The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Single-Disc Edition)

I bought this to have another cd for the collection and it was in great quality. The CD’s themselves look brand new. Everything was wrapped like it was brand new. It was all great quality and it works well.

An all time binge watching movie

My teenage granddaughter rented the series

Liked the extended version with bonus scenes. Didn't think the version with just the extended version didn't tell enough of the story

Wanted

Bella... girl... We don't kiss the guy that 1. we aren't engaged to. 2. your fiance hates. and 3. has been borderline stalking you (though Edward is no better in the stalking aspect). Victoria, though justifiably upset, is psycho.

I would just like to say that my daughter and I stood in line for 5 hours prior to this movie coming out into the theater. Personally as a 35 old mother I didn't think that this whole "Twilight" vampire/werewolf phenomenon would last very long. When I first heard of the Twilight movie I told my daughter I was not going to take her to the movies to see something about vampires. So, when the DVD came out she begged me to buy it for her so I broke down and did I have to say to my surprise I really truly enjoyed the movie I had an instant romance with Jacob Black although they didn't show him as often as they did in New Moon I still officially became a part of Team Jacob. Of course that is my sons name but still have you seen his abs wow LOL anyway I have become a really great fan of the Twilight Saga and I if you think that is great check out Vampire Diaries you want to see some hot vampires they put Edward to shame seriously it come on the CW Thursday nights @ 8pm. I am so addicted to that show, But, back to the topic of Eclipse this movie was amazing from beginning to end personally I think Bella Swan is a tease and that is how they portray her character I feel that she changes her mind too much one minute in the Twilight she is absolutely obsessed with Edward then he bails on her and she turns to Jacob of course at first it is nothing other then a friendship but then Jacob has to go and confess his feelings to her and that is where the story gets complicated first Jacob makes a promise to Bella that he would never leave her then he turns around and does exactly that. I didn't understand that part or why Stephanie Myers chose to have Jacob leave Bella after he promised her he wouldn't because that is what Edward did to her after endangering her life. So, for me New Moon was a little more confusing and the story kind of went in circles for me until the end but of course leaving the world hanging with a proposal I mean come on you know how long we had to wait. Then as I am watching Eclipse I mean come on why make Bella want to initiate the sex it is bad enough personally she is coming off as a tease as it is she is leading two arch enemies along. She is constantly telling Jacob that she loves him but then she tells Edward the same thing it really doesn't make sense then she clobbers Jacob right in the face when he kisses her and then she begs him to kiss her I mean that to me spells TEASE. I enjoyed the movie I just wasn't sure why Stephanie Myers portrays Bella Swan as a tease. I feel that she is torn between two people but they both abandoned her when she needed them the most. Overall I would say I am excited about the release of the third installment of the Twilight saga. God bless and I hope everyone has a safe and pleasant holiday season.

Eclipse answered a ton of questions and just as the previous two movies gave more incite into the less savage account of Vampirism while at the same time showing that not all vampires were loveable, cuddly beautiful darlings - this movie seemed to go well indepth at showing a kinder and better werewolf - and why they were not so much a creature to be dreaded as all previous movies had portrayed them but actually a protector of sorts. And in it's zeal to be the protectors of humans, would even work with "good" vampires (their actual sworn enemy) in order to protect the humans if they had too. Never mind the fact that Jacob Black had grown from a cute young boy to a very beautiful and very loving young man who co-incidently also loved Bella Swan as fiercely as his rival Edward.I loved the fact I wanted Edward and Bella together, but at the same time I wanted that same perfect joy and love for Jacob. I believe I was feeling as conflicted as Bella was obvious feeling - even though there was no doubt from the very beginning it was as Bella said - she loved them both, but she loved Edward more.I loved all the action of Eclipse, I think the best of all the movies - the protections they provided Bella - the big battle and exposing the fact the Voltori were not quite the good Vampire Law makers they pretended to be - but were selfish and self righteous pigs. I have to say I learned to purely detest Jane from the prior movie and again saw my detesting of her grow when she could have prevented any battle with the Cullins, and chose not to - so it did my heart good to see her again miffed by the Cullins coming through what she wanted to happen to them and what actually did happen. It further confirmed my detest of Jane and the Voltari, when they handled the situation of the remaining "newborn" in the manner they did - as if she was not satisfied unless she always had the final word and showed her "power". (Kudos goes to the adorable Dakota Fanning - who I actually love to pieces - and her very right on performance of the ruthless Jane. She allowed me to hate Jane, while still truly adoring her real sweet self. Now that was acting perfection).Needless to say the end of this movie left me compelled to see the next movie even though I knew in my heart it would be the "forever after" fairytale ending it deserved - I truly wanted to see that big wedding and enjoyed the fact knowing Bella had left all details in very capable hands. I was also curious how this would all be handled by Jacob who had left no doubt at all in the fact he truly and completely loved Bella.

