With The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part II finally in theaters, it?s time to get to spoiler-talkin? — did Bill Condon & Co. blow minds with the Big Crazy Twist in their big-screen adaptation? How much sexy time do newborn vampires have? Is imprinting totally not creepy when the power of Taylor Lautner?s abs is compelling you?
Spoilers, obviously!
Five films and a few billion dollars into Stephenie Meyer?s Twilight franchise, the Breaking Dawn crew have put together arguably the best film in the series. Whether you?re a Twi-hard or staunchly unconverted to the sparkly cause, sound off below on all the over-the-top vampire theatrics of the franchise finale, starting with these nine key moments, scenes, and changes from the book:
The Battle Sequence
Let?s shove the elephant in the room out of the way first: How about that battle scene?
The X-Men-style mutant power stand-off that closes Meyer?s novel series was always going to be the film?s biggest technical challenge, with invisible vampire powers surging across the battlefield left and right. Harder still, in the books the battle was anti-climactic, a non-starter that never actually takes place on the page. I repeat: Nobody dies. No heads roll. Literally nothing happens.
Enter screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and Meyer?s big cinematic fix. We now see what Alice sees, the future possibility of a Cullen-Volturi massacre that ends with Aro?s death, not to mention the certain doom of many beloved Twilight characters. The fake-out ending allows for the best action of the franchise, not to mention a key element seldom seen throughout the faithful films to date — surprise.
Bella?s Fierceness
Critics, feminists, and non-fans of the books have long complained about Bella?s passivity, with good reason; for the majority of…
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