Monday, July 19, 2010

Vampires Are Damn Cool

When the Twilight Saga started with Twilight, it was just the vampires. Then came the second installment, New Moon and people started choosing between team Edward or team Jacob i.e. vampire vs wolf. If you had asked me a year ago, I would definitely have answered team Jacob. But after catching the third installment with the pack last night, I wouldn't be able to give you the same answer.

The love triangle - Edward, Bella and Jacob.

Even though I think Jacob Black has a body to drool for, but this time around, team vampire wins. Please note, not team Edward. Team vampire. Why? Because the vampire characters in Eclipse are damn, damn cool. David Slade, the producer, and Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter made the existing vampire characters more cool and they added even more cooler vampires into the third movie.

First and foremost, the Cullens are a really happening family. Not only are they all good-looking, they have awesome powers and skills as well.

And after watching the movie last night, I've gotta admit, my favourite Cullen as of now is Emmett.

Not only is he good-looking, he's bloody strong and super swift and to top it all, his body is absolutely delicious. And to make it better, he actually looks even better as his off-screen persona, Kellan Lutz. Emmet is dark-haired but Kellan is actually a blond.

Yes, that is Kellan Lutz a.k.a. Emmet Cullen. Check out the abs. Absolutely delicious concave right there. This is when he was younger.

For Eclipse, he buffed himself even more as you can see in this picture.

Check out the delts and biceps. Saya sangat suka, hokey. Adehhh..

And it's a plus point that he's a blue-eyed babe too.

Then there's this new vampire character they introduced, Riley.

Riley is portrayed by Aussie actor, Xavier Samuel. I find him quite delicious. But of course, not in the same class as Kellan Lutz. One is a big-muscled jock while the other is the leaner, wiry type. Some slight world of difference, but each yummy in their own way.

All right, all right, I'll try to talk a bit on the movie and not on just the men in the movies. (Itu baru dua jer, belom lagik cakap pasal Edward, Jacob, Jasper, Dr Carlisle, Embry, Alec, etc.)

*The following may contain spoilers for those who have yet to watch the movie.*

In Eclipse, Bella has stoically made up her mind to become a vampire so that she can be with Edward forever. Edward tries to talk her out of it and explains the complications of becoming an immortal vampire. Despite Bella's aversion to the idea of marrying so young, Edward refuses to turn her until they're married and she's had various human experiences she would otherwise miss. Later as the movie progresses, Bella realises that spending eternity with Edward is more important to her than anything else and agrees to marry him. 

Meanwhile, Alice sees a vision of a newborn army attacking Forks led by Riley Biers. Riley is a young chap who is attacked and bitten by Victoria to help her create an army of newborns set on destroying Bella. Victoria is set on avenging James' death, whom the Cullens killed to protect Bella in the first movie, Twilight. Jacob overhears this and this leads to an alliance between the Cullens and Quileute wolves. 

While the Cullens and the wolf pack plan and strategise for the incoming attack, Edward and Bella camp up in the mountains to hide Bella from the bloodthirsty newborns. However, Victoria eventually finds Bella's hiding spot. Edward is able to kill her while Seth (the youngest Quilete wolf assigned to help Edward protect Bella) kills her partner, Riley. Meanwhile, the Cullens and the Quileute wolves destroy Victoria's army.

Several members of the Volturi arrive (though a tad late, and on purpose) to deal with the newborn army.  They are surprised that the Cullens are able to dispose of the army on their own. They are unaware of the wolves' existence as the Cullens had told them to leave for their own safety.

When Jane notes that Caius will find it interesting that Bella is still human, Bella informs her that the date for her transformation has been set. With that piece of news, the Volturi leave peacefully.

The movie ends with a scene of Edward and Bella in the same meadow that the movie opened with.

*Some snippets taken and edited from Wikipedia.*

I enjoyed all the action scenes and all the good-looking vampires and wolves. And that's about all I can say about the movie.

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