The best so far? Well, thats not hard!

Rating: 6/10 (6 December 2011)

I am a person who will go into any film with an open mind, wide eyed and eager in anticipation. When most blokes here about Twilight films, they automatically have the typical bloke response 'I'm not watching that rubbish, too girlie for me.' When i heard about the original Twilight film, i ignored the sceptics, and also ignored the crazy obsessed people who love every movement of R-Patz or Taylor, and i judged it as just another film.
The first film was pretty decent. Not a lot happened, but the characters were intriguing, and although Kirsten Stewart was insanely annoying as Bella, it was a watchable film. The series in my opinion has kind of tailed off ever since, with not enough description of what is going on, and not enough action to make it a film worthy of my very demanding viewing time. But, i have persevered, and when someone asked me if i wanted to go see Breaking Dawn part 1, i was interested to see how it ended, or at least how it began to end.
I have not read any of the books, i am not a big reader. I am all about the cinematic medium. Like most films that have been copied from books, the story usually does not fit in to a 90-120 minute time frame that it needs to do be a successful film. There are parts in the 2nd and 3rd film, as with this one, where peoples actions aren't really explained to you fully. You only realise it after someone who has read the books tells you the missing parts of the story. But back to this film, i thought it was a step up from the previous two. Although quite jumpy in places, leaping from one plot point to the next far too quickly, i think it had more of a kick to it than others. The scene where she collapses, and the pregnancy scenes are quite gruesome, and stick in the mind vividly. The make up team did a terrific job making her look ill, to the point where it was actually quite disgusting to even look at her (maybe that was just her though, and the make up team didn't do anything! - a joke for all those K-Stew hating girls filled with jealousy.) K-Stew has also found her acting talent in this film.... playing dead. I have never been so convinced that someone is dead, terrific performance of being dead.
All jokes aside, if you have seen any of the twilight films or read the books (as everyone in the world seems to have done) then you know what to expect. Lots of tension, moody looks, Vampire and Werewolf fun, and Jacob taking his top off. I am quite surprised at the low rating that this film is receiving here on IMDb, as this film has all the same elements it always has had. In my opinion, some of the scenes are much more memorable, and the acting seems to be getting better with each film that goes by. Maybe Twilight fans are finally starting to realise that it always was a pretty average film, and are expecting too much from its sequels. Either way, i would recommend watching this film, whether you are male or female, or whether you are vampire or werewolf!