Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 Review

Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 Review

   My first thought seeing this movie was, wow, Bella is skinny! At the beginning of the film the story is all about Bella becoming an adult. It deals with the awkwardness of her change. She just became a wife, a mother, and a vampire. She has to learn about Jacob and her daughter’s love affair. Turns out, that is why Jacob has been so attracted to her. Jacobs imprinting on Renesme is really a storytelling escape in order to get rid of the love triangle. Bella also has to deal with what to with her father, all teens lie to their parents right?

  The first part of the film kind of bored me. Bellas’ life is new and awkward. I was hoping for an epic battle between her and the mountain lion but it didn’t happen. I did see Kristen Steward actually show emotion which was surprising. I actually believed that Bella was angry at Jacob for loving Nessie.

  The story doesn’t actually start until Alice has a vision about the vampire leaders, the Volturi, coming to kill their daughter. There is some miscommunication about what Nessie is. She is half human, half vampire and all mcguffin. In order for the vampire family to protect her they gather an army of vampire “witnesses” to meet Nessie and know the truth about Nessies’ harmlessness.

  Of course there is an epic battle at the end of this film, like all the twilight movies. But it just turns out to be a vision that Alice shares with the bad guy in order to scare him off. As an audience member, I always feel cheated when things just turn out to be a dream or a vision or some other plot device. (Like Sherlock and Moriarty in Game of Shadows) I don’t like the idea that these characters didn’t really have to fight as hard as they should. At the same time it is obvious that they would fight if they had to. As I am writing this I realize that is how life is, you are prepared to fight if you have to, but it’s better and smarter if you can avoid it.

 

  The Amazon guy who is half human says he was fully grown when he was 7 years old. Does that mean that Jacob and Nessie are going to get “married” when she is only seven years old? Weird.

  This film is all about growing up, becoming responsible and doing what you need to do to protect your family. I think its interesting how Bellas’ vamp power is to shield herself and others. It is probably the most nurturing thing a new mother could get, enforcing the Theme of protecting family. Breaking Dawn means a new life for Bella and her vampire family. A new day is dawning.

  This movie is cheap and boring. There wasn’t anything about this film that I cared for. It started slow, and didn’t show me any character or reason to get invested in the characters plight. I think that if this movie wasn’t part of a series it would have bombed horribly. Without the popularity and hype this movie would not do well. The only thing this movie is worth watching is for fantasy escapism. The effects are cool, the fight scenes are good. We all at some point have dreamed about living forever and having special powers. This movie gives us that escape.