I enjoy a good vampire/werewolf movie. Once again, I did not find that experience here in the Twilight series. In fact they are getting worse, if that is even possible. Every character is sad, depressed and brooding, as per usual in this saga, accept for Taylor Lautner who plays Jake. In fact he is the only character with any emotional range at all in the entire movie. But calling it range is giving it too much credit, as he simply shows some passion, as opposed to all other actors being dead behind the eyes.
This movie is incredibly show moving, and just as boring. I actually fell asleep, and was unable to watch it all the way through in one sitting.
The popularity of this series still amazes me, and is the main reason I continue to watch the Twilight movies. I’m intrigued by the attention they get compared to how bad they are. The quality of everything in these movies is very low. An average TV series is of far higher quality in every way, and yet people are desperate to see them. I can only imagine they are most popular with depressed teenage girls. Seeing how the lead female character is a homely depressed girl trying desperately to be pretty, and yet has not one but two cute boys constantly fighting over her. Then add to that the fantasy, the promise of a cute boy staying fit and attractive as he grows older, unlike the reality of the average straight relationship, where the husband gets fat and lazy after mar rage and making a few kids. Why wouldn’t a young girl wish for such a thing? Hoping for more than an average guy that will lie on the couch and grunt at the kids to bring him the TV remote and another beer. Ahh the dream and the reality come together in the sub context of the Twilight Saga. And to the rest of the viewers, it’s simply a really bad movie.
3/10