Non-Twilight Reader Movie Review - Part 2

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 2013)

I have never read any of the Twilight books, and after seeing all four movies (which I got hooked on one day when they all came on cable, on after another), I haven't really wanted to ever read them. But for some reason I was drawn to finding out how everything ended, so after seeing Part 1, I really was ready to see Part 2, especially when people kept telling me how good it was.
I had no idea how it ended or anything about the story before I saw it, on purpose, so this movie (the ending especially) was a real treat for me. Kristen Stewart drove me nuts in every other movie, but in this one, I actually liked her. I HATED that they used CGI for that little girl. HATED. I have no reason why that was even suggested, much less followed through on. And you would think that if they were planning on doing that, this is a franchise with almost unlimited funds, they would have found a graphics team that could have done better than this one did. And while we are on the subject of ridiculous things that shouldn't have happened, that stupid line about the loch ness monster (could have been in the book, who knows?) should never been in this movie and I don't know how any actress could have pulled that off without bursting into laughter and walking off the set.
I had a hard time following some of the things going on, probably because I hadn't read the book. And I thought it was completely pointless to make this into two movies, instead of making one kick-&^% movie (which they could have if they really wanted to, but you know, revenue got in the way!) The entire movie franchise was salvaged the second I saw Carlisle's head in Aro's hand. I then watched one of the best fight scenes I've seen, mainly because of all of the main characters who were killed. Then, I got to the end and realized it was all a vision. Great, great ending.
All in all, this movie was the best of the five for me. They could have had better dialogue. At some point, there will be good film adaptations for books (I was so disappointed in the Hunger Games, as I have read that book) but I am guessing, this wasn't one of them. However, it certainly wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen!