Forever Dawn

When it comes to rating the first three movies in the Twilight saga, we all have our personal favorite. The box office is partial to New Moon, with Eclipse following closely behind. And depending on whether you consider yourself part of Team Edward or Team Jacob may determine which movie you pick as your favorite. We’ve attempted to come up with our analysis of the films up to this point and have ranked them accordingly.Though it was a tough call since we love every one, bringing home the gold is…Eclipse. The scale and quality of production seems to have improved with each new film, with the most recent being leaps and bounds beyond what appeared to be a low-budget independent work in the first movie. Eclipse also had the best balance of the two leading men. While Twilight was dominated by Edward and New Moon focused on Jacob, Eclipse kept them both in the lime light and we even enjoyed some competitive banter between the two. Though New Moon had the best box office performance, Eclipse wasn’t far behind.In our humble opinion, second place belongs to Twilight. For many, this is a surprising rank considering box office numbers and production figures. However, though it was lower quality than we would have liked, the first movie exposes the heart of the story and has one of the most gripping scenes of the series so far, as Edward rescues Bella from the horrific death James attempts to bestow upon her. Perhaps it’s a special connection we Twilight fans feel with this original book that first captured our hearts.And finally, though it seems sacrilegious to give any Twilight movie last place, New Moon comes in at a close third. Though it’s no fault of the directors that this was one of the less eventful books of the series, there is a long span in the middle of the plot where very little happens. This is definitely a transitional book and the movie reflects just that. While many of us enjoyed seeing the grown up, buffed up Jacob, having Edward so far removed from much of the movie lost it major points in our book.It should go without saying, but we have yet to find a Twilight movie that we don’t absolutely love, but if we have to pick our favorites, there you have it.