Okay. While I know I should be realistic and not expect "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" to be the badass action movie that it looks like from its new trailer, it's a little hard for me not to. How can I not be when the entire focus of the preview is on an evil army of vampires?
The new ad hit the internet Friday after debuting on Oprah, and has already generated over a million hits on YouTube. Running at less than two minutes, it's a lot more satisfying than last month's teaser, which didn't really show much of anything beyond Edward and Jacob hating each other.
This new trailer doesn't even show any shots of Edward and Bella cuddling with each other. Instead, it begins with Jacob telling Edward that he "must tell Bella" something. It turns out that, for reasons that the ad doesn't explain, an army of vampires has been building, leading a series of killings across the land. And they're heading, apparently, straight for Bella. Figures.
The rest of the trailer is almost nothing but action: We see Jacob and his shirtless werewolf buddies teaming up with the Cullens and doing all kinds of crazy shit to the bad vamps. There's also some footage of Victoria, looking...well, different, since she's now being played by Bryce Dallas Howard for some reason. On a plus side, though, it doesn't look like it'll be quite as noticable as Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes in "The Dark Knight."
Of course, the actual movie will probably be filled with scenes of Edward worrying about Bella, Jacob being grouchy, Bella trying to decide what it is she wants, etc. The "bad vamp" stuff probably won't come into play until the third act. And that's perfectly fine, and really what I expect from this franchise by now. Still, as much as I enjoyed "New Moon," it did suffer from being kinda slow. Perhaps "Eclipse" will be better in that regard? Perhaps not, but it doesn't hurt to hope, now, does it? ;)
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