I want my money back

Rating: 2/10 (18 November 2012)

I fully admit I was not a fan of the book series, but I actually enjoyed the movies. They weren't great, but they were good entertainment, and I usually appreciated the changes they made. Bella was a stronger character with actual development, most of Edward's abusive tendencies were dropped, Jacob struggled with being a wolf but he was still a good person at heart, and the side characters were fantastic with great personalities we didn't see enough of. I actually had a good hope for this movie, so I dragged my best friend to see it. I've never been so mad about paying for a film in my life.
I don't know how they used a real baby at all, because most of the time the kid looked like poorly rendered CGI which had me laughing like a lunatic every time she came on. Well, I guess the movie gets some points for making me laugh. Unintentional, but still.
The thing that really grated on me was the ending. It was a complete cop-out, and it was a cop-out in the book as well. I don't care if it was a planned ending, it was planned to be a cop-out. Does it bother fans when their favorite characters die? Yes! Is is a slap to the face with a chicken cutlet like this craptastic ending was? No! I LIKED that people were dying. True, the characters who kicked it were great characters that I did enjoy, but it makes the whole thing seem more real and interesting. Not everybody can have that happily ever after, and it would have given the characters growth. Besides, spending an entire movie discussing how terrible the Volturi are just to let them go is completely asinine and insulting to the fans.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to my greatest enemy, so if you are like me, a fan of the movie but not the book, please do yourself a favor and skip this one. Just be grateful that it's now finally over.