The dirt on Eclipse

The WSJ said ticket sales for yesterday's opening of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were $68.5 million.  Adam was there at midnight where he said there was a huge crowd and 4 sold out screens, but there wasn't much of a crowd at the 5pm show that he (yes, for the second time) and I (first time) attended.  So my overall conclusion for Eclipse is, in one word, anticlimactic.  There did not seem to be any main conflict in Eclipse, but then I thought the third book of the Twilight series was also the least interesting. Our favorites are true to character - Bella is torn, puzzled, and despairing, Jacob is ripped, sans shirt in many scenes, and the eternally tortured Edward is protective…. For those who may have read the novella The short second life of Bree Tanner which was released just prior to Eclipse, it definitely provided more background on the lives of the newborns ( I was sorry we did not get a glimpse of the repellent Fred!) which is a point the movie really did not expound upon. The newborns played only a small part and Bree made a very short appearance; I don’t even think hers was a speaking part. I enjoyed the flashbacks of the previous lives of Rosalie and Jasper and the sarcasm and quick retorts were a spicy touch. For those fans who have read the books and seen the previous films, Breaking Dawn (in two parts; the first to be released November 2011) will be much anticipated, and Eclipse just a bridge between the second and fourth films.