"Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 2"

The epic (?) film series reaches it finale, with the second part of "Breaking Dawn". All the varied strands of the movies have led to this.

At the end of part one, we saw 'Bella' having given birth to a daughter, and in order to save her life after undergoing such trauma through the birth, Edward was on hand to convert her to a Vampire, as it was the only way to save her life.
Part two, and Bella and Edward are adjusting to life as Vampires together, and also to their new arrival. However, bad news is on the horizon for them as the Volturi upon hearing of the birth of their daughter, wrongly believe her to be an Immortal Child, and this is a sin against all they hold dear, so they venture to the States to seek the death of the child and also the Cullen family.

This leads to an inevitable showdown between the Cullen allied by their friends and the Werewolves, against the Volturi. I seem to recall that the ending of the film differs to that of the book, though having not read the book, I do not whether this is the case or in what way. The showdown is impressive and well worth waiting for, though you may feel short changed at the climax of it.

Overall it has been a good series, with both hits and misses, and seeing Taylor Lautner strip down to his boxers in this last movie almost makes this one a hit!!
I still dont think the original film can be beaten, it stands as a highly enjoyable movie, and far exceeded my expectations.

A nice finish, but glad that it is over......6 out of 10

"Breaking Dawn pt 1"

The Vampire Chronicles from the pen of Stephanie Meyer come full circle as we begin the first part of the final chapter.

I have to confess that I never expected to be watching these movies, but I sat down one night and watched "Twilight", and was gobsmacked as to how much I enjoyed it. I was not as keen on "New Moon" but did enjoy "Eclipse". So after the journey, here we now are with "Breaking Dawn".

As we all know, "Eclipse" ended with a marriage proposal, and this latest film starts with the marriage ceremony, and poor Jacob going off in a huff. The ceremony takes place, and very beautiful it is too. Then comes the honeymoon. And then we have that first night together, and the hope that Edward will not get too carried away, and do his new bride a mischief. And then comes the kicking of little feet. And then comes the birth....look basically it is the Bella and Edward show.

The majority of the film centres around these two characters, at times when they are on honeymoon, it feels like a brochure for a holiday resort. And because the film centres so much on the newly weds, it suffers because of it. Having not read the books, I cannot comment as to how well the screenplay follows the original book, but it does make for a rather boring film am afraid.
The cast seem to be following the acting by numbers method, with only a fleeting moment of decent acting from Robert Pattinson towards the end of the film.

There is some nice photography at times, and the visuals are very good, but I doubt that the target audience will care about that. All they will be interested in is how quickly does Taylor Lautner get his shirt off? Well I won't spoil this review by answering that question here.

I may watch pt 2, I don't know. maybe it is best to remember the best aspects of the series, and remember the original movie, and "Eclipse"

So much better has gone before........5 out of 10

"Abduction"

Nathan (Taylor Lautner) enjoys his life, for the most part. Socialising with his friends, trying to capture the heart of the girl who lives opposite, but also having to deal with his law laying father, who likes to instill some discipline in his son. During a class project, he is paired up with the girl of his dreams, but problems ensue when they visit some missing children websites for the project, and it seems possible that Nathan may be one of those pictured on the website as missing, and if he is, who are the two people he lives with pretending to be his parents?
It would also seem he is not the only one on the website as an East European terrorist has created the website for the very purpose of tracking down Nathan, as his father is actually a Spy, as happens every day, and the terrorist wants to kidnap Nathan to force his Spy father to return some property he stole. Lots of chases follow yadda yadda yadda.

Hmmm....this is not a great film, good is being over generous. The story is farcical, and not at all compelling. There is little to no tension, for the most part a very talented cast are very wasted. And when I say talented cast, I mean the more veteran actors, wonderful stars like Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver.

Save your money, you will thank me......3 out of 10