Straight to Video?

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2010)

I like the Twilight series, both the films and books. Of course the books are better - since my imagination is better than most of the directors.
So far the films have all been disappointments, even the first - which has been the best to date. Meyers is no Tolkien, Goodkind or Marion Zimmer Bradley, but one would have expected better of the films.
Having seen all the films, I am wondering if it might not be better for Breaking Dawn, the next in the series to go straight to video, especially if it's being broken into two. Die hard fans will certainly purchase the DVDs/BluRays in spite of poor acting, stilted dialogue, cheesiness, etc. however, since it appears to be mostly about the money...
Billy Burke, who plays Charlie, is awesome as is Ashley Greene. The rest of the cast was so-so. Hard to believe that the three main characters stand to make 25 mil for the next installment.
The original Victoria was better than the new one, but I guess we don't need to worry about that. She was only in about four minutes of the film, and I understand that they expanded it for the big name actress, but they needn't have bothered.
The entire fight scene was short and poorly done, but probably the highlight of this film. Still, I am a fan, so I enjoyed it, especially after the dismal failure of the second.