SO I SAW BREAKING DAWN

[cleolinda]

...and it was pretty much what I expected, everything a Breaking Dawn movie had to be and could not help but be, etc.

Comments

[ceebeegee]

Believe it or not, the New York Times review wasn't bad. I mean it is what it is--even Hitler hated the novel. You can't improve the source material that much, but I thought they did what they could.

Although I would've liked a LOT more snarky Leah and Adorable!Seth. And more snarky Jessica.

I did like the "change" sequence, with the venom racing through her system.

[beautifiers]

Seth was amazing. Leah should have punched Jacob in the face repeatedly. Jessica was fabulous. Also LOL HITLER.

[ceebeegee]

Is that video not the funniest Downfall parody ever? "She was supposed to hook up with Jacob, then we see him humping Reneestard's leg!"

[cleolinda]

Yeah, like I said yesterday, Manohla Dargis at the NYT made me believe in Sparklemas again.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, pretty much. I think they did invent a legit battle for the end (there's at least a scene where Alice imagines one, I think?), and there's a lot of stuff that happens offscreen that they're going to take the time to show. I know there's at least one actual sex scene, for example. And they'll probably take up some time with all the new vampire characters training. I mean, I see why they cut it here, because the first two thirds (this movie) are a distinctly different plotline from the last third.

[cmdr_zoom]

I'll see your five letters and raise you another three, the first of which is "E" and the last is "O." If that British woman, Rolling or Rawlings or whatever, can have two movies for the final volume of her silly little kids' books, then surely the epic conclusion of SMeyer's tale of timeless romance deserves two as well!

[miss_eponine]

I know you get linked to all sorts of Twilight shenanigans, but I thought you might find the review of Breaking Dawn from the perspective of a NHL player interesting.

[litlover12]

"Also, maybe I just feel such monumental pity for the kid that I didn't even think Taylor Lautner was bad."

I had the same thought.

[cleolinda]

I kept hearing just how totally awful he was, and I really didn't see it. I mean, even I cracked on "I'LL PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL!!" in the second movie, and it just didn't seem that bad this time.

[smilenoddelete]

I cannot wait to read the M15M version. Everything you write makes the movies funnier to watch.

Still trying to decide which part was my favorite so far. My newly-minted 13-year-old decided the Vampire Boob Job (fixing all the bones and boom-she's up to a D cup!) was the best part. I still can't decide between the Russian Mail Order Vampire and Jacob's "I'm gonna get me some Kibbles 'n' Bits" POV scene. The TMI cam venom scene was pretty cool. Thanks for pointing out the end credits scene. We would've missed it otherwise.

Happy writing!

[beautifiers]

Holy shit is THAT what that puffed up thing was?! I thought for some reason that it was lower and the venom was like HAHA YOUR BODY'S STILL HOLDING ONTO THE BULGE FROM YOUR DEMON CHILD.

[ceebeegee]

Well, after giving birth to your half-vampire demon child via dental-caesarean, it takes at least a few months to get rid of the weight.

[mistress_infy]

The fact that that sentence even exists and is completely true, IDEK.