Breaking Down "Breaking Dawn"

On November 18, 2011, the fourth installment of the Twilight series premiered.


Breaking Dawn Part I is the first part to the two part finale of the sparkly vampire romance series that millions of twi-hards love.

According to MSNBC.com, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1" broke the $500 million mark at worldwide box offices on Monday after its release only 12 days ago, film distributor Summit Entertainment said on Tuesday."

All of the original characters are back and better than ever. This time, the famed human-vampire couple gets hitched. While on their honeymoon, things take a turn for the interesting when Bella becomes pregnant. From there, the fun really starts. There's some wolf action and some intense moments in this film, there are even a few legitimate laughs thanks to the always gorgeous Kellan Lutz. Fans of the franchise will most definitely not be disappointed.

The acting was probably the best it's ever been. Kristen Stewart, who normally annoys me a lot, didn't make me cringe as much. She kept the lip biting and hair touching to a minimum, which I have noticed is apparently one of her signature "acting" moves. Robert Pattinson is devastatingly good looking in this one, having apparently died his hair darker to give him the whole "broody vampire" appearance. I'm proud to say he has a spot on American accent, which is a huge step up from the first movie, when almost every other word was dripping with the remnants of an accent the Queen of England herself would swoon over. Taylor Lautner is perhaps the most lovable of the trio. His acting in this one is very good, but with a shirtless scene in the rain, is anyone really paying attention to his acting?

Overall, without being too cynical. The movie was okay and a definite must see for anyone who loves the franchise. Or for anyone like me and my friends who keep up with it all just because of the sentimentality of it. I love remembering what I used to be obsessed with; it brings me back to the days of passing my road test, SATs and senioritis. I do have to say that I couldn't stop laughing throughout this movie, and I kind of enjoyed it.

The movie was one of the best of the series visually. Almost everything was striking and really captured your attention. One thing that could have been left out was the constant music playing over almost every scene. There are a few things about the story that are extremely disturbing and questionable; i.e. teen wolf falls in love with a newborn vampire baby named Renseme(if you haven't seen the movie and have no idea what I'm talking about, then just wait and see). But, I suppose if I really want to harp on it, I should just send an angry letter to Stephanie Meyer. 

In my honest opinion, I'd say that the choice to see this movie is personal preference. If you feel like seeing it, then go and if you'd rather do anything else than see it, then go find anything else to do. Anyway, I give it a thumbs up and a thumbs down. A thumbs up because it was okay and probably the best of the three and a thumbs down, well pretty much for almost every sarcastic comment I made throughout this post.

I hate to admit that I once fell into that category of fans who waited for months to see what crazy antics Bella and Edward would get into next. However, I've grown up and since realized there are quite a few things wrong with this series in general. I've also read some amazing novels and realized how ridiculous this story actually is. Anyway, just to humor myself and possibly enlighten you to the things that I deem completely ridiculous, I'll just name a few of my hang ups... 

One: Vampires don't sparkle. I must have missed the memo on that one. How stupid do you think Dracula feels that he never walked around sporting body glitter?

Two: Vampires, also, have fangs. I don't know if you noticed, but the Cullens have immaculate teeth and not a one has a pair of pointy incisors that are capable of drinking blood out of human veins. I know they are rich and everything in the movies, so I guess it's possible they just have a really good dental plan or something.

Three: Sticking with the whole vampire theme I have going, how about the fact they don't drink human blood and are "vegetarians." First, a vegetarian means you eat twigs and vegetables and organic things, not drink animal blood. Last time I checked, vampires drink human blood and even the most Gandhi-like vampire can fall off the wagon once in a while, see The Vampire Diaries' Stefan Salvatore. Unlike the Cullens, Salvatore has fangs and doesn't sparkle, so he gets points in that he tries to be nice to people and not drink them.


Anyway, there's so much more that I think is ridiculous, but I'll spare you the cynical comments on the Twilight series. It's one of the biggest series right now, so they must be doing something right.

I hope my obvious opinions on this series hasn't swayed you one way or another, but if I did, I apologize. Sometimes, it seems, I just can't keep my sarcasm to myself. And I suppose that in the case of this amazing, fantastic, and super awesome movie, I just can't keep my sarcasm at bay.