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A good movie for the book followers!
PostedNovember 19, 2011
melschanz
from Mulvane, KS
*****Spoiler Alert!!!!!******
The well anticipated fourth book turned movie, Breaking Dawn part 1, finally hit movie theatre's almost 17 months after Eclipse premiered! It was heartwarming, romantic, sensual, funny, cheesy and in some parts downright disgusting. It started off with Jacob getting mad after seeing Bella and Edwards' wedding invitation. He runs out of his house, rips off his shirt and phases. So in the first 5 minutes Bill Condon managed to deshirt the hunky star Taylor Lautner, and fill the theatre with oooh's and aww's.
I was amazed that the characters seemed less shaky and extremely approachable than in the other movies. Bella's character seemed to have grown ages since Eclipse. She was not her usual shy self, still a little klutzy though. Unlike the other movies, the Cullen family also seemed like they were at total ease around so many humans.
Renee might have been a little tipsy at for the wedding/reception?? I don't know for sure, and they didn't show her drinking, but she sure was giddy. We hadn't seen her character in this light before. Charlie was his normal witty, don't need to know self. He had some great lines at the reception during the toast's. Which, by the way, was not in the book, but I really enjoyed this add-in. I was disappointed that there wasn't more dancing. These vampires have been around for 100+ years and have been through many era's of music and dancing styles. I expected to see some showing off by Emmet and Rosalie, Alice and Jasper, and Carlsile and Esme. We had a glimpse of Alice and Jasper doing a sort of "Dancing with the Stars" spin move though. The scene of Bella and Jacob dancing and saying goodbye was flawless!
The honeymoon setting was perfect as well. It was well depicted from the book. There was a bit more skin shown than I expected. I took my almost 13 year old with me and had explained what would be going on during the honeymoon, so I felt good about it. (I am a mom who has spoken to my daughter about sex and what it means. And actually, The twilight series has really held up to the moral standards that I would like all movies to depict.)
I liked that the maid, Kaure, was included in the movie. For the people just watching the movies, they might have been wondering what this was needed for, but those book readers knew what her role was and how important it was.
The biggest worry I had after reading the book was how Mr. Condon was going to depict the wolves speaking to each other when Sam and Jacob fought and Jacob becomes his own Alpha. It was probably done the best it could have been done, but it was super cheesy. The entire theatre laughed hilariously through the wolf chatter.
I was slightly disappointed when I discovered the part of the book where Edward asks Jacob to talk Bella into terminating the fetus and shacking up with him so she could have the baby she wants so badly, was left out of the movie. But I got over it quickly.
The birth and changing into a vampire scene was as graphic as I expected. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. Everything went in sequence with the book, which pleased me very much! The CSI-like visual during her transformation was great too. At first the audience burst into laughter, but after a few different views of the blood rushing through her body and bones repairing themselves, it was pretty cool to watch. Also, watching her frail body come back "to life" so to say, was unique and interesting. All in all, I was extremely pleased with the "changing" scene.
From the previews I was not excited about watching the added scene of the wolves fighting the Cullens. But when it came time in the movie for it to happen, I was excited to see the outcome. I'm glad it was added and even wish maybe there would have been more to it.
If you didn't stick around for the extra scene that played after the credits, you didn't miss much. We have already seen most of it from the trailer, but there were some added words. Caius basically tells the volturi that now he wants Bella. Big deal. We already knew that from watching New Moon.
For the conclusion I will just say, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, would watch it again today if I was able to and I will own it on dvd when it is released!
Only 358 days til Breaking Dawn part 2!!!!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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