The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011–117 mins) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner 

Twilight is a pretty polarizing franchise. On one hand you have the teeny-bopper girls, and love struck women who faun over the guys in the movie and the doomed from the start love story. Then you also get the people who hate it simply because it’s both a love story and so damn popular (I am looking at my co-host on the Geek Allstars Podcast—-> Gyroplay for this one). Me? Well, I will say I don’t go to either extreme, and sit fairly in the middle.

It’s no secret I love Sci-Fi and Fantasy type movies and Vampires and Werewolves are both equally welcome in my movie going world. I have also been pretty patient with the lovey-dovey,depressed b/c we can’t be together and free crud we get forced to watch in each movie. I still maintain that if you remove that stuff you are left with some decent Sci-Fi stuff. This next to last installment in the series is, unfortunately almost entirely a love fest. However, if you didn’t know that going into it, it’s your own fault. It’s the wedding/honeymoon installment so sure, there HAD to be all of that. After said nuptials, the marriage is consummated and lo and behold Bella is PREGNANT (we will have to go with the WSOD on this one to allow our mind to wrap around the idea that  Vampires can procreate). So we spend a good amount of the movie watching the downward spiral of Bella’s body b/c a Vampire baby not only grows extremely fast but it takes quite a toll on a human’s body.

The part that gets us a little back to enjoyable-ness is how this offspring is effecting and going to effect the delicate world of Vamp-Werewolf relations. And there is where the movie starts to bring us to some action and the setting up of the inevitable action packed (I hope) last movie which will be out this year (due in NOV). Bare with me, as I have not read any of the books and have no idea what is in store for the last movie, but I suspect we will get some fighting with the werewolf clans and I am sure the whole Volturi will come involved and want to have their hand in controlling the baby as well.

All in all the movie isn’t ALL that bad, just a bit slow for those of us who can care less about the soap-opera part of the series.  I still enjoy the “family” dynamic of the Cullens , how they interact, and I have a full on crush on Alice (Ashley Greene) who is possibly IMHO the sexiest, coolest and most fun vamp to watch (yes, I can’t believe I just said that too). These aren’t cinema classic’s by any stretch but for a couple of bucks there are certainly worse things to watch from the Red Box.

Verdict–> It’s kinda simple really, if you have enjoyed the series you will likely enjoy this movie. If you are a guy, there isn’t much here you will watch with your buddies but you certainly could do worse then getting this for a date night. If your better half enjoys these then do her a favor and grab it and earn some much needed brownie points. It’s going to bore you at first but should have some redeeming qualities in the 2nd half. Girls who like it will of course love it.

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