Breaking Dawn movie breaks expectations

Anyone who is a fan of the Twilight  movies will be a fan of Breaking Dawn Part 1.

To anyone who fangirls over the half-naked body of Jacob, played by Taylor Lautner, you’re in for a ride because the movie starts out with him taking his shirt off! And to anyone who drools over the bare torso of Edward, played by Robert Pattinson, please bring a bucket to the theater because there is plenty of that too.

If you’re a guy and are dragged by your girlfriend to see this movie, do not fret because Bella, played by Kristen Stewart, also looks quite hot as she tries to seduce Edward in several scenes (I pity you if that girlfriend of yours covers your eyes when that happens).

The storyline of this movie basically follows the first half of the book. Jacob runs away from his home, furious, after he receives an invitation to Bella’s wedding. Bella gets married to Edward in the middle of a forest (this was actually the most beautiful wedding I’ve ever seen, and I think many people are going to start getting married in Canada’s forests where this movie was filmed), where Jacob decides to visit and give his blessings, and off they go on their honeymoon. At the mysterious location Edward decides to take Bella, the newly wedded couple gets busy in bed!

This is the part where you see Edward half-naked when he breaks the backboard of the bed as he tries to refrain himself from completely crushing Bella. Very nice, Edward, I must say, you controlled yourself quite well, as all you did was bruise her in several areas of her body.

Moving on, though, a couple of weeks later we find out Bella is pregnant.

The makeup and special effects combined make it seem very realistic when Bella starts to die due to her pregnancy with a fetus that is part human and part vampire. Somehow the filming crew was able to make her skin look like it was clinging to her bones when the baby is in her stomach.

That’s not the only part with great effects, though. There’s a scene where Bella and Edward frolic in the ocean, and the water just glimmers so beautifully.

It’s kind of weird when we go inside Bella’s body and see her veins, though. I felt like I was watching a biology video describing how blood circulates (I don’t mind, though).

Overall, the movie was a huge improvement from the first one—there weren’t random scenes inserted into the movie that weren’t in the book. The acting is still somewhat weak compared to most movies, but the special effects made it worth it.

I have one warning, though. Although though this movie is rated PG-13, I do not suggest you take your 11-year-old daughters or sisters to see it. It’s rather graphic; a lot of skin is shown and toward the end of this movie, it almost turns into a horror film.