Directed by David Slade

Since we are in Canada, and we saw many posters and trailers on tv for the movie Eclipse, we found out that it came out a week earlier here in Canada than back in Ireland. So today we went to the closest cinema and went to see it.
Do I even have to bother telling a synopsis of the Twilight Saga? By now, it has become as encrusted in our history as the discovery of America. But still, I guess some people just don’t know that yet, and they have no idea what Team Edward and Team Jacob means, and have no idea who Bella, the Cullens, and Charlie are. Well, I’ll do a synopsis anyway, to promote this excellent movie.
Bella is reunited with her love and vampire Edward Cullen after the problems seen in New Moon. They resume their lives where they left off and live happily, even with the ridiculous curfews Charlie sets as punishment for Bella (and Edward). Problems soon arise though, and Bella is forced to try and calm with the rivalry between her vampire boyfriend and her werewolf best friend, Jacob. Another graver problem comes, forcing the vampires and the werewolves to work together. Someone is creating a vampire newborn army in Seattle, which later revealed is an army created to destroy Bella, and the Volturi take their time to sort the problem out, but once they do come, they will visit Bella, and if she is still a human, there may be some grave consequences. With dangers at all sides, Bella still has to cope with Jacob, who tries desperately to make Bella realise her feelings for him before her graduation, before she becomes a bloodsucker.
I enjoyed this movie, and although some people critiqued the fact that it was more action than romance, I believe it was a healthy balance of both. There was quite a lot of kissing, and a lot of scenes with just Bella and Edward, and just Bella and Jacob, but there was also a very active battle scene, and some great special effects werewolf wise. The humor was also very good, some jokes making you lol, while some making you rofl. *Spoiler Alert* My favorite joke was just before the battle scene, when Edward, Bella, and Jacob are in the mountains camping, and Bella is very cold. Edward at first objects to the idea of Jacob lying with her to warm her up, but Jacob of course then adds a remark: “You know, she may need her toes someday. And you have to admit, I am hotter than you are.” Everyone in the room rofl-ed. *Spoiler Alert Finished* Most of the funny bits were generated by either Jacob, Jacob – Edward rivalry, or Charlie.
Even if I think this movie is awesome and I want it on Blu-ray, there were a few things that I disliked. There was the scene in the book, when Edward proposes on one knee and Bella finds out he is trying to protect her virtue (when they have the Cullen house to themselves), that I found was not expanded and explained enough in the movie. To someone who has not read the book, I think the scene would have been a little bit confusing, or at least less important, when it is actually a very contributing piece of the story. This is just one example of some scenes and details I think were important enough to have been included in the movie.
Overall, it is a great movie, even if compared to the book, some bits are missing.

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This novella (a story too long to be a short story, but too short to be a novel) is a story about Bree Tanner. This book was written by Stephenie Meyer, the bestselling author of the Twilight Saga. This story acts as a complimentary story to the Eclipse novel. Bree Tanner is a newborn vampire who was created by Victoria to attack the Cullens. It tells us about what the newborns were doing, and how they were dealing with their new life. The novel is written from Bree’s point of view, and she takes us through the last couple of weeks of her life, right before the battle in the clearing.
We start during a hunt where Bree and other newborns are feeding. The other newborns act recklessly and Bree flees the scene behind another vampire, Diego, much older and wiser. They end up hunting together and they find that the sun is coming up, so they return home. They find their house to be destroyed again by the other vampires constantly fighting, and they quickly hide in a cave. They had been taught by Riley that the sun burns vampires, but while in the cave, some light comes in and they find that they just shine beautifully. They start to question everything they have been told, and start to wonder what their true purpose was. Then they find out everything too late, and they don’t know what to trust.
This book was released on the 5th of June 2010 worldwide. Stephenie had decided, as a gift to her fans and readers, that she would allow a free copy of the book available to be read on this website: www.breetanner.com
The online version is not for downloading or printing, only to read online, starting from the 7th of June. The offer lasts until the 5th of July. However, with only two days between the printed copies and the free online version, this book still became a bestseller in less than 24 hours, hitting number one in USA and UK sales charts, even if the buyers knew they could read it for free just two days later. Another interesting detail about this book is that whenever a copy is bought in the USA, one dollar goes to the American Red Cross for funds towards Haiti and other countries in need. I say American Red Cross is getting lots of dollars with all those copies still being bought .

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