Eclipse

I'll admit it, I'm a big fan of Twilight. For a couple of months, I had several friends and other acquaintances start talking about a "vampire romance" book. They assured me that, while it sounded rather dumb, it was really captivating. I disregarded it and dubbed it as not worth my time without much thought. However, one day during my senior year (or maybe my junior? I have no idea), I was sitting in the library with nothing to do during my off hour, and I saw the first book in the then trilogy sitting there. I decided to pick it up, and proceeded to read the first chapter. I was hooked. Over the next week or so, I read through the first three books and couldn't put them done. I was definitely drawn in by the oddly romantic, maybe better put sadistic, romance between Bella and Edward. I hated on Jacob. While the writing wasn't particularly good, Stephanie Meyer's definitely had a way of writing a captivating book.

Well, as with most books with a huge fan base, a movie was released. It was bad quality, the acting was terrible (I will never forget how Edward looked when Bella walked into the room on the first day of Biology. I died laughing in the theater), but I still enjoyed it. New Moon came out, and I was unsure about how this one would be. I didn't particularly like the book, mainly because Jacob was in it more than Edward, but I obviously went and saw it. I actually really enjoyed the movie and felt like it was better than the first. I even liked Jacob slightly more than I had.

Obviously, unless you've been living under a rock, Eclipse came out a few weeks ago. I was waiting to see it until it came to the dollar theater, because, I'm cheap, and I felt I could wait. (Just a side note--the dollar theater in Provo is pretty sweet. Forrest and I frequent it.) However, last night Forrest texted me and asked if I wanted to go see Eclipse. We had been to the mountains over the weekend, and I'm pretty sure he mentioned that all the trees made him want to see the movie. Isn't he the best boyfriend? I sure do think so.

So we went. And I loved it. It was obviously way better quality than the first two films, and the acting was a lot better. It also helped that Edward kept his shirt on the whole time (Sorry Robert Pattinson. You look sickly at times). I'm not entirerly sure if it was necessary for Jacob to have his shirt off for pretty much the whole movie, but you know, I won't complain too much (even though I really don't find his face or voice to be very attractive. I told Forrest I thought Taylor Lautner's nose was really weird...He just shushed me). I thought the whole killing of vampires was a little bit weird...how they just shattered like glass. I particularly found Bella's dad, Charlie, to be particularly endearing. I can't remember who plays him, but I've always thought he was one of the strongest characters in the movie. Overall, I really enjoyed it, and will definitely be seeing it again. I couldn't help but make remarks throughout the whole movie to Forrest, but luckily, there was only about 10 people in the theater. Everyone else was seeing Inception (which I've already seen...but need to see again when I'm not tired. I hate to admit it, but I wasn't entirely sure what was going on). Forrest said he thought the movie was "ok" but I think he secretly loved it.

I think the best part of the movie was afterwards on the car ride home. Forrest and I had quite the conversation about who was better...Edward or Jacob. Obviously, I think Edward is, but Forrest felt differently. I'm not the best at coming up with constructive arguments, so listening to the conversation, Forrest gave some good points on why he was better for Bella...but I still disagree (And if you're reading this Forrest...hopefully you don't hate me for writing about how you participated in this conversation..hehe)