Based off Stephenie Meyer's vampire/love story novels, Breaking Dawn pt. 2 was the last movie made out of the series. If you don't know the Twilight story yet, basically a girl named Bella falls in love with Edward, who she later finds out is a vampire. They get married, while Bella's other lover, Jacob (who is a werewolf), gets upset. Later, Edward and Bella have a baby on their honeymoon while Bella is still human. This is an unknown thing in the vampire world. So in order to save Bella and keep the baby, Edward has to bite her and turn her into a vampire right after she delivers the baby. (That was a quick summary of all the 4 movies prior to Breaking Dawn pt. 2)
In Breaking Dawn pt. 2, Bella wakes up as a vampire. She is a "new-born," so she has limited self-control, but then later realizes her power is a shield and can shield herself from others powers. In this movie, they did fairly well with the cinematography and shots with all the details of Bella's new visions as a vampire.It shoots to things she couldn't normally see before really quickly in short shots. The graphics are very good too. Her baby, Renessme, has a power too that is greatly shown in short shots and great detail. Then they are in danger because the "Voltaire" is after them because they think that Renessme is an immortal child. This was filmed well, the fight scene, but the ending made me angry at first because it was a huge twist, but it left you with a sentimental feeling at the end.
This movie was written by Melissa Rosenberg, but based off Stephenie Meyer's novels. It was directed by Bill Condon and starred Kristen Stewart (as Bella), Robert Pattinson (as Edward), and Taylour Lautner (as Jacob). Robert and Taylor have always been faily well actors, but Kristen Stewart lacks great acting. She did better in this film, opposed to the others.
I personally preferred the books over all the movies because the movies tend to be cheesy. This movie was the best by far out of all of them, but still not fantastic. I'd rate it a 3.7/5 stars because I always love the Twilight saga, but it wasn't incredible.
Good job, Jessica. Good summary of the plot. I think you could maybe get a little more specific with how the camera worked so well with the "visions" and short shots you spoke of. It was kind of hard to understand. But, overall, nice work.
ReplyDeleteJessica, I saw all of the previous Twilight movies and I am still skeptical about seeing this one. I thought too that Kristen Stewart was not that great of an actress in these movies. I definitely thought that these movies were cheesy. Since you said that this was the best movie of all of them... I think I might need to go see this movie.
ReplyDeleteJessica, I agree with you I thought the shots of Bella's visions as a vampire were good. But, I also thought the movie was cheesy and I did not like that the whole battle scene was just a vision Alice had. Overall, I still thought this was the best Twilight movie.
ReplyDeleteHey Jessica, I thought this was a really well written review! I haven't seen the movie but I read the book in 8th grade because you forced me to and I agree, the movies (I saw the first one) do tend to be cheesier than the already cheesy books! Its just a fondue cheese fest!!
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