Twilight: Eclipse

The first twilight movie, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, was a moody atmospheric piece that was really rather good. The second one was directed by the man who murdered the Northern Lights/Golden Compass adapatation and was flat and dull. The third installment comes from the hands of the David Slade, who did Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night, maybe not an obvious choice, but he's done solid job that's a definite improvement on part 2.

The three main leads, Kirsten Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are all definitely growing into their roles, but the problem is there's really not that much more interesting to do with the whole love triangle thing, apart from the odd-good one-liner - what could have sustained one movie is being dragged out over 4 or 5. Similarly, Dakota Fanning is again underused in a very slow set-up for a later film. The scenery is still stunning though, and we get some more back-stories for the other Cullens, which is diverting, but makes it feel more like a TV series than a movie. But fear not, there is a good final act battle with invading new-born vampires to liven things up.

Overall - 6/10 - It is an improvement, but you still feel that there isn't enough actual story here to sustain the number of films.