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Tuesday had to be a review day because I dont feel like I can do this with another day of the week.......Revuesday.

Today you shall be getting my thoughts on Breaking Dawn. It's a bit late because it's been out for a while, and in fact I saw it almost two weeks ago but I always intended on writing about it because it was just too good an opportunity to miss out on (in fact I already did it once almost two years ago which can be found here). 

I tried to read the Twilight series, I actually got to Breaking Dawn and my reading cut off point is around the end of this film. I remember getting to this part of the series, I was sat on a train reading it and suddenly thought 'this is ridiculous, put it down' and so I did and never returned. I feel quite similar about the film, I'm not sure what will happen next in the story and I'm not particularly sure I care all that much.

I have to admit that I didn't come to this film with an impartial view, I was never really a fan of the other films and I don't think I saw the third one (something I realised 10 minutes into the film) not that it really mattered having read the books (sort of).

The films always look pretty but pretty is never quite enough to be entertaining. It says something about the film's acting, script and direction when throughout you are thinking about the location scout for the film. I'd quite like the Cullen house,maybe they could find me one to live in. The Cullens can clear right out of there though because although they are meant to be incredibly beautiful (I think it says that in the book, I don't dare return to find out) they seem to have made all the vampires stand out for all the wrong reasons with hilarious contact lenses and white face paint. Interview with a Vampire managed to make their vamps pretty yet menacing so why could they not manage it with this series? 

The first half of the film was essentially a bit of a snooze-fest. At one point two men wandered out of the screen, as they passed me I heard one mutter to the other "oh god this is shitter than I thought it would be", it's safe to say they didn't return. By not returning though they missed the comedy gold that was to come, first the mexican housekeeper who predicts that Bella's baby will lead to death (she out acted everyone on screen at that point), another being the talking wolves. I don't think I have ever seen animals talking telepathically done well and I don't think I ever will.

By far my favourite moment of the film though can be summed up by one word, Renesmee. It's a funny name for some reason and although not the film's fault I'm not sure it was handled well. It lead to a fit of giggles from myself and my friend (someone who genuinely loves Twilight) and the people behind us, from this point onwards any mention of the name would spark it off again. I giggled more at this than I did at Bridesmaids, so much so my stomach muscles hurt when I left the cinema. It was inappropriate and I apologise to the other cinema goers but sometimes things are so bad you have to laugh. 

I'm going to spare the film a star rating because I think you get the idea but despite all this I still think I might be back to find out how the story ends.....or just to giggle at the name Renesmee again.

tx