Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Nikita Wannenburgh I was very impressed with its film. If you watch it without reading the book, then it will probably seem confusing and weird, but if you know all the vampire-werewolf history, etc, then you have a much higher chance at enjoying it :) Overall, it was utterly romantic and emotionally heart-wrenching. It captured Edward and Bella's love in an enchanting fairytale way and delivered just the right amount of horror and pain at the unforgettable climax. Above all, it gave us gorgeous romance and raised the emotional stakes while delivering all the feels. I loved it. Obviously, it had both pros and cons, but here's a rundown of what I thought: Pros: - It was visually lovely, and the cinematography and soundtrack were both great. - Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart seriously topped their games. Their chemistry was brilliantly on point, their acting held up a lot better than their efforts in the previous films, and despite the fact that they have always had solid chemistry, their connection in this film was hugely deepened and incredibly emotional; as well as beautifully romantic. I was literally swaying as I watched the honeymoon scenes; their interactions were beautiful, and their chemistry was simply enchanting. - Not surprisingly, Billy Burke and Anna Kendrick were as brilliant and comically refreshing as ever. They only got a few minutes of screen time each, but once again, they proved to me that they are two of the best things about this franchise. They delivered some of the best lines with delightful and refreshing charisma. - In contrast, the whole Cullen family got a nice load of screen time and lines in Breaking Dawn. Admittedly, Elizabeth Reaser and Nikki Reed – who portray Esme and Rosalie respectfully – were above the others in acting ability, but all the same I love the Cullens and it was nice to see all of them so much more. Cons: - After three Twilight films, I think we've established that Bella is a weak damsel instead of a role-model-worthy heroine. She was still an idiot in Breaking Dawn; emphasis on the fact that she WANTS TO BIRTH A VAMPIRIC MONSTER. - Taylor Lautner was awful. Just terrible and completely fake. He gets worse with every film, and either he's overacting with too much ego or ripping his shirt off to please the female audience (which he did do in the first few minutes of this film, by the way). He acted with the ego piled on doubly thick and was just plain pathetic. - The action scenes were vague, muddy and very badly choreographed. The werewolf-vs.-vampire fight scene at the end was a perfect example of that. Unlike Eclipse's fantastic climactic fight, the action scenes in Breaking Dawn were totally devoid of real excitement and entertainment. - The whole film was a lot slower than the others. It lacked real tension and had the tendency to drag. While Edward and Bella's scenes gave Breaking Dawn the emotional throb it needed and were additionally and gorgeously romantic, any other scenes lacked that connection and fell short.

willcundallreview Rating-4/10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1 is the first part of the end of this massively popular franchise. The problem is this is just very poor and is among it's predecessors not good yet again, it tries hard this time there is no doubt but just too little happens in the plot to muster an interesting movie that none Twilight hardcore fans will enjoy. I felt it to be a real disappointment of a movie and here is why.The romance which I quite like in the series is there, but way too much and the sweet element they have together is lost in the first half hour, too much darkness creeps in here. The truth is this left me with a sour taste as all and the happiness is drained out, with a nice and peaceful start you feel it may be happy and the love will become stronger than ever before, problem is it doesn't and although more the books fault than the movie, still just isn't nice to see four films into it.The acting is as usual all the same, no one improves but to be fair no one gets worse, it just feels like Eclipse part 2. With the enhanced roles of the two members of the wolves Seth(Booboo Stewart) and Leah(Julia Jones) it just makes for even more awkward watching and they really don't bring any good acting in, just worse. What I will say is this a film that wants Taylor Lautner to step up and when he does, well he is pretty average as all but still credit to him for being a powerful performer.I can't deny this has action at certain points and it is well done, if not cringe worthy at times but forget about it and the thrills are there anyway. I think this is missing a certain type of action and when you think a fight will happen it either doesn't at all or the scenes are so fast with the camera movements that you get lost quickly and finding who is who is impossible in such scenes.I think with the newcomer director Bill Condon it feels different if not too depressing at times, but he still manages to firmly get it done and make the most out of some terrible things in the script. The main basis for this movie being very poor is to be honest the source material, I think it was written to work well with the end of the book so as a stand alone movie it is much worse than it could have been, and Melissa Rosenberg doesn't help with the adapting either.I enjoyed the score if that can be considered a positive thing about this, Carter Burwell creates a loving score that works well in even the darkest moments and although uses bits and pieces from past films in the franchise, still brings in nice new pieces too. I was saying about the love before and the score does help at the beginning which is why I felt this may not be as bad as I thought it might be, but I was mistaken when it was over.Breaking Dawn Part 1 doesn't set up the second part well and if I were waiting a year for it, I wouldn't have high expectations at all, nevertheless I still feel the book is to blame for the mishap here, not the people behind the scenes, well except Stephanie Meyer of course. Wait until the end of the credits too here, little hint at what's to come in the final film in this mixed up series.

