I finally got around to watching Twilight: Eclipse, which I did because I have been following the entire stupid saga out of a morbid curiosity. Some observations:
1. It REALLY burns me up when people treat an unmarried woman's body as if it were her father's property. I am only marginally ok with men asking the father's permission to marry his daughter, and that more in a "may we have your blessing on our marriage" than a permission thing.
2. I am not sure everyone back in Edward's time were perfectly chaste virgins the way he makes it out to be. And the guy is like 100-something? Also, he says he's not concerned about his virtue, but about hers - he says it's because his is already gone due to being a soulless vampire - but it seems to imply that female virtue (and virtue=virginity) is more valuable.
3. I would be entirely team-Jacob if there weren't the whole imprinting thing. Why the heck would you get involved with someone who could suddenly imprint on someone else and become wildly obsessed with and devoted to her?
4. I am uncomfortable with the way both Edward and Jacob try to plot Bella's life for her - they say they're doing it for her protection, for her own good, etc, but they're really just making all her decisions for her. Big strong men protecting the little innocent woman.
5. Still, it is nice to see Bella occasionally exercise her right to do her own thing - insisting that she gets to talk to Jacob, etc.
6. Edward, tampering with your girlfriend's car so she can't go places you don't want her to go is NOT acceptable. It is also hard-core creepy.
7. I find Edward's obsession with marrying Bella also creepy, and did when I read the book. She is SO YOUNG. Also, her engagement ring is seriously ugly. I am also a little disturbed by Edward's insistence on marriage in face of how Bella doesn't really want it.
8. The scene where Bella tells her father she's a virgin is pretty amusing and showcases some good acting.
9. ENOUGH with the tortured vampire-angst already. Edward, having the ability to do bad things does not make you evil. Acting on the ability does. Rosalie, or whatever your name is, there is more to a woman's life than having babies.
10. I keep hearing that Kristen Stewart is a good actress. I'll believe the people who know what they're talking about, but that means she must be playing Bella as annoyingly sullen and sulky and awkward on purpose.
11. Then again, poor Bella got seriously shot down in the sex department. I'd be sullen and sulky too. I bet Jacob wouldn't make her get married to get it on.
12. How do vampires not hit trees while sprinting through the forest?
13. There are a lot of vampires losing limbs and heads but no blood. That looks weird. They look like broken mannequins.
14. Can vampires not gall in love again after their "mate" is killed? It seems if they live a really long time they could find another person/vampire to love.
15. OH. Also creepy and controlling: Jacob's insistence that he can "make" Bella admit her feelings for him. Because he "knows" she loves him. Ok, so it turns out she does, but...trying to make her feel something? Creepy.
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