The Twilight series finally concludes with Breaking Dawn Part 2. This is one series I cannot understand how the 2nd movie ever got made, much less 4 more sequels. My wife read the books and so I got suckered into seeing the first movie. The first movie- Twilight- was quite possibly one of the worst mainstream films I have ever seen. The story had a lot of potential but that potential was absolutely destroyed by a ridiculous director and horrendous acting. Each movie since, I got excited when I saw the previews. Each preview showed so much action and suspense but then every movie was a let down. All the action was slammed into the 2 minute trailer and the rest of the movie still dealt with annoying teen angst and a weak vampire story really. While each movie was progressively better than its predecessor, this series would need to really get to about 10 before you started really getting an audience past the readers of the Twilight series.
With all that negativity being said, I have to admit, Breaking Dawn Part 2 was pretty good. The acting has become considerably better. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have really improved and become much more natural and believable in their roles. Kristen also finally seems to have learned to keep her mouth shut which was always so annoying in previous films. The direction of the film was also much better and epic than previous films.
Most of the action was tightened into just the last 30 minutes of the film, but that was ok because the action was pretty incredible. The action in the movie had finally lived up to the anticipation built by the trailers. The final scene even departed slightly from the books ending so that fans of the novels were given a twist and spin, which I think is important. As long as the twist does not change the story or the basics of the story, it is smart to keep the audience surprised and on their toes even if they have already read the ending.
While still leaving some to be desired from a vampire/werewolf movie, this was by far the best in the series and a pretty good film overall. I give it 3.5 stars. If you haven't suffered through the other films, I wouldn't recommend seeing this one- it won't make much sense. Definitely check it out though as a nice ending to wasting those hours watching the first 4. The epic battle should be seen on the big screen- it was impressive.
Movie poster from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673434/
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