Believe it or not, I actually quite enjoyed the original 'Twilight' - not enough to ever really want to watch it again, but it passed a couple of hours. I always think it was a bit of a victim of its own success. It was so popular the people who made it realised they had to drag out of the story no matter what.In the original, a young teenage girl, Bella Swann, moves to a small American town where she falls in love with a local vampire, Edward Cullen. Yeah, it's a bit cheesy and mainly aimed at 'young adults', but, like I say, it killed a couple of hours. The trouble was that the film has to end when the protagonists get together. Therefore, with a romance film, if you're going to make a sequel you then have to come up with new ways of keeping them apart.'Eclipse' is now the third entry in the series and even the second one was a bit of a stretch as to why these people who were so 'completely in love' should be apart. It plays heavily on a - supposed - 'love triangle' with a werewolf character, Jacob, and, at the time time release, there was plenty of hype in the media about whether you were on 'Team Edward' or 'Team Jacob.' Again, the whole point of the trilogy (to date of release of this film) was for Edward and Bella to get together, therefore it's hard to believe she'd suddenly ditch the vamp for the wolf.Now, maybe all this wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that the characters themselves are just so one dimensional. Bella is played by Kristen Stewart and Edward by Robert Pattinson who, believe it or not, both can actually act. It took a while for these two young actors to shake off their typecasting and show they could do more than just stare at each other with mouths slightly open. Plus, for a film (mainly?) designed for young teenage girls, I do find a lot of Bella's decisions pretty, er, 'suspect' in her eternal quest for love - hardly a good role model in my opinion. In fact, she's a bit of a 'Mary Sue' where everyone loves her despite her complete lack of personality and even being pretty selfish.I know there are a lot of teens who love this franchise and every installment. I'm just not a teen any more and was never really that romantic to begin with, therefore this just seemed to be flogging an undead horse a little too far. My sixteen year old daughter would completely disagree. She's probably going to make me watch parts four and five soon.

What can I say about Twilight? I've never bothered much to read the books,or watch the movies for that matter, but I saw girls/women around me in awe about this. Edward this, Edward that, Robert Pattinson here and there. So after watching Vampire Diaries I got curious and started watching Twilight. Within 20 minutes I was hooked. Can't let go anymore, ordered the books, ordered all the movies there are and following everything now very closely.Feel a little embarrassed because I'm a 35 y/o woman that is totally hooked on the characters (book as wel as the people portraying them on screen) and keep rewatching over and over and over again. I actually feel a bit empty inside when I'm done watching, so I start from the beginning again haha!I love the story, the special effects in the movie, it's just such a great big love. You shouldn't overthink it all too much. I know people are saying well how stupid is that, she has to die in order to be with him, he is too protective and overbearing. But don't look at that. Look at why she wants to become a vampire and why he acts around her the way he does. It's their love. And that love is amazing and I would wish for everybody in the world.So read the books, watch the movies. You'll have a lovestory for life :)

