The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Review

Justin and I saw Breaking Dawn, Part 2 on November 17, 2012!! I felt this was a good ending to a series that I've actually enjoyed unlike the majority of people out there. I felt Kristen Stewart did an excellent job as Bella (my favorite performance of hers throughout the whole series). I am a big fan of her to begin with, but I was impressed with how she portrayed her new vampiric state and the remnants of her humanity, much like Elena is doing in The Vampire Diaries. She shows fire and passion as Bella, going to great lengths to protect her daughter Renesmee, and her husband Edward. She has gained strength and a keen ability to protect her family. The Cullens are an interesting family, as each character brings something unique to the table, whether it's Alice with her visions or the gentle nature of Carlisle. I liked the whole element of vampires having unique abilities. It's something I've never really seen when approaching the vampire subject. I think the Volturi is a unique group of old guard vampires, who want to protect the race by taking out threats such as immortal children. They are under the impression that Renesmee is immortal, and she will never be able to learn how to control her abilities as her life was taken from her and will be doomed to be a child for eternity. Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner did well in their respective roles of Edward and Jacob. I felt that the movie showed a maturity amongst the cast as its been a team effort since the first film, but you see how well the chemistry works on screen. I also liked how they maintained a level of campiness with Michael Sheen's portrayal of Aro at some points. The Volturi overall is a great blend of characters as many have differing ideologies regarding certain situations as you'll see throughout the movie. I think this movie did an absolutely incredible job of playing with the audience's emotions. The crowd was applauding and some were crying at certain points in the movie. I could understand why. The big twist was so well done. It was shot in such an intelligent matter that it created an extremely realistic environment. That whole sequence is one of the best scenes I've had the privilege of seeing. The evolution of characters, incredible scenes, beautiful scenery, intense emotion, music (especially the brilliant, well orchestrated score), costumes, and storylines made this a movie that I give a 5/5. I gave each one of the other movies: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 a 4/5 and this one I liked just a little bit more than the others. My brother Jake was the one that initially got me into these movies, and I have to thank him for it. He knows I am usually into movies and books dealing with subjects like this. These movies have been presented over a 5 year period starting in 2007, and I have liked each movie. The ending with the credits and well constructed shots of the saga's history really did a great job of wrapping up this cinematic journey. In my opinion, this was very well done. I was applauding along with everybody else in the packed theater as we bid farewell to a series filled with passion, entertaining moments, emotional moments, and of course, blood.