We return once again to Forks and the supernatural drama we have all come to know and love. That drama comes here to a tumultuous end. In this final chapter of the Twilight saga, BellEdward and company must save their miracle child Renesmee from the Volturi, a vampire government of sorts that is half Vatican and half fascist military regime. The Volturi think that Renesmee is an immortal child which is strictly forbidden and none are allowed to live. The Cullens gather all of their friends from all over the world to help them protect the remarkable child of Bella and Edward.
The cast of characters is a little different this time. We have all the staples with Bella and Charlie, the Cullens and Jacob’s wolf pack, but now we have Arabic vampires, Amazon warrior women, revolutionists and Transylvanian counts among many others. The influx of new characters and new special abilities gives the movie more of a fun factor and makes it more bearable. Nothing actually occurs in this movie until the final showdown with the Volturi, but that is no different than the other stories. That being said, the final battle is pretty epic. If you have seen a preview for this movie, 90% of the clips are from that scene. It is exciting and well-filmed as well as having a few surprises for fans of the book.
I found this film a little tiresome. It took a long time to get to the story and the majority of the dialog was tedious. Add to that the fact that so many interesting characters were crammed in that nothing ended up happening with them. Some of them seemed to have more to do with the story but we just never saw it. I have always found the secondary characters in this saga much more interesting than the love triangle that is Edward, Bella and Jacob, and now we have even more interesting characters and they are more overshadowed by the main characters than before!
I think the bottom line here is that if you are a Twilight fan you will love this movie. It has romance and danger and perpetual teenage angst along with the cheesy one-line comedy. However, if you don’t like Twilight, this movie will do nothing to sway your allegiance. I will say that I felt the ending worthy of the epic nature of this craze and that final battle does redeem the overall movie to be enjoyable even for me, so if a friend of girlfriend drags you to this movie, don’t despair; just hold out until the end!
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