I am quite firmly placed in the Team Edward category, but Eclipse the film nearly pushed me over to Team Jacob!Edward is portrayed as a sullen, possessive a-hole with passive-aggressive (and often just plain aggressive) tendencies toward everyone including Bella. For sure, Edward has his issues in the book as well, but it's like they handpicked the worst of him for the movie and left the rest. It doesn't help that there's little chemistry between Edward and Bella - most of the time they just seem to be irritated by each other's presence. The line about them circling each other like satellites seems almost sarcastic because there's no evidence of this in their actions. Based on this you'd expect them to be breaking up instead of getting married.Jacob doesn't get a fair treatment either. The acting performance is fine but the storyline involving him is severely handicapped. The kiss between him and Bella is nothing but awkward and doesn't begin to depict the supposed inner conflict that arises in Bella's mind. Also, when Bella leaves Jacob's bedside after telling him of her choice, the whole process of her having an emotional breakdown and purging her feelings for Jacob (which I thought was incredibly central to the story) is simply not there. Poof, gone. Why was this movie even made?After watching the deleted scenes I could not understand why they had been cut. Particularly the bit where Edward tells Bella he understands if she's mad that he tooled with her car and that she should keep the window shut if she doesn't want him there. This is exactly the stuff that would've made Edward-of-the-movie more likeable, showing his tender and considerate side. And they cut it!Others have commented on the excessive sunshine in the movie, I needn't repeat it here. Let's just say that I knew something was awry when even my husband (who dislikes the Twilight franchise) said "Aren't they supposed to sparkle?".The hair (both wigs and simply styling) is bad enough to attract attention to itself, which is the worst thing that could happen. Speaking of hair - whatever happened to Edward's "smooth, marble-like chest"? The actor's excessively hairy arms and tufts of chest hair pushing out of his neckline kind of shatter the illusion. Minor, but again something that stuck out that shouldn't have.Overall, I think the aesthetics of the film are not very successful. The morbidly fascinating hair aside, none of the characters actually look very nice at all. This is most startlingly obvious with Edward who is supposed to be dazzlingly gorgeous. Instead, he's sometimes just painful to look at, quite contrary to the first two movies. There are occasional moments, like the fight scene in the snow, that are beautiful. The rest just doesn't cut it.The ONLY thing that was better in the movie opposed to the book was Edward's proposal speech. We are shown glimpses of Jasper and Rosalie's pasts but Edward's has never been touched much. I thought it was a nice addition.This could have been a very good movie, but it's painfully obvious that both Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have lost interest by now and the director didn't seem to care much either. It doesn't bode well for the Breaking Dawn movies, but I hope I'm wrong.

I wasn't a particular Twilight fan before I finally succumbed and got sucked into the 'vampiric vortex'. To be honest, the first film disappointed me, the second was better, but "Eclipse" eclipses both  Twilight - 2 Disc Special Edition [DVD ] and  The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2009 ] (apologies for the pun). David Slade, the director, has done a fantastic job and the movie really involves you in terms of the action as well as the romantic scenes between Edward and Bella which diehard fans were anxious to see. The acting from the three main actors (Kristen Stewart - Bella. Robert Pattinson - Edward. Taylor Lautner - Jacob) also seems to have markedly improved and is less 'wooden' than in the previous two movies. It also helps that the plot is much more engaging, in my opinion, and there is a real sense of unfolding events whereas  Twilight - 2 Disc Special Edition [DVD ] and  The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2009 ] dragged a bit. So I would actually recommend it and I have given it five stars because it is sheer escapism, and enjoyable too. Bring on Breaking Dawn! Twilight - 2 Disc Special Edition [DVDThe Twilight Saga: New Moon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2009Twilight - 2 Disc Special Edition [DVDThe Twilight Saga: New Moon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2009

i pre-ordered this item mid november as a stocking filler for my ten year old. However, by december 20th it still hadnt arrived. aware of the snow having caused delays i emailed amazon and to my utter suprise they apologised that my parcel had clearly been lost and sent another, free of charge, which arrived with me xmas eve! WOW! ive had a few issues with slow delivary from amazon lately, but there customer service over this was excellent and has completely restored my faith, im even managing to wait patiently for the book i ordered two weeks ago to arrive (well..almost patiently lol)the film itself has proved a huge hit with my daughter and even ive sat through it. the ever popular twilight series delivars another installment of cute lads, poor acting, laughs, action and some decent cgi wolf scenes. were looking forward to breaking dawn, but i wont pre-order from amzon for that, a trip to the shops is probably a safer option during the run up to christmas!ps its now Jan 7th 2011 and the original dvd i ordered still hasnt arrived so thanks again amazon c,s depertment!