The first “Eclipse” trailer offers an interesting look at the direction the film is going to take. Sure, we’ve hypothesized a bit about what we thought could and should make its way into the first teaser, and we’ve got to admit that we’re a little bit let down.

Maybe it’s because we already know the story of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen inside and out that it seems a little “uh-duh” when the trailer goes into an in depth explanation of how, still, Bella needs to make a decision whether to become a vampire or not. Less emphasis is placed on the love triangle between Edward, Bella and Jacob and more on the fact that each represents a different choice.

For starters, Bella wants to turn into a vampire so she can live the rest of her eternal days with Edward. But Edward doesn’t want Bella to become a vampire because he knows the repercussions of that decision and he loves her too much to let that happen. This idea is emphasized by shots of Bella with her dad and mom and the narration over the scene saying, “After a few decades, everyone you know will be dead.”

And then there’s Jacob to the rescue, saying, “You wouldn’t have to change for me, Bella.” He even challenges Edward with, “You have to consider the idea that I might be better for her than you are.” And it’s the truth: Jacob is the smarter choice for Bella, but he’s not the one she wants.

Then toss in some shots of the Volturi commenting that Bella was supposed to be a vampire by now, and our first shot of Bryce Dallas Howard in a horrendously curly red wig — almost bad at the one used on Kristen Stewart to cover up her Joan Jett ‘do. You’d think after the mishap that was Taylor Lautner’s wig in “New Moon” that Summit would have hired someone a bit better at wig-making this time around, but I guess not.

But the main problem with this trailer — the first trailer — is that it’s for the fans, not the general public. And yes while the “Twilight” fan base is enough to break records in the opening weekend of its release, it’s not enough to sustain the films to more than double that box office draw in the weeks after (yes, I am referencing “New Moon” here).

And “Eclipse” really does have the possibility of drawing in a wider audience. I have a feeling Summit is going to miss out on an opportunity to convince the rest of the film community that “The Twilight Saga” is more than just homage to the fans of the series, but they have already started out on a bad foot. Plus, even for the fans, there wasn’t enough to really go nuts over. A kiss maybe? Please? Pretty please?

Final Grade: C+

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WARNING: If you have a weakness for introverts or men with a mysterious personality, you will get weak in the knees for Robert Pattinson’s intellectual, nihilistic character, Tyler Hawkins, in Remember Me.

Robert Pattinson is beautiful in this film, but you didn’t really need me to tell you that. After all, you’ve seen this guy before. For all you Twi-hards out there, you should know that he doesn’t need to be Edward Cullen to have total sex appeal. Team Jacob will soon realize that R. Pattz proves his worth as an actor and a stud without having supernatural powers. I don’t want to give away too much of the plot, but this movie is really about love, the importance of family, and living a passionate life like each day is the last.

We can’t always relate to family tragedies like a suicide, or a parent figure passing away, but anyone with a heart can grasp the importance in a relationship between two people who have shared and suffered through similar fates. Sometimes we get too caught up in our own heads to remember the purpose of life and it takes having a special connection with one person to remember that our existence is not pointless- that who you are and what you do in life does actually matter.

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I’ve never been a fan of Robert Pattinson. That assessment is based on the actor’s most famous role to date, the vampire Edward in the “Twilight” films. I thought he delivered wooden performances in both movies.

But after watching him in the new film “Remember Me,” I’m intrigued. He carried the movie from its shaky start to its heart-wrenching conclusion.

Unlike his “Twilight” co-star, Taylor Lautner, Pattinson is making brave career choices. While Lautner will soon be busy working on standard thrillers like “Abduction” or sure-fire blockbusters like “Stretch Armstrong,” Pattinson will bury himself in art-house films like “Bel Ami” and “Water for Elephants.”

Taking a cue from Johnny Depp, Pattinson peppers his resumé with iconic roles such as Edward and memorable characters like the one he played in “Remember Me.” He stars as Tyler, a rebel with a cause who has serious daddy issues.

His father, Charles Hawkins (played perfectly by Pierce Brosnan), is a rich, powerful businessman who spends most of his time in the office and less with his family. After a tragedy separates the Hawkins, Tyler and his sister, Caroline (the amazing Ruby Jerins), divide their time between their dad and newly married mother (the underused Lena Olin).

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Robert Pattinson’s instantaneous and often overwhelming star power is fantastic for the moment. But what happens when “The Twilight Saga” comes to a close and his herds of adoring fans find another up and comer to fawn over? If Pattinson has anything to do with it, he’ll have moved on from simply being a Hollywood heartthrob and have established himself as a reputable actor. Not only does Remember Me provide him with the opportunity to be remembered long after his claim to fame has come and gone, but it allows him to deliver a similarly important concept to moviegoers: the value of moving on but never forgetting.

