The best one so far... still flawed.

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2010)

Unfortunately, I saw this movie when I started getting over my Twilight obsession that started when I was fourteen. The weird thing about the Twilight movies is that they get better, but not by much.
This movie had a darker tone to it, and that was good. The scenes that show Riley, the newborn vampire, wandering the streets and murdering people or turning them into vampires were pretty cool.
Also, I was glad to see that the two most overlooked characters, Jasper and Rosalie, got to have their shining moments in this movie. Like the book, the movie included their stories of their transformations from human to vampire. What really impressed me was that Jasper, until now, has been a really creepy and awkward character, and we got to see another side of him. He mentions to Bella the time he first met Alice, and actually looked... like he had feelings.
Now the bad things in this movie were almost the same as the last two films: Edward and Bella's "chemistry", Jacob and Bella's "chemistry", Kristen Stewart's acting. Edward and Bella have no reason to be together. Jacob has no reason to love Bella. Bella has no personality, and being a weak human, could be killed by Edward easily. What does she have to offer? Pointless drama. Kristen Stewart, as infuriating as it is, still sees no reason to work on her acting. It is still awful.
What also annoyed me was the message the movie sent to the teenage girls out there; that you should just hang back, and let your boyfriend do all the fighting for you, and that you don't need to stand on you're own two feet. You're boyfriend will do that for you!
One more thing, I did not like the new Victoria at all. Victoria is supposed to be a menace. A vicious, merciless, vengeful, unstoppable, bloodthirsty menace. The new Vicotria fell WAAY short of what she was supposed to be. She ran away from everything, she had this terrified expression on her face almost the whole time! The way Edward ripped her head off looked totally fake. It was too funny. People in the theater, die-hard Twilight fans, actually burst out laughing!
This movie was a step up from New Moon as New Moon was a step up from Twilight, but at the same time, it really isn't enjoyable unless you are a naive and immature twelve-to-thirteen year old girl.