Over the past five years, Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight has blown up in mainstream media. While the books do have a large following (mostly pre-pubescent girls whose hormones are raging) there is an even bigger group of Twilight-haters. While I would really not like to consider myself in the group of anti-fans who are making Twilight even more popular with every joke and strike they take at the series, I must talk about the true ridiculousness that was the fourth movie in the set of five, Breaking Dawn.
First, let’s discuss the writing. I could see the writers’ sad attempts at humor in the beginning of the film, to try and displace the disgust you would feel later on (in the infamous birthing scene.) The awkwardness oozed out of Kristen Stewart and her on-screen family as they tried to make uncomfortable humor out of sexual innuendo. While I can’t remember specific lines said, I do remember the faces of the actors as they recited them. They looked ill-at-ease and like they were just not believing in what they were saying. That brings me to lovely little Kristen Stewart, and her ingenious acting.
In the grand wedding scene, with beautiful lights and trees and dresses and people, you would expect the most beautiful asset to be the bride. So out comes Bella Swan, in a long, gorgeous, white dress, looking constipated. A couple steps later, her face transitions to appendix-bursting-level pain. As she continues down the aisle, her face does soften, but into some apathetic looking stupor. May I remind you, this is her wedding day. The day she finally gets to marry her beloved Edward, all problems aside, and she looks angry, confused, and sick. Wonderful acting, Miss Stewart. I applaud you.
The third issue I noticed within this movie had to do with the general storyline. After the first night of Edward and Bella’s honeymoon, Bella wakes up with large bruises along her arms, remembering the night before. Edward apologizes frantically, but Bella relaxes him, saying that it’s okay, and that he was just trying to make her happy the night before. Forgive me if I’m reading too far into this, but as a high school student who took Health freshman year, I would say that these are definite signs of an abusive relationship. First comes the honeymoon stage (literally), then the violent stage, and lastly, the apologetic stage.
A responsible woman would leave the relationship. Breaking Dawn is encouraging girls to stay with the boys, as long as they “know that they love them and that they won’t do it again.” In all seriousness, this isn’t a positive message to be spreading to millions of teenage girls, who could likely be in this situation later in life.
In other words, Breaking Dawn was just as idiotic as I anticipated. Although, I must say it wasn’t boring in the least. I don’t recommend this movie, but if you do see it I advise to watch it light-heartedly, because there is no way you can take this movie seriously.
agree with everything
jennah took the words right out of my mouth
Well, i do agree with most of what your saying…kristen stewart’s acting sucks, yeah true. the jokes are awkward, true. However, the whole “abusive relationship thing, well…those kind of rules don’t apply to this movie in particular because well…he did warn her it could be dangerous, and he’s not human, in case you have forgotten. This being a fantasy vampire movie, obviously we can’t make assumptions about something, whether it’s a joke or not, because nothing is realistic and well…it’s a movie that could never have lived up to the fabulous book (which explains everything in case you haven’t read it–the bruises and apologizing, Bella’s thoughts before the wedding…yeah, i agree Stewart looked..a little too pained for my liking, but what i think she was going for, and failed to do so, was the terrifying feeling of having the marriage end up like her parents’ marriage. But i do think by the end of the wedding scene, that was her best scene. everything else for her just went back to “yeah, i’m awkward and don’t know how to convey any emotion”).
That’s right, Jennah. These so – called “rules” that you speak of are inapplicable to Edward and Bella because their relationship is like no other! You clearly just don’t understand their deep bonds. Like when Edward forces Bella to do everything he says for her “safety,” why, that’s just Edward’s display of *~~true luvv~~*. And if Edward had forced Bella headfirst into an oven, you can bet that he was thinking of her all the time.
And again, Guest hits the nail on the head. The reason this movie was such a failure– it did not live up to the book! Clearly, moviemakers should just step aside and let Meyer do the production, script writing and set design herself. Heck, she might as well don a bunch of wigs and act out all the parts while she’s at it! Why should anyone muddle her vision of Twilight with their hackneyed view of the movie industry?!
So there you have it, Jennah. I hope you can now see the Twilight Saga in a better light.
the abusive relationships you speak of isn’t true for bella and edward.
edward was just a really strong vampire and could easily crush bella’s bones if he wanted to 🙂 so of course, in the honeymoon scene, he was waaay too strong and as a result, she got bruises. it’s not an abusive relationship because he loves her and apologized because he knows he can never have normal human qualities lol