Pattinson stars as Tyler, an NYU student struggling with a vast amount of demons he’s not quite sure really exist. It’s fortunate that Pattinson can’t relate to his character in two respects: he didn’t have a troubled youth and that disconnect made the role much more intriguing to tackle. During a roundtable interview he explained, “All the people who I’ve met who are troubled teenagers, you meet their family and their family is like, ‘I don’t know what to do. He’s just – I have no idea what his problem is.’” Tyler definitely has problems to work out, but a recent family tragedy further exacerbates the situation causing him to get unnecessarily heated and even violent.

Tyler finds solace in Ally (Emilie de Ravin), a peer with her own troubled past. A habit of indulging in dessert before eating the main course reflects the importance Ally places on living in the moment. De Ravin said, “I think a lot of her personality traits stem from losing her mother at a young age. Even the little things like the whole dessert thing, it’s just basically saying that why wait for things in life? Take hold of the day and enjoy it and respect it and appreciate it and appreciate the people around you and don’t be fearful of living.” Using her passion for life, Ally eases Tyler’s troubles and nestles into his heart. It took much more than rehearsal time to be able to convey the zeal behind that relationship on screen. “We spent a lot of time together just getting to know each other as people.” De Ravin added, “That’s why when we were actually shooting, everything just sort of fell into place and felt very natural and not contrived in any way.”

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Robert Pattinson’s Remember Me is out tomorrow, and we’re gearing up with I’m A Huge Fan: Robert Pattinson! Yesterday we shared the first part of our winner’s journey and here’s part two. See Tracy prepare for her big Robert moment by visiting spots from filming and chatting with a PopSugar editor — of course, exclusive Pattinson footage included — watch it now!

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From NZHerald

Twilight star Robert Pattinson proves he’s more than just every teenage girl’s favourite vampire with an intense performance in this smart and engaging romantic drama.

It’s a touching love story full of sentiment, reminding us to make the most of every day and to treasure those we love – a theme hammered home by a startling, unexpected ending.

It’s this twist for which Remember Me will mostly be talked about, regardless of whether you think it’s a breathtaking addition or a cheap ploy. Before this blindside, however, there’s an angst-filled young love affair to enjoy, largely thanks to the strong on-screen chemistry between Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin (Claire from Lost).

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From Eye Weekly

For a film bent so surely on ascending its brooding star to the status of “actor,” Remember Me is surprisingly good. First-time screenwriter Will Fetters and TV director Allen Coulter have concocted a relatable family melodrama/teen-angst period piece (it’s set in New York City in 2001) that has a sense of humour about itself and packs a surprising twist.

Robert Pattinson demonstrates considerable depth as NYU student Tyler Hawkins, a nihilistic child of divorce trying to protect his younger sister from the terrors of her private school. After Tyler is hassled by a cop, his dweeby roommate encourages him to court the enforcer’s daughter, a classmate, as revenge. Star-crossed love ensues.

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From Slant Magazine

Fetters tiptoes on little cat feet up to this pivotal moment in an attempt to impress the viewer with the painful sincerity of bad boy Robert Pattinson’s volatile ex-NYU student-cum-bohemian and his equally free-spirited girlfriend (Emilie de Ravin). During the ending, Fetters slams on the brakes frantically and, for no defensible reason, tries to turn the story into an epic tragedy for a modern (i.e. tween) audience. Never mind that this ending is crass beyond belief. The film’s star couple can’t even convince us that they’re really in love so what does it matter that the ending completely and totally shits the bed? (Look at the way they splash each other with water in his shower and wind up necking after they realize that they’re both all wet—now that’s what I call l’amour fou!) The climax is a glorious train wreck of an ending for a film that’s as inauthentic as it is egregiously clichéd. R.Patz haters will get a big kick out of seeing the crestfallen faces of fangirls as they trudge out of the movie theater not knowing what hit them.

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From Twilight Lexicon

Overall if you are looking for a film that showcases Rob Pattinson as a knock-off version of Edward Cullen this is not it. The film is so much more than just a vehicle for Rob. The family dynamics and lack of direction that Tyler has are all things that average people can relate to. This is a story about survival, about being the one that was left behind and how you choose to live your life after being touched by tragedy. There is a heart and soul to this film that isn’t in your typical drama and it is absolutely worth the watch.
One last note bring tissues!!

