Chix Chat on Film review: The honeymoon is over.

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2011)

I was immediately impressed by the look of this film, all the location shots were simply beautiful to behold from the wedding to the aerial view of Rio de Janeiro to Isle Esme. The special effects were so believable that I shuddered at the ferocity of the wolves and the rapidly diminishing health of Bella (Kristen Stewart), she really looked a hot mess. I had an expectation from the trailer that the film would be more action driven, but it was primarily a love story at least until the honeymoon was over with a wedding night pregnancy. At that point of course everything was all about protecting Bella, oh wait that's been the constant theme in the entire series. I have really grown tired of Jacob (Taylor Lautner) pining away for her. Dude get over it, it's never gonna happen! I know the stories correlate very closely to the books so there's nothing he can do about it, but I'm just saying. Maybe someone should show him the end of New Moon when she tells him it's Edward (Robert Pattinson), it's always been Edward, it's always gonna be Edward. The whole story with Jacob standing up to the pack was worthwhile, it showed that being in love with Bella hasn't completely emasculated him, although he pretty much did that for her too. I'm tickled each time I watch these films that Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) typically has one word dialogue, and basically just maintains that odd look of despair. I still don't understand how Charlie (Billy Burke) could live in Forks all this time and not figure out that there are Vampires and Werewolves and Bella figured it out within months of moving there. I actually did like this film, but I don't feel as if I would have missed very much had I just waited until Part Two when everything all comes together with the Volturi confrontation. I know from my family members who read all the books and are ultimately and completely infatuated with the stories that they left from seeing the movie satisfied. I left wanting more which I am sure was the whole point of breaking the final story into two parts. For anyone unfamiliar with the series and the books, this is not a must see film, because none of it would make sense if you just went to see a movie and checked this one out, but if you are familiar it was entertaining enough for me to give it an amber light.