Hello fellow Twi-Hards!
As you know, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 got released today! I just wanted to take time out to review what went down during the movie. So here we go!
ATTENTION: SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BREAKING DAWN YET!
Okay, I'm hoping people reading this now have seen Breaking Dawn. If you haven't please don't read because your experience for it won't be the same if you know what happens.
So I must say, Breaking Dawn was AMAZING! I know yall agree with me! Me and my friend had midnight tickets and all day yesterday I had been looking forward to Breaking Dawn. Let me tell you this, what I saw in the movie was not what I was expecting from what I've seen of commercials. It said it was the best Twilight yet, and I sat there thinking, "That's what they said about Eclipse and they didn't do as good as a job as I would have liked." So of course, I wasn't expecting anything different. My poor expectations caused me to think I was going to have to sit through cheesy jokes, romantic scenes but not as much as they show in the book, boring action scenes, and a little too much Jacob Black. No offense to any JB fans out there. Anyways, I prepared myself for a little disappointment on what I've always wanted these movies to portray. Twilight was good, but there were too many scenes that weren't in the book. New Moon was a little better, but it's not my favorite because I'm an Edward fan and he wasn't in it that much, but I took what I could get. And what I got from it wasn't enough for me. I'm a hopeless romantic. Eclipse was slightly better. At first, I thought it was awesome, but after watching it a few more times, I found things that could have been better and more enhanced. There just wasn't enough Bella/Edward romance for me. It was too focused on Jacob for my liking. I thought it should focus on some more of Edward since he was gone in New Moon so much.
You can imagine the look on my face when I walked out of that theater last night at 2 in the morning. If you have seen it, you understand. So let's get started with the reviewing.
Waiting for the movie to start: Me and my friend have never been to a midnight premiere of any kind. We didn't think it would be so crowded. We were so wrong. We were lucky we could find seats. I didn't want to sit in the very front row, because I didn't want to have neck cramps this morning. So we went to the top and saw three empty seats next to this man that was maybe late 30's. I asked him if he was saving them and he said no. So I sat down on the outside, my friend next to me, an empty seat, then the man. My friend started freaking out a little because the guy kinda talked to himself just a little. I felt sorry for him. Until the creeper started talking to us. He turned to my friend and was like, "Which team are you?" and she was like, "I like them both." That was the end of that conversation. Twenty minutes before the movie started, I got up to go to the bathroom. I come back and the loser who I call my friend moved to my seat, leaving me to sit next to the creeper. I know that sounds mean, but seriously, this guy was a creeper. I sat down and got a coke out. I wasn't going to wait in line for 40 minutes to get an overpriced drink, so I brought my own. I opened it, took a swig and put it down. The man looked at me and said, "Ya got another coke?" I said, "No, sorry." He said, in these exact words, "Dang. And I was gonna give ya a dolla."
Now I'm sitting there thinking, are you trying to be gangster? Go back to school! He left us alone after that, thank God.
Opening Scene: I must say, the opening scene was pretty good. The shoes were pretty and it was something Alice would make Bella do, breaking the shoes in I mean. When Bella was packing up her room, I turned to my friend and whispered how that would be us in less than a year because we're graduating this year and moving off to college. The scene with Edward and his rebellion years was portrayed excellently. That scene may have been 3 movies too late, but at least they showed it. I've been waiting for that scene for the past 3 movies. I'm glad they finally showed it.
Wedding Scene: Oh. My. God. Sooooooo much better than I could have imagined. It was so good, my friend who hasn't even read the books started bawling. She thought it was 'sweet.' And it was, but it made me start crying almost. Anyways, the scene was sweet and I loved that they added the toasts that everyone made. Renee caaa-raaa-cks me UP! When she got up there and started singing what I presumed she use to sing to Bella when she was little, no one in that theater could hold it in. So hilarious. Charlie's speech cracked me up worse, considering my dad is a cop. The Jacob part of the wedding was shot really good. It stuck to the book very nicely.
The Honeymoon: Ahhhh, the much awaited honeymoon. I have to say, I wondered there for a second if the movie was rated wrong. I probably enjoyed that scene a little too much. I loved how Edward freaked out when he broke the bed frame, and Bella started comforting him saying, "It's okay, it's okay." So sweet. Afterwards, when Edward says no sex and Bella models all her lingerie in order to seduce Edward was a great scene. Edward's face everytime with that smile, well I'm sure my panties weren't the only ones that dropped. ;) The part when Bella woke up crying after the dream was portrayed amazingly well. They did a really good job on how desperate she was to have Edward make love to her again. When Bella found out she was preggos, Edward definitely held the emotion of fear in his eyes so well. I loved how you could hear the people actually talking over the phone and not a cut back and forth between people shots. That just gets too dizzying sometimes.
Middle Scenes: I can't really identify all these scenes so I'll just talk about them. When Jacob found out, his face completely dropped from that smile. I'm glad that Edward didn't suggest Jacob talk her into a baby with him, because honestly I would be mad if I were Bella if my husband told me to have another baby with another man when I already had his, even if it was killing me. Stephenie Meyer could have left that out, but hey, they didn't put it in the movie. But that's just my opinion.
When Jacob pulls away from the pack and become Alpha of his own pack, the way they made it happen was exactly how I pictured it. I'm glad they didn't have them in human form because it just wouldn't have the same effect that it did. I'll admit, it was kind of hard to understand them, but I knew what was happening.