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From At The Movies – Australia

In REMEMBER ME, ROBERT PATTINSON plays an angry young man, Tyler, who blames his very rich father Charles – PIERCE BROSNAN – for the suicide of his older brother. When he gets into a fight one night he’s roughed up quite severely by a policeman, Neil – CHRIS COOPER. As revenge, his friend Aiden – TATE ELLINGTON – suggests he seduce Neil’s daughter Ally – EMILIE DE RAVIN – who is in their World Politics class at college…


Tyler and Ally fall in love and something good seems to come out of the relationship for Tyler. Charles likes Ally, and so do the rest of his family, including his younger sister Caroline – RUBY JERINS.

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“Remember Me” tells a sweet enough love story, and tries to invest it with profound meaning by linking it to a coincidence. It doesn’t work that way. People meet, maybe they fall in love, maybe they don’t, maybe they’re happy, maybe they’re sad. That’s life. If, let us say, a refrigerator falls out of a window and squishes one of them, that’s life, too, but it’s not a story many people want to see. We stand there looking at the blood seeping out from under the Kelvinator and ask with Peggy Lee, is that all there is?

You can’t exactly say the movie cheats. It brings the refrigerator onscreen in the first scene. It ties the action to a key date in Kelvinator history, one everybody knows even if that’s all they know about refrigerators. But come on. This isn’t the plot for a love story, it’s the plot for a Greek tragedy. It may be true, as King Lear tells us, that as flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. But we don’t want to think ourselves as flies, or see fly love stories. Bring on the eagles.

The fact is, “Remember Me” is a well-made movie. I cared about the characters. I felt for them. Liberate them from the plot’s destiny, which is an anvil around their necks, and you might have something.

The film opens on a New York subway platform. A young girl witnesses the senseless murder of her mother. We meet her again as a young woman. She is Ally Craig (Emilie de Ravin, from “Lost”), the daughter of a police sergeant (Chris Cooper). She’s in college. Having lost his wife, he is intensely protective of her.

We meet a feckless young man named Tyler Hawkins (Robert Pattinson). He slouches about trying to look like a dissipated Robert Pattinson. Drinks too much, smokes too much, has the official four-day stubble on his face, hair carefully messed up, bad attitude. He lives in a pigpen of an apartment with a roommate named Aidan (Tate Ellington), who might have been played by Oscar Levant back in the days when such roommates were obnoxious, OK, but bearable.

Tyler gets drunk one night, is thrown out of a club, gets in a fight, the cops are called, and when it’s almost all over, he shoves one of the cops — Sgt. Craig, of course. Young drunks: It is extremely unwise to shove the cop who is about to let you off with a warning. Tyler is thrown in the slammer. Not long after in school, the snaky Aidan tells Tyler that their pretty classmate Ally is the daughter of that very cop. He dares Tyler to ask her out and then dump her in revenge.

Aidan is a jerk, but logically Tyler is, too, because this set-up is morally reprehensible. However, to the surprise of no one in the audience, Tyler falls for Amy and neglects to break up with her. Their courtship is a sensitive, well-acted progression through stages of mutual trust and Tyler’s gradual rediscovery of his own real feelings.

There’s an intriguing subplot. Tyler’s parents are divorced. His father is the immensely wealthy Charles Hawkins (Pierce Brosnan), whose office looks larger than small airplane terminals. Diane, his mother (Lena Olin), has remarried. Tyler’s beloved kid sister Caroline (Ruby Jerins) lives with her. Only with Caroline can Tyler relax and drop the sullen facade, showing warmth and love. Until he meets Ally — and then there are two safe harbors, and his rebirth begins.

Pierce Brosnan plays a key role in the process. He has only a few significant scenes in the movie, but plays them so well that he convincingly takes a three-step character development and makes it into an emotional evolution. Meanwhile, Ally and Tyler encounter fierce opposition to their relationship from her dad, who can’t be blamed because as a cop, he saw Tyler at his drunken worst.

These people and their situation grow more involving as the movie moves along. Then there’s a perfect storm of coincidences to supply the closing scenes. That’s what I object to.

If we invest in a film’s characters, what happens to them should be intrinsically important to us. We don’t require emotional reinforcement to be brought in from outside. The movie tries to borrow profound meaning, but succeeds only in upstaging itself so overwhelmingly that its characters become irrelevant. I’m guessing the message is: Parents, when you have a rebel child who hates you, someday you will learn what a good person that child really was. It’s the dream of every tormented adolescent. Many of them become parents themselves and get their turn at being resented. Such is life.

Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun-Times

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