An anti-climax of the twilight saga

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 2012)

My best friend never understands why I watched this franchise in the first place. After BD II, I don't understand either. This movie is fail in so many ways if not all ways. It is a total garbage. And I don't say this because I hate the books. I do like the books. But even a fan like me, can not help this final saga reaches even 1.5 out of 10 score.
The screenplay rips off all what matters in the books. I could not say I was satisfied with BD part I, but the excitement to watch Bella becoming immortal, made me feel part II was worth waiting for (I am totally wrong). The process of Bella being a first born take pages in the book.So yes, this should be an important moment. That is not merely showing Bella exploring her new vampire senses,but also how it has created this tense atmosphere among other vampires to deal with a first born, an uncontrollable-always-thirsty-vampire. The movie should use this moment and develop it into some amazed scene, like when we watch superheroes get their first power in the movie. It should be exciting. And of course, to give other characters more lines rather than just listening Bella narrated it for the first 10-15 minutes.
The story plot makes no sense at all.The exposition runs in speed pace, and most of the time narrated, or what I call, summarized by Bella's character. The rising actions feel dry. Alice missing should be the beginning of building up the conflicts in the story. Instead of save some minutes to develop it,the writer, again and again, only mention it between Bella's long narration. The moment where Bella get her tangible power seems no special at all. When it reaches climax, well, it should have reached climax ,no one realizes let alone feeling that.I remember asked my friend what time it was because I could not believe the war scene already there.I was not in climax mode yet.
In the last book, Bella and Edward character have developed. There is this new level of maturity and parenthood that comes along with Renesmee presence.Bella's mother side grows and it is heartwarming to see her effort try to save her family alone during Alice missing. There is a heartbreaking moment in the book when Edward says goodbye to her daughter that I actually cried when read it. Again,the movie fails to show it, not even in dialogs, not even in scenes,not even in gestures.
The baby CGI part is the worst.And what's with the wig? I don't want to be cranky person. But the CGI and the wig are little yet annoying things that make me hard to fall in love with Renesmee character. Seriously,when a baby moves her head and looks at people like that,it is just creepy.
The war scenes didn't blow me much.With war scene, you suppose to feel this tremendous feeling, a high point of tension. But since the plot fails to gradually take me to that point, I did not have time to catch emotional ambiance with the scene. But I have to admit it was not a total bad twisted-scene considering how the book has let us down in that particular part. A little action would be nice, Ms Meyer.
The actors/actresses performance were disappointed.Yet,can't blame them 100% because the dialogs given are not great either. Stewart, again, could not stop bringing her own Stewart's personality to every characters she plays. In Twilight, I thought it was pretty cool that Stewart made Bella's character a little bit dark than the book. But after watching her other works (I've followed her from Catch That Kid,Panic Room,Into the Wild,Adeventureland,etc.), I realize she doesn't try to make different version of Bella. She just plays her own self. The same thing when she played Snow White. She's got to get out from her comfort zone. She should take a complete different role from her own character. I suggest she takes more girly role like Reese in Legally Blonde, so just we could now that she can act.I can not say much for Pattinson. Never really seen him beside Twilight franchise. I think he pulls Edward off. But again, Edward's never been a complex character.
It is sad that after 5 years, they ended the journey of Bella and Edward like this. Such a big disappointment.