Breaking Dawn Part 1 [M]

It’s really happening. Edward and Bella are tying the knot and soon, Bella will become a vampire, able to love and cherish her Edward forever. But whilst on their honeymoon, something happens that threatens, not only Bella’s life, but also the lives of the entire Cullen family, as Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Still a human, the baby is too strong to grow inside Bella’s frail body, but the bigger problem is that the wolves see it as an abomination and will not allow it to be born, sparking a war against Bella, the Cullens, and anyone who stands in between. 

What can I say that has not already been said about the whole bloody Twilight phenomenon? This film is pretty much just like the others only more violent, brutal, and packed with more screaming from Kristen Stewart, who really has a talent for it, I have to say. To give her credit, she did really well at gaining that glow when she lets the shock of being pregnant settle into a calm and maternal state. 

It’s really happening. Edward and Bella are tying the knot and soon, Bell will become a vampire, able to love and cherish her Edward forever. But whilst on their honeymoon, something happens that threatens not only Bella’s life, but also the lives of the entire Cullen family, as Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Still a human, Bella is too fragile to carry the baby through a regular pregnancy, but the bigger problem is that the wolves see the thing as an abomination that will threaten all the humans they protect, and they will not allow it to be born. So begins a battle waged by Sam and his pack against Bella, the Cullens, and anyone who stands in between. 

The final book in the series, Breaking Dawn has been divided into two films, rightly so as there is a lot of stuff that needs to be covered. I have to say that I thought that they did Part 1 very well, ending it at just the right place in the story, and covering the wedding, the child, and the change. From the start, it was very true to the book and more or less exactly how I imagined the wedding and the honeymoon was going to be like. 

I was surprised, however, at how violent and brutal they made the pregnancy though. I have read the book and understood the danger and severity of the whole thing on Bella in particular, but I suppose I just thought that they would sort of put a glaze over it in the film. I was grossly mistaken, which in actually fact works out a lot better for the story as, even though it’s hard to watch, it really conveys the danger of the whole thing, not the mention the unusualness of it. Yes, there was lots of screaming, lots of bloodshed, and lots of bones cracking and breaking. Ugh it makes you just shudder. 

Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Sarah Clark, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, and Elizabeth Reaser, Breaking Dawn Part 1 was just another chapter in the Twilight saga. I don’t know what to say that I haven’t already said before. There is nothing inherently amazing about these books or films, yet there is something about them that just pulls the masses, girls in particular, into the cinema or onto the couch…