juneebuggy I watched this again when I stumbled across it on my TV and couldn't turn it off. This is just such a guilty pleasure.Pretty much only fans of the series will like this as here we finally get the wedding in all its glory, including (unnecessary) close ups of the dress, jewelry and even Stephanie Meyer as a guest. And then finally Bella and Edward get down to business, with the much anticipated feathers and even a broken headboard. -More than I was expecting from the love scenes actually.Of course then things go rapidly downhill for our couple and I have to say the special effect are pretty mind blowing. I mean it becomes a true horror movie as we watch Bella transform, losing a good 40 lbs (via CGI) as her fetus (sorry baby) destroys her from the inside out. And that birth scene, jeez, talk about gory.They also dealt with the (creepy) imprinting issue well too, using a visions of the future aspect for Jacob. Nov21/12

Foreverisacastironmess Okay, so after quite a while between the movies I once again tentatively stepped into the world of Twilight, an unnervingly fake world, haunted by the soulless eyes of the damned... Nah, they're really not all that bad! I mean they're definitely far from good, but not absolutely awful and in my opinion not quite the apocalyptic motion picture triumphs of arrogance and self-absorption they're made out to be. I think a lot of people hate these so much because much like(totally unwarranted!) Howard the Duck, they're popular to hate. They're indeed freaking beyond pretentious and shallow, but they're also harmless and stupid, and a lot of fun to rag on. I rather enjoy their lousiness, they are very amusing! Like let's talk about the main heroine for a second, a major character whom I have not grown to like or give a crap about in four movies and counting.. There's nothing wrong with Bella, but what's right with her!? She's just constantly creating conflict with her mere presence and keeps playing the two guys off against each other, and why does she have to look so sad and disturbed all the time, even after she's just gotten married to the one she's supposed to love and they're driving away? She's so ridiculous, I do get that the character's meant to be awkward and a little strange, like perhaps she already has a little something supernatural in her somewhere, and I've heard one idiotic theory that she's supposed to be a sort of blank so that girls can imagine themselves in her shoes or something and that's cool, but I've seen other performances from actors who were playing it distant, cold and/or aloof who still managed to instill a little of their own personality into the role that made you care for them in some small way, or at least understand why they are how they are or do what they do, but I guess Kristen Stewart was too cool to bother with anything like that.. Gah, the bitch was wrong for the part! A damn piece of lumber would have made a better lead! I think it's her that really hurts this franchise the most. And Taylor Lautner is such an unremitting tool of a pathetic actor..and ugly, got a weird full-scale dwarf thing going on there.. He no good, no good at all! only thing that gets him by is that six-pack! I hope his career died with these films. And then there was that Edward, he was the same as always, so devoted, so bloated with misery and pathos, always holding himself with such ceaseless funereal leadenness. I like Ed, I think it's a good performance and he created a pretty interesting character. I really enjoyed the early flashback sequence that reveals some of his past, I always find that kind of stuff to be fairly cool in these films. And I liked when the wolves who I guess were the antagonists this time around, pull an Otis and Milo and talk to each other psychically, regarding what's to be done about a certain impending birth, quite a rousing scene. They never do quite get the CGI to look right on those things.. I also loved when they made Bella look all miserable and skinny like a crack addict, the visual effects of her deterioration were astonishing. I appreciated how they handled Bella becoming a vampire, I found it less disturbing there being no other choice to save her life, rather than it being him biting her neck in yet another romantic scene with the annoying music playing which wouldn't have felt right to me, as she was now 'technically' no longer alive and was a bloodless she-thing of the night. But hey, how was she all that different or worse-off than she was before? I enjoyed this one about the same as all the others, I have actually grown to somewhat like this universe and care a little about how it's all gonna turn out, but they never really change or evolve at all, it's just the same thing over and over, it always boils down to vampires against werewolves and the boring girl in the middle, whoever wins I'm vacuously thrilled and entertained. The biggest problem of this one for me was that although it had a plot, there was no story, and what little there was felt noticeably stretched-out to a crazy degree! They get married and have their honeymoon for a good forty+ minutes, she somehow gets pregnant and the magic accelerated birth causes her to slowly die, there's a lot of werewolf politics as the fuzzy-wuzzies for some reason fear the unnatural child and want to kill it even if they have to kill Bella in the process, there's oodles of the usual mundane talking with the three semi-developed characters, the lycanthropes and bloodsuckers have a little skirmish, the baby is born, but to save her life Edward has to transform Bella into a vampire, she awakens, pointless but awesome cameo of the evil vampire elders - that's it! That was quite the cliffhanger of an image to go out on, and a very nice change to the typical flowery scene of nauseating beautified bliss. So all in all, although to me like the rest it fails deliver satisfactorily in the end, the process getting there is a genuinely entertaining one. Bring on the Dawn...I look forward to it.