A lackluster finale

Rating: 2/10 (16 December 2013)

I have never seen any of the other "Twilight" movies nor have I read any of the books and went into this without any experience towards the "Twilight" series. So, looking into it without any thought about the previous stories from this universe, I can say that not only is this a poorly made and written movie, it is a weak and lackluster climax that I can guess even the biggest, most die-hard fans of the "Twilight" series will agree with me on. The movie is riddled with ridiculous characters with even more ridiculous ideas and motivations, over-the-top and comical acting, poor visual effects, and story points that are sloppily fit together without much thought.
I will give the film credit in two areas. One is the unintentionally funny moments. While there are few of these moments, some of them have such over-the-top acting or ridiculous writing that it will almost make you glad you at least saw those scenes from the movie. Next, Bella's father (Billy Burke) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) are the only characters you can at the least say are decent people and not as stupid as the other characters.
When it comes to this movie, the biggest most fatal problem is that this is the final movie in a series. As the final chapter of a story, the events of the film are going to effect the final outcome for the world. In the epic finales of many great movie sagas like "Star Wars", "Lord of the Rings", "The Dark Knight trilogy", and "Pirates of the Caribbean", everything has led up to the final confrontation between the heroes and the villains and no matter what, things will change. The first problem is with the battle. After an epic battle where several characters, including the main antagonist are killed, it is all revealed to be a look into the future for the villain. To make matters worse, the film does not just use a dream sequence to make the audience think they just witnessed an epic final battle. Another problem that arises with this finale is that none of the characters have to fight or sacrifice anything and everything ends with the good vampires and werewolves going back to their lives.
This movie does not work as a finale, nor does it work as a movie. As a stand alone movie, it is sloppy and does tells a story that is torn apart by plot holes, uninteresting characters, and a lack of emotional connection with the audience. As a finale, it lacks the epic climax it was building up to, no sacrifices have to be made, and the final battle, even if it was a dream, was anticlimactic. Even with its funny- bad moments, the film is still not worth the 115 minutes of your life.