What an odd film this is. Firstly, if you’re planning this as your debut viewing of a Twilight film then really don’t bother, as there’s no quick re-cap to get you up to speed about what is going on and it’s bizarre storyline means it can’t stand be watched as a standalone film. So for fans (and film reviewers) what does go on? Err, actually very little. Starting with the wedding of Bella (Kirsten Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) the first 30 minutes of the film is basically a lead up to them having sex for the first time....just without them mentioning it by word to each other or the audience. That’s kind of it. Yes, I know it’s meant to be serious stuff with Bella realising this could be her last moments as a human, but having her act uncertain about what get up to put on and concerned about how clean her teeth are does not portray someone about to sacrifice everything. Anyway, Bella gets preggers (not a spoiler, all over the trailer) and a few arguments occur over what should happen next. By this point the audience will have already made their minds up about something; not bothering to see Part 2 of this. This really is lazy film making by director Bill Condon and as Part 1 and Part 2 have been filmed together things don’t bode will for the finale when it appears in November. I can’t say that I think any of the films in this saga (natch) are any good, but I can see the appeal to the target audience, and as that demographic of people has paid in their millions to see the first three films already, don’t they deserve better than this? It’s actually quite hard to come up with any redeeming features at all. The acting is bland as always (Pattinson is plain awful. What’s happened to the chops he showed in Remember Me?), the special effects are from the 1980’s (seriously guys, all that profit from the last few films and that’s all you can come up with?), it’s not clear which wolves are who when their in canis lupis form (don’t get me started on the scene where they all have a chat using doggy voices) and any fight scenes are hideously edited and just too dark to make out what is going on. The film even loses it’s sly sense of humour that has helped non-believers along in the previous films (though Taylor Lautner does get his shirt de-camping over with in the first 30 seconds of this one). There’s a tiny chance the final scene might intrigue you enough to come back for the final part, but if that’s anything like this film then death by werewolf maiming or vampire blood letting would be more preferable options.
The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
Film = Rubbish. Box Office = Ker-ching. Hmm, where have we heard that before? Rating: 3/10.
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