last 30 mins was awesome...

Rating: 4/10 (25 November 2011)

I just finished reading Littlesongbird's review of Breaking Dawn part 1, and I couldn't agree more with the accurate and well written review. especially: "Kristen Stewart is much better than she is in New Moon, with much less of the moping and dead pauses, but some of her line delivery is still awkward and her facial expressions for my tastes are lifeless" In fact my poor husband whom I drag to all these movies (mainly because he drags me to see all the comic-book hero movies) even he has commented on how weird and ugly she looks when she makes those awkward faces. she didn't seem to be like that in the runaways, or the messengers. it's almost like she adopted those mannerisms specifically for this character. but sorry i didn't mean to go off on a tangent.
the movie was OK... I agree that the last 30 mins was suspenseful and interesting. I kinda thought that they would have spent more time on the delivery/death scene. I know in the book it was through Bella's perception but to make it more interesting it would have been nice if it wasn't so blurry. I mean reading that scene in the book made me cry. mostly because I really care for the characters of Bella and Edward, but also because it was just horrific. seeing that scene in the movie I didn't feel hardly as much emotion as i did reading it mostly because i don't really care much for the actors portraying the characters and therefore I wasn't emotionally moved. the movie did a great job making Bella look sickly and weak; it was hard to see some of the scenes of her pregnant.
the first 75% of the movie was uneventful. 40 mins into the start of the movie and she is still setting up for her wedding. flash forward to isle Esmee and its one sweet ocean scene (which BTW I thought was done very tastefully, though there could have been more romantic dial-ague.) and then after that it is a montage of chess playing, kissing, swimming, and Bella flaunting around in Victoria's secret lingerie. an upset maid, a revelation of pregnancy, and then a frantic packing scene to head back home.
personally I didn't like the book... it was one of my least faves due to the fact that it was so boring. it had more to do about Bella getting married/pregnant/dying and more to do about Jacob getting mad/protecting Bella/and imprinting on the baby. and Edward was just sorta eye candy in the book and in the movie.... I thought that this would have been a perfect opportunity to showcase why these two are in love. the first half of the movie didn't have to be word for word from the book. it didn't have to be a montage of wedding shots, honeymoon shots and a pregnancy. I would have enjoyed a little bit more depth and bite to their relationship. more complicated dialogue, more passion, and romance. this movie did not convince me that they were in love. and what was up with the speech scene at the reception? they ate up more time then it needed to.
Part 2, I'm afraid is going to suck; because so much happens in that movie: Bella turns, discovers powers, they have to deal with renesmee, and Jacob constantly being around, then there's the Volturi and the big battle scene not to mention the immortal child coming forth to pretty much testify that he is not a monster, and the cottage scene, a lot to cram into the movie and I doubt that it is going to do the book justice. I'm actually dreading the opening scene of the 2nd part where Bella jumps up gracefully and is all cat like and animalistic, talks to her "new" family and then goes hunting with her beloved... I just can't see how Stewart is going to be able to convey "graceful" and "cat like" I can only imagine that she is going to stumble off the bed, do a lot of awkward silent pauses, bite her lip a lot and pretty much just kinda spazz out a little, before the goes off hunting for the first time...