Best One Yet, But Where's The Continuity?

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2010)

I saw this film with my girlfriend on the sneak preview weekend in the UK, and I had expected it to be the best film of the series as it was also the best book of the series too. When i walked out of the cinema the first thing I said was they needed David Slade from the start. Perhaps he wouldn't have captured the emotion of the first two films as they are more of an over-riding factor than in this one which is all geared towards the battle, but he did brilliantly. Without giving too much away the fight scene was very well choreographed and fully deserving of the MTV movie award for best fight scene it will undoubtedly win.
My grievance with this movie is that there is no continuity between the films. for example in all three films when vampires are injured in some way it is different: Twilight: rip like flesh New Moon: crack like stone Eclipse: Weird crystal stuff? Also it may have just been me but I'm certain Jasper and Carlise never had these accents in the first two films which have now just been invented to fit in with their back stories. Whether this was down to the fact the director changes constantly, I don't know, but it was at the back of my mind constantly
overall however this film was easy to lose myself in, and towards the end even felt like a Harry Potter film with the cheery reconciliations accompanied by upbeat music. highly recommend for fans of the series as i doubt Breaking Dawn will live up to these standards