The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Mortal Bella (Kristen Stewart) has just graduated from high school and time is of the essence if she’s to marry her young looking vampire love Edward (Robert Pattinson). The date is set and it would seem as though the perfect romance is in play. Of course, Jacob (Taylor Lautner), the friendly neighborhood Quileute werewolf, disapproves of the union, but there’s little to be done. Can you feel the tension in the air? Ain’t nothin’ like brooding teenage love rage right? Adding insult to injury, Bella becomes pregnant with Edward’s spawn. The catch, oh no, the pregnancy could be deadly, and nobody knows what the fetus will be….The horror! How will Bella weather the pregnancy, what will the rest of the Quileute Nation think of this, and what of the silent Volturi? Wooden acting through and through, it’s as though any hope of a dramatic performance has been drained from the lifeless bodies of the actors– to the point it’s comedic. Seriously, this may take the cake for unintentional comedy of the year. Then there are moments of genuine comedy, after all who doesn’t laugh when they break the headboard in the throws of passion? The rest of the film seems confused, am I a serious film made with care or am I a quickly bashed out piece of schlock with lousy telepathic werewolves. Sadly, but not surprising, I’m siding with schlock. Again, the fans will eat this drivel up, the rest of us will point and laugh. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 is rated PG-13.