I should also inform you that I watched the previous three films in one go to prepare myself for this film.
The film starts with the wedding of Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) which as weddings go, seemed fairly normal. There was one guest missing, Jacob (Taylor Lautner) who turns up later in the evening. Bella informs Jacob that she and Edward were planning on consummating their marriage during their honeymoon. Jacob is furious about this and tries to attack Edward, but is held back by his wolf pack.
Bella and Edward go on to their honeymoon where the marriage is consummated, within a week Bella is pregnant with a half-vampire, half-human foetus. The foetus is growing at an accelerated rate and Bella is warned by Edwards's father-figure Carlisle (Peter Facinelli) that the foetus will kill her and advises that she has an abortion. Bella refuses and the pregnancy takes it's toll on her body to the point where she needs to drink blood in order to stay alive.
Meanwhile, Jacob's wolf pack are planning on killing both Bella and the child as they see this as a threat to their own survival. This leads to Jacob and Edward working together in order to protect Bella from both the wolf pack and the Volturi who are also interested in the foetus.
Allowing for my total disinterest in vampires, this film is still awful. The story is so stilted and predictable that even if you know nothing about the books, you will still know what happens. The acting is virtually non-existent save for the few seconds that Michael Sheen graces the screen.
I am developing a real hatred of the characters. Bella who is quite frankly the most miserable, selfish annoying character I have ever come across, is becoming more and more difficult to bear. I am not a feminist in any way shape or form but I hate the way that Bella allows a vampire and a werewolf to control what happens to her. I do not understand why both Edward and Jacob are so infatuated with her, she has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The one bright spark in the film was when I thought Bella had actually died, only to be cruelly deceived minutes later.
The other characters are one-dimensional and are really not worth writing about, they are either vampires or werewolves, the only options available it would seem.
I appreciate that the film isn't aimed at me, but even those who this film is aimed at deserve so much better than this.
Verdict: Just dire. Films like this make me want to never watch another film ever again. The sooner this soul destroying franchise is over, the better.
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