Bella and Edward finally get married in this Twilight film
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – part one
12A, 117mins
Hormones and haircuts drive a wedge between vampires and werewolves as The Twilight Saga grows up and heads into the dangerous territory of emotions, angst and teen pregnancy and leaves pointy teeth and snarling beasties slightly to one side as wedding bells chime for the happy couple.
Following right on from last year’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse the film opens with a beautifully staged wedding ceremony – keeping Team Edward fans happy – as Bella (Kristen Stewart, just getting better and better) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson, at ease and super-pale) finally get to seal their love for each other.
Naturally its a sad time for Team Jacob fans (and Taylor Lautner beefcake aficionados may be disappointed to know he only gets his shirt off once, in the film's first scene, as he heads off for a sad run through the woods after receiving his wedding invite), though he and Bella share a slow dance at the wedding reception as even Jacob finally comes to terms with her decision.
There is some fun to be had at the reception as clumsy speeches are made, with even minor characters from the earlier films making an impact. Anna Kendrick (who plays Bella's snide friend Jessica) makes a lovely in-joke in her speech about hunky Edward being just known as 'The Hair' while they were all at school.
With vows spoken and rings exchanged the happy human-vampire couple head off to sunny Rio de Janeiro and after a brief stop off in the vibrant city they take a motorboat out to the idyllic and isolated Isle Esme where a romantic beachhouse awaits.
Finally – well, three films later – able to consummate their love for each other it is time for a tastefully shot 12A certificate lovemaking scene (that involves Edward breaking the four-poster in mid-passion) and before you know it Bella is preggers – and that is just the beginning of their problems.
Luckily the local Brazilian cleaning lady is also mystic of some kind - handy that - and protective of the young human girl honeymooning with a demon (as the woman calls him). But when she sees Bella is pregnant her only response is one word... “death”!
Edward and Bella's hometown return leads to some long-awaited thrills (the emotional stuff is all well and good…but we need some werewolf action as well), with the film coming to the expected end as Bella bloodily gives birth, Jacob stands alongside the Cullen vampire clan to protect her and sets the scene for next year’s concluding film. Watch the credits for a tease on what is in store…
If the film's first hour is taken up with wedding and honeymoon, then the rest is pretty much absorbed with pregnancy and the looming threat of the the werewolf clan deciding to take against Bella and her unborn child.
There are some bad dialogue moments - such as Jacob shouting out “you did this” when he sees the heavily pregnant Bella for the first time! good call Sherlock...
As Bella gets more and more emaciated as the child eats away at her Kristen Stewart gets to reprise her now perfected tortured and angst-ridden expression. She is great in the role, but you yearn for her to smile once in a while.
Robert Pattinson is given less to do this time round, and in one amusing scene - not deliberate I'm sure - even resorts to looking up “demon children” on Yahoo...good to know that vampires need the internet too!
The Twilight films manage to cleverly blend melodrama with supernatural thrills, and while the film is not without its silly moments and cringeworthy dialogue it does deliver the drama and emotional highs we have come to expect…roll on the concluding film in November next year.
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