The sparkling vampires return again to create more undue interest in a vampire version of “90210.” That’s right, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has come to theaters.

In this third installment, Bella, Edward and Jacob continue their love triangle on an even more epic scale as a clan of newbie vampires are eating their way toward Bella with the intent of killing her.

I swear, this Bella girl has to have some amazing pheromones to make all the humans, vampires and werewolves so willing to sacrifice their lives so she can live. She must be the reincarnation of Helen of Troy or something.

Now, with impending doom on the horizon, the Cullen clan and those wacky, shirtless werewolves must band together to keep a revenge-driven vamp from tearing out Bella’s throat to avenge her fallen mate.

On top of all this, lingering in all the character’s thoughts are the dark and mysterious Volturi clan of vamps, with their decree that Bella must be turned into a vampire.

With all of this mixed together, “Eclipse” should be a real roller coaster ride of intrigue, remorse and wicked battles.

But then, like a bad teenager that has been encouraged to write by their parents even though they don’t really have any talent, the plot of the movie has to spend time with Bella’s pending graduation and give brief flashes of her pseudo-friends that are basically just filler.

The directing and cinematography was a lot better than the previous movies though. I actually found myself enjoying more of the scenes than I had before. This still isn’t saying much, as the content in the scenes appeared rushed in many places.

The most annoying thing — I swear to god I feel ridiculous saying this — was the lack of sparkling. Yep, you heard me. The lack of sparkling. The vampires in this series are supposed to glimmer like diamonds in the light. There were many times in the movie that there was sunlight, and the vampires weren’t doing their whole reveal to the world that I’m not human because I look like a friggin’ prism.

But I can look past this and applaud the upping of sexual tension. The movies are following an actual level of maturity hormonally, and I’m betting that is one of the big draws for all of those fans out there.

Adding to this, the action is actually kind of cool. It’s no “Matrix,” but I had to stifle far fewer yawns during “Eclipse.” The characters are busy pulling off limbs, cracking spines, ripping out throats and flipping around in neat wire-fighting-esque scenes during a fair amount of the movie.

Naturally, those being torn asunder are not the main characters. The only injury occurring to anyone important is Jacob, and he is, of course, going to be hunky-dory in the end anyway.

There are even some good jokes. My favorite is when Bella is freezing and Jacob has to hold her close to his nearly naked body to keep her warm. Edward is naturally unhappy with this, so Jacob speaks the amazingly punny line, “I’m hotter than you.” Yes, lame, but still chuckle worthy.

By the end of the movie though, the story progressed basically three steps ahead of where it began: Bella’s change is still about to happen, the Volturi are still a threat, and Bella has feelings for Jacob and Edward. All this movie accomplished was killing off a bad guy left over from the first film and showing audiences that there are still bigger things to come. This was no great cliffhanger like “The Empire Strikes Back,” but I’m sure it will work fine for all the little teenage girls out there rooting for Team Jacob or Team Edward.

As for myself, I was simply happy because there was a trailer for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in the previews.