Breaking Dawn Part 1 (aka The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1)
DIRECTOR: Bill Condon
SCREENWRITER: Melissa Rosenberg (based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer)
While I've previously had something of an interest in Twilight (thanks to some positive reviews from two film critics I like and I ended up thinking the first installment was 'alright'), I had since been doing some catching up with TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I've started on Season 3) and recent re-viewings of the Twilight films on television (thus diminishing the cinematic experience), I found myself getting more critical of them as being dull and sometimes stupid but with some moments of interest. The one problem though with comparing both though (although I am Team Buffy) is that one is a series of 45 minute episodes while the other is a series of 2 hour feature-length cinematic experiences.
However I saw Breaking Dawn Part 1 today and it's quite possibly the most respectable of the series despite some moments of silliness. If Eclipse was the first that resembled a horror film, this goes into steely Rosemary's Baby territory with it's 12A certificate pushed to the limit and the "conclusion" had me thinking there was almost no need for Part 2. Though I have not read all the books I would suggest it is the least "reverent" to the franchise and fanbase (particularly the darkly funny sequence in the end credits), and all the better for it.
As a matter of interest, not only do Twilight vampires not melt in the sunlight (and why does Edward not sparkle in he and Bella's Tracy Island honeymoon, unless it's because he's indoors?), they can also be reflected in a mirror.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
May I also be the first to suggest the next item of Twilight merchandise being an inflatable Bella?
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