The Buzz about Breaking Dawn
Just yesterday, I gave up my last remaining thread of restraint and finally went to watch the fourth installment in the Twilight movie franchise: Breaking Dawn part 1. If you would ask why was I so against watching it, well have you seen the previous movies? Then you should know why. For those who haven’t read the book and haven’t seen the first three films either, Breaking Dawn isn’t hard to understand. Human girl + werewolf bestfriend + vampire boyfriend = an “ok” movie. I don’t really hate it, I don’t like it, I am on the fence, caught between two choices: to vomit or swoon.
The thing with Breaking Dawn (the book) is that it seriously set me up for a huge disappointment. I wouldn’t divulge why as it would spoil everything for those who still plan to watch part 2. Therefore, it was normal for me to think twice, thrice, maybe twenty times, going back and forth on whether or not this film was worth the buck. Anyway, I bought the ticket, sat through it, and actually, I’m not complaining about it as much as I expected myself to. Though Breaking Dawn does not provide any throwback to its predecessors for those watching it the first time, as said before, it isn’t that hard to catch up to the story. The first half of the film is as good as any other wedding video, plus the added honeymoon sequence. The second half rushes to introduce the audience to the main conflict of the movie – Bella getting pregnant with Edward’s vampiric spawn. The movie tried its best, but failed to evoke any emotion it could from the audience who’ve been robbed of feeling from watching Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. Oh wait, it was a bit funny – during the wedding toasts. But any scene other than that was a flatline. The musical scoring was pretty decent, as most of the times I found myself listening more as supposed to watching Bella try to tempt Edward in all sorts of lingerie. Even the fight sequences were substandard, blurry at best.
All in all, the movie is ok. Wouldn’t recommend it, wouldn’t stop anyone from watching it. I would definitely see Breaking Dawn part 2 only to see my favorite, Dakota Fanning. And of course just to give props to the characters of Edward Cullen, Bella Swan and Jacob Black – who may not have been stellar in the big screen, but were at least good enough to keep me company on nights when I had nothing better to do.
P.S. My favorite part of the it: seeing the full trailer for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
