Chix Chat on Film Review: Bella and Edward, forever.

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2012)

The love story between Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) is the draw for the ladies and the supernatural creatures battling it out is the draw for the guys so with Breaking Dawn Part 2 everybody gets something out of the story. But I did not imagine that fans were so emotionally involved until I witnessed a woman seated to my left in the theatre audibly began to cry during the climactic battle that is shown in the trailer, when a beloved character falls. I have shed a tear or two over scenes in movies, but never a lingering 'nooooooooo!' will I utter. Seriously, I really like the stories, I read the first book and part of the second, but it is still just a movie, the characters are not real. Besides rather than enhance my movie going experience by having read the book first it tarnishes it, but that's just me. This final film was actually very interesting, creative and cleverly crafted. The story provided for answers to questions that I didn't know that I had, like the whole immortal child story. This did provide for some insight into the Volturi zero tolerance policy, but never a reason for their extreme cruelty. I did find that baby Renesmee was a bit too animated for my taste so it was hard to appreciate what was supposed to be extracted from her ability to communicate. Bella's story was worth experiencing on the big screen and held my attention through all the films. I was never team Edward or team Jacob (Taylor Lautner) but I always felt that Jacob was more endearing, maybe because out of the two he brooded less. The whole imprinting on the new born was a little freaky if I give it too much thought, so I stopped over thinking it. Aside from the appearance of baby Renesmee, the special effects in this film would have you convinced that people could transform into over-sized wolves, the Bella rock climbing and that massive crack in the ground looked truly realistic. It's no secret that I really appreciate cool FX, which made this film a gem in my mind. I'm not broken up about this series ending any more than I was about Harry Potter ending, it just makes way for the next epic story that makes people wonder 'what if?'. I liked the shock and awe moments and I thoroughly enjoyed the mitigated collateral damage. Part 2 gets a green light.