks kinda pregnant here. She is not though, right? RIGHT? Or did Melissa Rosenberg write a pregnancy in there to justify Renee’s absence through the part in Breaking Dawn where her daughter Bella is deathly ill and she doesn’t come over to look after even once? Oh well, that awholenother post I guess…

After posting the worst wig pic yesterday, I felt like today is the day for posting a better one. Because yes, that is probably the best Bella’s wig ever looked in Eclipse. (Thanks to Dot for sending me the link to that one!)

Is this the sex-talk or what? No idea, but I just HAD to post another Charlie pic. You know, for Mama Soul cause I think she might have a little crush on him. Sorry to say, Papa Soul… Plus how awesome is it that we got the exact same little bottle of tabasco at home than the Swan’s? True story!

I love me some Daddy Carlisle! Plus that whole Cullen family ready to fight portrait pretty much rules. In other news: Please notice how Edward looks the buffest here he ever has in Twimovie history! WIN!

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Off to put my Cullen crest sweatpants on to get ready to fight

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Any other Eclipse outtakes that would have been worth posting? Is that Bella Charlie still really from the sex-talk? How sexy does Edward look with his fight-outfit? And is Renee really pregnant or was that just the wind blowing up her top? Leave a comment or e-mail us!

(images: Eclipsemovie.org)

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What if Eclipse does NOT dazzle me?

Nope, I still haven’t seen Eclipse yet. But HTD dudette Kiyokamori did. Then she live text messaged me while watching it informing me about stuff like “Leg hitch, be jealous” or “tent scene on NOW”. I was pretty busy being all jealous and excited and stuff. That was before I got her full review though. She rated it four out of ten. FOUR OUT OF TEN? That’s not even 50%! She said the feeling just wasn’t right. I thought about it and I gotta say I kinda agree. If she’s right that is. What if Eclipse is super exciting and well-done and all but I just don’t get the Eclipse feeling that the book gives me? Would I be disappointed? Hell yes! That doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t like the movie. It can still be entertaining, funny, exciting or whatever. But it won’t really be Eclipse.

Screw Skinsuits! Give me my Eclipse feeling!

Let’s face it: I didn’t count it but I guess 80% of our posts refer to the movies only and have nothing whatsoever to do with the books at all. I talked so much about Taylor Lautner’s abs, Kellan’s Calvins and Ashley’s Skinsuits that sometimes I got the feeling I forget why I started it all. When I first read Eclipse it wasn’t really about the fight. Or the Newborns. No! It was kinda retro and romantic and hilarious. My favorite book in the series. We had Edward’s oldfashioned proposal, the leg hitch, the moment when Bella realizes Edward bought a bed just for her, one of my favy parts ever where Alice kidnaps Bella because Edward bribed her with the yellow Porsche… There were TONS of highlights! At least twice as many as in New Moon or Twilight. I don’t want to be prejudiced, but I don’t think they will be able to give me my Eclipse feeling. And it kinda makes me sad. Remember I still haven’t seen the movie, so this is only judging by the clips and trailers and first reviews from Kiyokamori, F_Muse and cdubs. It seems though they made it all about the Newborns, fighting, about Bella being caught between her love for Jacob as well as Edward. Which is WRONG! That is NOT what Eclipse is about! At all! Plus from the moment you read the meadow scene for the very first time EVERYONE KNOWS Bella and Edward will end up together. THERE IS NO CHOICE! Alright alright, maybe I should try to manage my expectations a bit before I completely lose my shit in the cinema. Maybe I should just take the Eclipse movie as what it is (a probably pretty enjoyable movie in a huge franchise) and then go back home to read Eclipse the book to get the RIGHT feeling back again. With all my favorite scenes. Cause I SWEAR, if I could marry the moment where Alice says Edward got her the Porsche, I would! (Name where I got that slightly altered quote from and you win a fake prize!)

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Off to STILL not watch Eclipse

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What about you? What were your Eclipse expectations? What were the highs and lows? Were any of your favorite scenes missing? Give us your review via comment or e-mail!

(images: Google)

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