Twilight and Twilight Merchandise

Heather and I went to see Breaking Dawn last night.  To be honest, even though I have been at the midnight showing of every Twilight movie thus far, I was not in a hurry to see it.  But a week into the premiere and I was ready to see what all the hype was about. 

And I have to say, I LOVED it.  I really, really did.  In fact, I would happily have sit through another showing right after the first.  And here’s what I loved:

• Edward.  Edward, Edward, Edward.  And not really Edward like you think.  It’s more Rob.  You can tell he has grown as an actor so much.  After watching Water for Elephants, I was thinking wouldn’t it be nice for him to actually act well like that in Twilight and wow, he certainly did in this movie.  Edward was finally the Edward he was supposed to be.  Confident, protective and happy with Bella.
• I felt like Kristen finally played Bella well.  She was nervous at the wedding and on the honeymoon but not so much she seemed like she was having a nervous breakdown.
• The wedding was amazing.  The dress was GORGEOUS.  The shoes were amazing.  The decorations were beautiful.  Charlie saying goodbye was heartbreaking.
• We didn’t get to see much of the high school kids but they were funny and added just the right touch.
• I liked that the other vampires were a part of the story but not the center of attention.
• I preferred the honeymoon of the movie to the book.  I was always disappointed they didn’t have more in the book.  And no, not just the bedroom scene.  I loved them playing chess and going on walks.  And I loved them in Rio.  I loved Edward taking them in the boat to Isle Esme.
• I liked that the conflict in this movie was with the pack and not the Voulturi.  I loved that Jake was confident and yet still torn about Bella.  I loved him standing up to Sam. And him imprinting on Renesmee?  SO much better than the book.  I like that we got glimpses of the teenage Renesmee instead of picturing him solely imprinting with an infant.
• They did a fantastic job of makeup with Kristen while she was pregnant.  Wow, she looked amazingly awful.  It was just perfect though.  You really got the sense of how serious the pregnancy was.  And I appreciated the conflict within the family about the baby and how Kristen held tight to what she wanted.
• I loved when Edward could finally hear the baby and saw that she was pure and wonderful and not the awful creature he was imagining.
• The birth scene was, well, the birth scene.  I don’t know of any birth scenes real or fake that are particularly pretty to watch.  I liked that the movie stayed true to the book but we didn’t ever have to see anything beyond Bella’s face.  They seriously could have made that scene disgusting but I really don’t feel like it did.  And how beautiful is Renesmee?
• I’ll preface this point in saying I don’t care for vampires.  I don’t read or watch this movie for that part of the story.  For me, and a lot of people, this story is about the love of two individuals that live in a world of different rules.  You could leave out the vampire stuff and I’d be happy.  BUT.  A lot of the book is Bella wanting to be a vampire so she can live with Edward forever.  It’s not the actual vampire stuff she’s after, it’s the forever part.  So when she turned at the end, well, it was just EXCITING.  She was beautiful and everyone was just waiting.  I’m not excited that she’s a vampire, per se.  But I am excited she’s now like Edward and they can be together forever.  Yes, it’s that cheesy.

So yes, count me in, I’ll be watching this one more than once.  I’m just so happy this series keeps getting better and better and simply cannot wait until Part 2.

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