scarlett210
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Post by scarlett210 on Jul 5, 2010 18:02:48 GMT -4
That's not actually true. Transformers opened July 4th weekend and made $200 million. The Dark Knight also cleared $200 million over 5 days. The problem with Eclipse (and all the Twilight movies) is that the movie has no legs. It opens big and then plummets because it's fan base all see it opening weekend. I'm sure it will clear $200 million domestically, and Summit keeps the production costs solow, it clears a profit either way, but I think the first day totals and the total weekend being lower than NM show some kind of waning. Or that at least the fan base is certainly not growing, but remains stagnant. It seems if you are a fan you will see it, but it's certainly not attracting new people at this point.
And it seems like BD is going to cost a shit load more, since Summit is going to have to pay out just to keep the lead actors, and half the fans don't even like that book, so it should be interesting if they can keep the hype up for over a year and a half until the next movie.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Jul 5, 2010 21:59:58 GMT -4
I haven't seen the film, but in the book, he stays in the house to work on homework. Of course, this doesn't explain how he made it to and from the airport, or even walked around the house, but I think we've all established logic isn't strong with S. Meyer.
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Post by MrsCatHead on Jul 5, 2010 23:06:37 GMT -4
Just saw this with my 11yr old daughter. She said Bella is an idiot and the only cool part of the film was seeing the werewolves. I totally agree with her!
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huntergrayson
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Post by huntergrayson on Jul 5, 2010 23:45:43 GMT -4
Eclipse's badness has apparently killed.
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HotLips
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Post by HotLips on Jul 6, 2010 1:10:21 GMT -4
I haven't seen the film, but in the book, he stays in the house to work on homework. Of course, this doesn't explain how he made it to and from the airport, or even walked around the house, but I think we've all established logic isn't strong with S. Meyer. Wait a sec - Whaaat? He's been alive for how long and he's doing homework? Why? He doesn't actually attend high school, does he? That makes no sense.
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Smee
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Nov 27, 2005 22:57:38 GMT -4
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Post by Smee on Jul 6, 2010 16:49:39 GMT -4
I saw New Moon on Sunday, and Eclipse yesterday. I liked Eclipse better, but why they change Victorias? They looked almost exactly alike, and it's not like Victoria had to give a soliloquy or anything - she just had to run and snarl a lot. The chase scenes were pretty cool.
Yes, the ring was hiddy. I couldn't quite picture it from the description in the book, but whatever I was picturing, that wasn't it.
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Post by incognito on Jul 6, 2010 16:57:33 GMT -4
The original Victoria was fired because she accepted a role in another movie whose shooting schedule conflicted for a few days with Eclipse's shooting schedule.
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Post by bklynred on Jul 8, 2010 22:47:19 GMT -4
I saw this, and I'll admit it was definitely more entertaining than the others. And I think Taylor Lautner (sp?) is coming into his own. Pattinson was just wooden, but I don't know if that's him or the character. I thought Kristen Stewart was lifeless but pretty, and her character's as sullen & humorless as ever. The dialogue was still kinda cruddy, and I still am stumped as to why not one but two guys would be fawning over Bella...? But I do see improvement in the series. I only read the first book, but I'm curious to see the whole imprinting/birth stuff I keep reading about.
About the Vultori: do they have more weight in the books? Because on screen they just seem snotty and preoccupied with their hoods.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Jul 11, 2010 0:16:37 GMT -4
Wait a sec - Whaaat? He's been alive for how long and he's doing homework? Why? He doesn't actually attend high school, does he? That makes no sense. Yup, he's in high school. That's how he initially meets Bella. Due to his relatively youthful appearance, he just keeps attending high school and college over and over and over... They're made to seem like an impending threat in book two - four, but they pretty much are just obsessed with their hoods. As far as I can tell, the only reason they have so much power is because of their age + their sparkly, magic powers. Otherwise, they're just crazy. ETA: I just watched an acquired version of the film. Some thoughts: - Good Lord, that was a disturbing fight/death scene. I didn't need to see disemboweled parts! - What is it about these films that drain everyone's acting ability? Even the normally talented Dakota Fanning sounded like she had taken some classes at the Natalie Portman school of acting. - The wigs and makeup were ;D . It was so bad, I thought they had replaced Nikki Reed. Did like the Jasper kid and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Jasper did pull off the southern gentleman vibe fairly well, given the few lines that he had. Catalina was stunning.
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Post by bklynred on Jul 11, 2010 12:28:15 GMT -4
Thanks, regency. I thought Jasper's hair would've improved by now...It hasn't, and it's so distracting.
It was good to have some backstory filled in for the vamps, esp for those who don't really know the books. Nikki Reed's story was creepy.
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