Breaking Expectations: A “Breaking Dawn” Review
I have to admit.
Suprisingly, I actually liked the second part of Breaking Dawn.
I wasn’t expecting
myself to enjoy seeing Breaking Dawn Part 2 because some of my friends who have
seen it didn’t like it and the first part according to them was just as boring.
Plus, the only movie of the Twilight series that I have seen before this is the
first one and I found it sloppy. I’ve
also read the first book and it was okay but I couldn’t stand the cheesiness of
it all so I didn’t attempt to read the rest.
Okay, enough of
trying to defend myself.
Once again, I’ve
seen this movie for free (Yay for free movies!) because a good friend of
mine got two free tickets from Globe for
tweeting that they are the best network. A gazillion pogi points to Globe for rewarding
its loyal customers. Let this be a lesson to the rest of us. Always say or do
nice things to others – even the smallest good deeds can be very rewarding...anyways
my friend was nice enough to take me along with her to use up the tickets (it’s
not like I was the first choice but hey, I’m not complaining) and the movie was
worth it!
I
particularly enjoyed the movie because of the battle scene. Without it, the movie
would have sucked big time. We actually felt nervous when the Cullens were
confronting the Volturi, not knowing what the ourtcome will be because yes, we
haven’t read the books. It was fun watching the different abilites of the vampires
belonging to Carlisle’s group being utilized in the battle. I always love
scenes where a variety of characters come together and work against a common
enemy. My friend and I were hooked up to the screen during the battle. It was
quick, simple, it was a spectacle.
I
now understand why my friend found the first part of Breaking dawn boring. It’s
because the good stuff are here in the second part. It was good that the boring
conversations were cut shorter and the movie was heading hastily to the climax.
And the unexpected twist at the end of the battle was genius. It wasn’t hard to guess but I
wasn’t expecting it either. A very good example of unpredictability.
Once
again though the CGI was lousy. The part where Bella was running over the
mountains didn’t look smooth and the baby looked awkward instead of cute. The
ugly special effects was one of the things that turned me off in the first
Twilight movie and apparently not so much was done a few movies later. And yeah
there also wasn’t much improvement on Kirsten Stewart’s poker face.
I
don’t want to sound nerdy but as a treat to the “Twihards” out there...or
whatever you call them, I did a little bit of research and here is the list of
vampires with their special abilities / powers who were intially invited by
Carlisle to be witnesses to Reneesme’s being not an immortal child:
Tanya (Denali Coven) – Special abilities
unknown
Kate (Denali Coven) – Can emit
powerful electric charges from her body
Irina (Denali Coven) – Special abilities
unknown
Carmen (Denali Coven) – Special abilities
unknown
Eleazar (Denali Coven) – Can
sense a vampire’s abilities
Amun (Egyptian Coven) - Special abilities unknown
Kebi (Egyptian Coven) - Special abilities unknown
Benjamin (Egyptian Coven) – Can manipulate certain
elements at will
Tia (Egyptian Coven) - Special abilities unknown
Senna (Amazon Coven) - Special abilities
unknown
Zafrina (Amazon Coven) – Has power
over the mind. Can make you see or not see things
Siobhan (Irish Coven) - Special abilities
unknown
Liam (Irish Coven) - Special abilities
unknown
Maggie (Irish Coven) – Can detect
if a person is lying or not
Stefan (Romanian Coven) - Special abilities unknown
Vladimir (Romanian Coven) - Special abilities unknown
Peter (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Charlotte (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Garrett (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Randall (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Mary (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Huilen (Nomad) - Special abilities unknown
Nahuel (Nomad) – Hard skin and sharp teeth and nails.
He also has venomous saliva
Whew! That was
some list! I’ve thought about including the members of the Volturi but nah, the’yre
the bad guys anyways. Plus that would make the list longer.
And just to
tease the die-hard twilight fans (who are probably the only ones reading this
post), if we stage a battle like the one in this movie, who would win, Team
Edward or Team Jacob? *evil laugh*
Image credits to the Breaking Dawn Part 2 Facebook Page
I have never been a fan of the twilight saga.. when I first watched twilight, I really liked it but after seeing the second part, I was really bored... there's just something about it that's unlikable.. :)
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- Justin -
The World According To Me
haha, me too Justin, wasn't a big fan. But just give the last movie a shot. It was good even though I didn't enjoy the first movies :)
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