Directed by:
Bill CondonScreenplay:
Melissa RosenbergCinematography:
Guillermo NavarroCast:
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Maggie Grace, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli (more)VOD (5)
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Transformed, Bella (Kristen Stewart) stands alongside Edward (Robert Pattinson) as a vampire. Experiencing phenomenal powers she thrives in her new life... but danger is never far away. Facing the wrath of the Volturi, led by the menacing Aro (Michael Sheen), can Edward, Bella and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) find the strength for one last stand to live the life they dream of? (Entertainment One)
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In this day and age, full of social and cultural uncertainties, you need at least one thing you can count on. And here you have it: beefcake Taylor Lautner is going to take his shirt off again in 5 minutes :) Otherwise, of course, you can't make anything other than a silly and stupid movie based on a silly and stupid novel. Not even Chris Nolan behind the camera could have helped here.
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When people are booing based on principle alone, then one grateful maximum for similar reasons. The victorious saga of all girls' bedrooms rises up at the very end into a proper movie with no wtf moments that would leave you scratching or shaking your head. No confession falls on infertile soil. And those who stuck it out also got a breathtaking battle. The second Breaking Dawn may found me already prepared for a great finale, but unprepared for Bill Condon leading me from behind the camera and Melissa Rosenberg leading me from behind the script so easily. When the finale manages to evoke almost all emotions, sufficiently exhaust the potential of the ultramaniacal Ara, make Jacob a funny and tolerable version of himself, and at one moment even break the hearts of the fans, I have no defenses. The highest rating for the best film of the saga. And just a little out of spite in favor of a series that has many flaws, but whose innocence I will always defend.
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For all of the whiners who have the need to point out that the Twilight saga has vampires and werewolves but isn’t horror, I have just two words: CGI, baby. Otherwise, Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is a magnificently goofy series finale and a masterful display of fanservice that, thanks to the final twist, manifests the “to have your cake and eat it” paradox. Cheapness and silliness are combined with WTF moments and spectacular violence, while fake emancipation shakes hands with idealised creepiness. However, all of this is transformed into an enchantingly exuberant experience thanks to the phenomenal atmosphere of the Twilight marathon held at the Aero cinema in Prague (more about that in the review of the first Twilight film).
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And it’s behind me. Goodbye, I won’t miss you. In any case, I was looking forward to the rest of Twilight, because it was the last episode, but even so it managed to annoy me. And it was with the same trick that irritated me in Cage’s Next. If you saw that, you know. I admit that in that (badly filmed, but that didn’t matter so much) fight I really had a good time, heads being ripped off the popular heroes was enjoyable, no blood, but ok, it’s a kids movie... but what on earth did they do with it at the end?! Why?! After the fight, it’s stringy like cheese fondue from the pot to the fork. I had goosebumps from Michael Sheen (and not in a good way). And everybody talks slowly, walk to the fight slowly, even though they can run really fast and their clothes don’t get torn, for god’s sake, didn’t they see Flash? For some reason, the kid has a CGI mouth for half of the movie. The vampires drive a Volvo because it’s the safest car under the sun. The vampires make a fire because... they’re cold. Probably. Pattinson is Lautner’s father. Everybody lived happily ever after... until the earth’s core disintegrates. Because vampires cannot die and are here forever. That’s the long and the short of it. Burwell’s music is nice and as always is on a completely different level from the rest of it. We have the same temperature now.
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Together with the first film, it is probably the best part. It has a clear goal and well-developed characters, which I started to somewhat understand after four diverse parts. The ending could be expected, but it doesn't change the fact that Twilight as a saga possibly had a slightly improving tendency towards the end, or at least the creators realized where it belonged. They got rid of unnecessary philosophy and pseudo-monstrous mythology and focused more on the familiar relationship of a handful of vampires fighting against domination. More bearable, better. Occasionally, there was even tension, which is quite something to say.
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I liked the last part of the (adored by snotty teenage girls and hated by almost everyone else) Twilight saga to the extent possible. Tons of sighs, countless stupid and blank stares, lots of WTF scenes ... just classic Twilight! The soundtrack was again nice, especially the music for the final character recap. The decisive "battle" was very gritty, action-packed and drastic, I'm not at all surprised at what followed, as I think most fans (fangirls?) would have suffered a heart attack. In short, the latest installment of the vampire-werewolf (I don't know why?) phenomenon didn't surprise me, but it didn't disappoint either, so I was actually happy with the outcome
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