Okay, we went to see breaking dawn last night so I’m going to do a quick review of it. As it’s a two-parter it’s a little unfair to give a complete review to only half of the story.
First up are the cons, my primary problem was just a major pacing issue. There was no particular urgency about Bella’s predicament despite multiple complaints that she was at serious risk. Furthermore the opening was exceptionally slow and didn’t accomplish much except “hey look they’re leading a normal life”, which I know is the primary phase of any story, but hey we all just spent 5 hours with the previous movies so it felt very excessive.
What’s good is that Robert Pattinson is actually becoming a remarkable actor, which to his credit was Water for Elephants. Taylor Lautner really didn’t get much beyond emo teen angst, which was a detriment to his character.
The story was there, it’s just not exactly what you expect after the whole vampire battle.
Finally you got to see Kirsten Stewart look more like she was strung out on heroin or coke than you did in The Runaways, which was more just amusing and further proof that you can make your lead female look even worse than when she was just the plainest looking actress in Hollywood.
Overall I’d say 6/10, you’re better off waiting on this one, although my guess is that any guy seeing this had very little choice in the matter.
