I'm going to go and do something horrible to myself

AHR

Where is that elaboration? :<

MillerCross

Because I hate myself, Protega.

So, comments on the ending. 

I have to say that the baby delivering scene is...and I hope you're all hanging tight into your seats when I say this...a good scene. It's amazingly well done, creepy and tense. It's like a Soderbergh movie to borrow from a certain AV club reviewer whose name shall go unmentioned. The uncertainty of Bella's survival is, however, milked for all that it's worth, even though we all know she'll be a vampire and we saw her blood and whatever transform. Not to mention that this is Twilight. Bella can't die because that'd imply that vampires are not things with which you'd have sex and live and that's a lolno for Smeyer.

However all of this relative goodness goes down the window when Bella's Baby (Who I'd like to call Cthulhu because there's no way in hell I'm calling that bitch "Renesmee") is imprinted on by none other than Jacob. The implications of paedophillia are painfully clear, but what is actually the worst part is that this is painfully celebrated as true love. While after a certain thread, I can't say my understanding and definition of the concept of love is as definitive as I used to think it is, I certainly think that a relationship between these characters is not only impossible, but incredibly unhealthy and just sick and utterly wrong.

The worst part is that this is the major trend of the books. Jacob is clearly a good guy, and Lautner performs him with all the charisma he can muster, regardless of how shitty the writing is. And it shows. It's sad that he'll be forever remembered as the werewolf with abs, as he's clearly a good, charismatic actor. I'd compare him to a lesser Brad Pitt. Of course, Lautner could still find his Tyler Durden-role in his career, but I digress. 

hm, another thing I couldn't help but notice that was problematic about the ending is how much of it was clearly there in order to make you go "Holy shit, stakes were just raised, bro". the problem is that it both comes out of nowhere (Bella having the baby with no contractions before hand, I think, iirc) and it feels rushed and artificial. 

Still, the fact of the matter is that the movies still have a somewhat good cast with great performances, and if you can ignore the more laughable stuff, like, say, werewolves in CGi, the film can almost be enjoyable, provided you forget about its inherent misogy...oh who am i kidding. it's mediocre. And the worst part is that the crew has improved. The cinematography is still gorgeous, the soundtrack fits every scene, the supporting cast has grown into their roles. The only exception to this are the (supposedly) hipsters in the leading roles who say their perfomance is totally a parody and that they do not like the story at all. 

Icalasari

So in other words, it would be an awesome movie if it wasn't for the fact that it was a movie about Breaking Dawn?