Twilight Eclipse

They say truth is stranger than fiction.

I am in the car contemplating the rain that seems to instantaneously clog the road with traffic on my way to Carib Theatre, when on the radio from BBC I hear Parasailing Donkey. Huh? It seems some idiot(s) strapped a donkey into a parasail as an advertising stunt, suffice it to say the authorities are looking for them.

I apologise to all the Twi-hards before I write this.

Now for the bombshell, I have never read a Twilight book nor seen a Twilight movie. There I said it, well actually typed it.

A friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go see Eclipse. Now I am not a vampire fan, love fantasy, but just not vampires. I figured with all the hype that I should see what all the fuss is about. So I was going to read the books, because they are usually far superior with a few exceptions to the movies, but I was surprised when she said the movies are better.

Now unto watching a movie with Jamaicans, it is a truly interesting experience.

One thing you learn quickly is, whether they like the movie or not, they are loud! The audience was mostly female, so you know they went wild when the scene cut to Jacob leaning against the car shirtless, you couldn't hear yourself think, and then when all the vampires were walking together in black etc.

The second thing you learn is Jamaicans love their food and bring whatever they feel like into the theatre. I mean, what are suitcase handbags for anyway! During intermission we smelled patties. As far as I remember patties are not sold in the lobby. What is even worse I once saw a woman take out rice and peas and chicken out of her "suitcase" at a movie.

The third thing is that Jamaicans let their feelings be known by making comments, sometimes shouting them at the screen, like when Edward and Bella are on the bed kissing. Unfortunately I can't repeat the comments that were made around me.

Well I must agree Jacob is hotter and Edward is cooler. Hmmm... Jacob is a real *******, my ideal man is Jacob's body with Edwards personality. The movie was a light romp. A chick flick with not much substance, the intensity and depth I expected were not there. However, I liked it, it was a good popcorn movie. I will see the others, maybe even borrow the books because I was instructed not to buy them, especially at those exorbitant prices.

One note I must make is that the casting was excellent for the movie and, after the previous movies together, everyone appears comfortable with each other and their characters. Good acting.