Saturday 17 December 2011

Review: BREAKING DAWN

Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)
From the Twilight series books written by Stephanie Meyer

About Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1):
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn, is a 2011/2012 two-part romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. The two parts form the fourth and final installment in the The Twilight Saga series. Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt serve as executive producers for the film, along with the author of the series, Stephenie Meyer; the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter of the first three entries. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprise their roles.

Part 1, rated PG-13, was released on November 18, 2011,and Part 2 will be released on November 16, 2012. In totals as of November 21st, the movie has grossed $291,022,261 worldwide.
Source: Info in the About Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1) was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn on 22/11/2011.

My Thoughts:
I like the cinematography. The combination of 3D animated effects with live actors was professionally done and looks really good on the screen. I also like the way the love triangle between Edward, Jacob and Bella has seems to have matured. Being an urban fantasy geek, I love the world building in the story! What I found disappointing was Kristin's acting. Her "happy scenes", "sad scenes" and "shocked" moments all looked the same. She might be beautiful but she blatantly can't act. She is saved from total disaster by the apparently talented make-up astist and creative props team who made her look thin and sickly when she is suppose to. But I couldn't see much acting going on there. That brought the entertainment value of this movie for me down a couple of notches. I like Bella but Kristin ruined her character. I sincerely hope it gets better in the second installment.

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 cherries


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3 comments:

  1. I'm tired of Stewart, she drives me nuts. I'm so bummed that she is Snow White in the Huntsman version it looks like it can be so awesome, but she is going to ruin it! :(

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  2. Kristina - I have the same fears. Snow White looks like a star-studded affair. Chris Hemsworth may be handsome but he doesn't seem to be able to act convincingly enough to generate a chemistry between him and Natalie Portman for the screen in Thor. I hope that the both of them would have learned enough by the time they do Snow White, because I really like Snow White to be good...

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  3. Tell me about it, she can't act! I am so annoyed at her, and yes I will watch it on DVD to see the baby scene. But other movies she is in, no thanks

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