Aylmer to Zazzoo and Beyond: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 - Review

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

(2012)Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

1 hr. 55 min.

Rated: PG-13 sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity See all certifications

Grade: C-

Director: Bill Condon
Writers: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner | See full cast and crew

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

Ok, this is the first of the Twilight Series that I have seen. I had never been interested in the books or the movies. Now, having seen the final film I feel vindicated in my choice to avoid this franchise. This is little more than a big budget production of a vacuous soap opera-chick flick. About as intriguing and gripping as watching your garden grow. I would almost rather see Lincoln again...almost but not quite, most assuredly a nap would be preferable. The two films do have something in common, they both have a lot of the same flaws, bad screenplay, over acting, distracting costumes, obvious and annoying makeup and both of them boring with a definite lack of anything interesting to say. I kept checking my watch at both films.

I am obviously in the minority here, this franchise has made a lot of money and this episode is probably going to be the biggest box office success of the franchise. However, financial success is no guarantor of quality.

Plot

After being brought back from near-death by Edward after childbirth, Bella begins her new life as a vampire and mother to their daughter, Renesmee. But when Irina, a member of the Denali coven, mistakenly reports Renesmee as a human infant who has been bitten and transformed into a vampire to the Volturi, they set out to battle and destroy the Cullens for breaking vampire law. To prove their innocence, the Cullens gather foreign vampire clans, including the Denali, the Amazonian, the Egyptian, the Irish, and Romanian covens, and also European and American nomads, to stand as their witnesses to the Volturi, who have ulterior motives for battling the Cullens. With their allies and the Quileute wolf pack, the Cullens defend themselves against the Volturi.