Here we go again. The Twilight series continues and this time it's Breaking Dawn Part 1. Without question, to be a major hit at the movies this weekend.
These are the hardest movies to really review. The fans of this series love this movie 6 months before it ever hits the theaters. The fans are rabid, and there is virtually nothing the movie makers can do to mess this up. So how do you take an honest look at a movie that not many are willing to look at honestly? The quandary here is simple. To many this movie will be "the most amazing movie ever!" And to others this movie will look absolutely ridiculous.
In Breaking Dawn, the wolves and the vampires are still for some reason fighting over the incredibly boring Bella. Team Edward will be glad to know that Bella marries Edward, and they go to Rio on their honeymoon. (Well of course they did). She then becomes pregnant by Edward after a series of "awww" honeymoon scenes. The pregnancy with a human and a vampire does not go well, and so they return to the Cullen mansion in Seattle, where Bella does the next logical thing. The newly married pregnant woman calls Jacob. The wolf she rejected to marry Edward. They all get together to help Bella through her pregnancy troubles. And all involved are fine with this. Will Bella survive this ordeal?
Looking at this movie from the outside, it is true that this series has grown with the core of its fan base. But for the new and very young girls coming on board, this installment of the series is fairly intense. This movie deals with unplanned pregnancy, and the decision to terminate, or not terminate such. The overall feel to this is far more real rather than the super fantasy of the first few. But at the same time, the whole vampires fighting wolves thing is starting to look silly, and is frankly getting tired. Parents may want to monitor very young fans.
This series seems to be mired down in a creative bog. And at the same time, paint a picture that love obsession for young people is cool and really has no consequences. In this series, no one has any other interests whatsoever. They don't have jobs, or responsibilities, and all they have to do is obsess over each other. I know it's a fantasy, but I'm not 13 and forming my views on the world, love and relationships.
The performances are what they are. They do keep these characters remarkably consistent from flick to flick. Kristin Stewart (Bella) is still boring us to tears, and praying this series ends no time soon. This has always been the troubling thing about this entire story. Bella is so completely boring, one dimensional, and uninteresting, it's amazing anyone would be interested in her. I know, she's the every girl, but she is far more Jane Plain than Jane Plain would ever be. Jane Plain looks like a party animal next to Bella Swan.
And Robert Pattinson (Edward) is praying this does end soon, because he is a real interesting actor, who has been very good in other projects way beyond this. When this ends, he may be poised to take off as one of Hollywood's premiere leading men.
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1. No matter what anyone says or feels about this movie, it is destined to maybe bring in 100 million or so in its opening. But keeping everything in proper perspective, at 10 bucks a ticket that means around 10 million people will go to see it this weekend. Which means about 320 million people in this country will not.
Just sayin'.
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