Breaking Dawn - Part One

*Spoiler alert*

   I used to LOVE the books (i've read them - and listened to them about 5 times each), and i did endure all of the films, except for this one. I didn't like the fourth book, i think it's stupid - and that's saying something seeing as we're talking about vampires and werewolves. So i didn't pay ten pounds to go and see it, but i did rent it out of the library today...

For those of you who have been hiding in a big dark hole, the film starts at Bella and Edward's wedding - human and vampire, just to clarify. From here, we are led to the "saucy" and long awaited honeymoon, where after two weeks Bella discovers she's pregnant (about 5 months so). Everyone is in turmoil about this very fast growing baby that is sucking the life out of Bella, especially the wolves, who basically want to kill her, and Edward who is wrought with the fact that Bella will probably die if she has this baby (and she is insisting she does).

Like I said, stupid.

It has to be said, it was a lot better than i thought it was going to be. It was very true to the (first half) of the novel, and did it's best with the absurdity's. The wedding (without doubt the most enjoyable part of the book), did look beautiful and it was quite nice to have some familiar faces such as mike and jessica from many moons ago. It also has to be said that Pattinson and Stewart are much much better in this film. They're actually not bad at all. The fact that Stewart can keep a straight face in an "intimate" moment when Pattinson is breaking the furniture is actually astounding. There also needs to be brownie points given to Bill Condon who directs the film, who really does make Bella look like she's dying, and i think, dare i say it, gets the level of gore and sex scenes just about right.

However, having said all that, Taylor Lautner as Jacob, is still pretty awful. The six pack novelty has worn off, the wolves aren't very cool anymore - in fact their wolf talk in this film is just plain annoying - and at that end of the day, he's just a little boy whose not very good at acting. As expected, it also gets very slow and ploddy after the honeymoon, with not really an awful lot happening.  If you thought this had little plot, wait for the second half.

I want to end, as the film does, with the birth of Reneesmee (the half human half vampire child). The whole labour and transformation of Bella was dealt with pretty well -  as well as it could have been. Don't however, get me started on the horrendous CGI baby, and Jacobs imprinting on her - weird fascination with the baby (do not ask). It's moments like these, where all the good points about the film are lost to the lunacies of a not very well written novel.


Overall, i think ive just got bored of the whole franchise. I still commend Meyer for writing very addictive teenage prose and i do actually think there is talent in the films, hidden amongst the quite rubbish scripts - i still have a little soft spot for Pattinson. But, at the end of the day, it's films like this that make hollywood movies that little bit more trashy and reinforce the unrealistic relationships and characters that do not exist in real life. I know a lot of films do this, but if you're going to do it, at least do it well.
For it's worth as a movie 2/5
but 3/5 because it's watchable.