The Homicide Life On the Street-style shaky cam was distracting and did nothing to add to the tension. I thought I was watching some friggin’ prime time cops television show. Where’s Richard Belzer?

Also, what was up with the Bella-bot? The character had little feeling, a total empty vessel, while the boys went at it throughout the film over this Bella-bot. Taylor Lautner? A clenched jaw doesn’t equate serious acting. Poor guy.

And the end, what a drag. So basically the girl chooses Edward just because she wants to live a life of vampire? Lucky guy, right? She comes off as a total bitch throughout the whole film, Taylor Lautner comes off as a brat, and Edward, a total whipped pussy who has to deal with the ‘bot’s torturous games. If you want to live an entire eternity with that, be my guest. The problem: You have to make us like the characters. And the director betrayed them all.

Everyone comes off as vapid. I think this thing needed a woman’s touch. Guy directors just don’t get what’s behind this. Summit’s so desperate to make this into an action film to draw dudes…it’s sick.

(At least the Chelsea boys enjoyed the scenes with Taylor and his shirt off.)

And David Slade: Hard Candy was retarded. Dealing with taboo material with a twist doesn’t make for a good movie. And 30 Days of Night… that’s for carrying the shaky cam grayness over. Ugh. Both films were soulless.

When is Summit going to get this?

People have to understand that they have to change things and/or add things to make the viewer understand certain charactor’s feelings or flaws. Take for instance when Edward got all pissy at Jacob for kissing Bella. We understand that Edward was furious in the book because he told Jacob that he won’t kill him now, so they had to protray Edward with anger to help the viewer to understand.
Also with the scene with Bella and her mom. They had to write it different to show how close Bella is to her and how much Bella loves her mom. For us fans of the book, we already know that.

As for the film being rushed, it was. They had to fit 700 pages in two hours, so there you go. I, personally believe that Kristen, Rob, Taylor, and everyone else stepped up in their acting. It was so nice to see Bella actually show some emotion this time. Edward really seemed like Edward (finally).

The only negative thing I have to say is that I wished that they would have put in the part where Bella cried her eyes out for Jacob as she did in the book Eclipse. Also the part in Wurthering Heights about the universe (you get the idea. I’m on three hours of sleep). In that speach we understand how much Bella loves Edward and how much she needs him.

Good Job David Slade and Melissa Rosenberg.

I didn’t care for Bryce as Victoria in this. She wasn’t menacing enough, I thought. Well, at least she won’t be around anymore anyways. I too thought the film felt rushed. Maybe it was the editing, and I know there was a lot of story to fit into two hours, but it still felt a bit hurried. I know people who weren’t familiar with the story (and at the showing I went to, there were a few) were completely lost. Not good, since they won’t be coming back for the last film now either.

I felt that both Kristen and Rob were very one dimensional in this one; I liked their performances better in New Moon. At least I never noticed this before this film. I particularly liked the little scene between Bella and her mom, and the chase by both the vamps and the wolves when Victoria was roaming the woods. Nicely done, that. The Newborn fight scene at the end as good! All in all, good job, David Slade! Thanks!