When Edward, Bella, and Carlisle are in the room when Bella's rib cracked was an intense scene. I loved how, for once, they didn't have Edward trying to protect Bella from the truth. I could almost feel the hate/love relationship they had going on there. I know they didn't hate each other, but Edward hated losing Bella and Bella hated that Edward hated the baby. They were just angry at each other. I could see the pain in Edward's eyes and in Bella's when he says he won't be a part of her dying. I got the vibe off from Bella that she knew she was loosing Edward because of the baby. I understood her position, not that I've experienced something like that. I could just understand that she didn't want to lose Edward, but that was her baby. She was a mother that loved her baby, but loved Edward too. Her hands were tied. She didn't want to choose one over the other, and she had a hard decision to make.
A small scene I noticed was when Bella and Rosalie were in the bathroom and Bella started looking at her body, Edward stood in the doorway after their fight. I'm glad they put that in there, even though Rosalie shut the door in his face. In the book, I hated that Edward never got to act like a husband through this whole pregnancy and actually look at his wife naked. I know it's kind of an nonimportant thing, but still. I was glad they put in there that Edward still looked at her. It's kind of a weird thing, but I just wanted to put that out there.
Also, I love how they didn't make Rosalie soooooo protective of Bella. I mean they did, but it's not as crazy as Breaking Dawn was. Seriously, in the book she was driving me nuts. I was like, Edward is her husband, he can be alone with her and he should be the one to carry her upstairs to the exam room and to the bathroom. You're not married to her, he is. So I'm glad they didn't make her extra crazy. They portrayed that perfectly, not too much, not too less.
The scene when they figure that the baby might want blood was funny and a pivoting scene altogether. I loved how Bella said, "He's thirsty." and Emmett was like, "I know the feeling." Awesome. Then when Carlisle went to get the blood for Bella, Jasper's face had me cracking up. I don't know how yall took the look on his face but I took it as this: Jasper's thoughts, "What the fuuuuuuu! I've been sitting here suffering for decades on this stupid animal diet and all this time we've had freaking human blood lying around? Wtf Carlisle? Why didn't you tell me we had human blood on hand?" Just how I took his face. The scene was also great because the look in Edward's eyes held nothing but hope when Carlisle said her pulse was quickening by the second. You could tell Edward really had hope that she was going to make it.
My favorite scene of all time is the scene when Edward first heard the baby's thoughts. I loved how he came in there and apologized to Bella about being angry at her. Especially after seeing her cry when she was on the phone with Charlie. He put his feelings aside and told her he would be there for her for the rest of the pregnancy. That's what a true husband does, fellas. They put their wants and needs aside for their woman. Just saying. But oh my goodness, Edward's reactions to hearing the baby say that he loves them had me in tears. I'm not gonna lie, I shed a few tears. The way that scene was wrote in the book had me thinking Edward still wasn't particularly happy about the baby. But the way they shot this scene showed his feelings clearly. Let's face it, Edward kissing Bella's stomach was the cutest scene in the whole series. Or at least that's my opinion. Then when Jacob came in and saw them gushing over her stomach, had me a bit on edge. I was thinking, "Oh crap. He's going to ruin this moment for them." Then Carlisle came in and pulled him away. I loved that he did this. That was Edward's and Bella's moment. They were proud parents and they deserved that moment. They never had any alone time and it made that scene so much better that they were alone. I could go on and on about this scene, but I'll stop.
The naming scene was cute. I'm glad they expressed the name 'EJ' out, that it was Edward Jacob. I don't like that Jacob would have been in there, but hey, it wasn't a boy. I loved how Bella rubbed it in Rosalie's face that Edward loved the name, 'Renesmee.' So cute.
The Birthing Scene: The most intense scene ever. I'm glad they had it shown through Bella's point of view. I loved how Bella watched Edward and Renesmee together, because let's face it, men holding babies are turn ons, are they not? Then when Jacob left, Edward started going a little crazy there. He wasn't going to let her die, and his determination saved her life. I really enjoyed seeing that side of Edward. It showed how much he needed her.
The Imprinting Scene: I have to say I felt a little sorry for Jacob when he started crying. Seth's line, "She didn't make it," made me want to shed a few tears even though I knew she would. My friend kept looking over me at like, "Is she gonna die!" Then when Jacob saw Renesmee for the first time, I thought it was kind of funny and a little over dramatic that he fell to his knees after all those visions he had. Seeing McKenzie Foy in this one has me ready for Part 2.
The Fighting Scene: I loved how Edward said, "I won't let them hurt my family." Cute line. Then when Jacob cut in and Edward started saying that Jacob imprinted, all the wolves backed off. Edward staring down Jacob after they left had me hoping Jacob would receive that punch into the wall they showed in the previews, but no such luck for Team Edward fans. Oh, well.
The Ending: How many knew it was going to end with Bella opening her new red eyes? I did! I was hoping it wouldn't, because who wants it to end in the first place? Not me. But I had a feeling it was going to end there. Hearing her heart beat slow, then stop was perfect for that scene. I loved how they showed the venom working inside her body, too. It was a great way to end the movie. Now all we have to do is wait for Part 2. I definitely can't wait.
Overall, the movie was definitely better than the first three. So much romance going on, it finally focused on the two main people in this series. Edward and Bella. I expected a little more Jacob in this one, but I'm glad he wasn't in it as much. The last two movies were kind of focused on him and it was time for Edward to take his spotlight back. I'm just left wondering, Bill Condon, where the hell were you for the past 3 movies? If Part 1 is this awesome, I can't wait to see what Part 2 has in store for us. At least we have less than a year left. November 16, 2012, hurry and get your butt here.
So tell me, what was your favorite scene?
Update coming soon! Hope you enjoyed my little review! Until next time!
~Taylor~