Anyway, this one stays close to the book and actually moves fast for a two hour movie. It starts with the wedding. Finally, Bella and Edward are going to have their dream wedding. Well, it is really Alice's dream wedding but they play the leading roles. Oh...I should say right now that this is going to have SPOILERS, SPOILERS, and more SPOILERS. I am not kidding. I already told you they had a wedding!
OK. Still with me? Good! So, the wedding is lovely. Very Cullen...read overboard. Bella's hair bothers me in this part because she is described in the book as being gorgeous at the wedding. Well, she is not! Her hair has these pieces hanging down and it just looks half done. Can someone get a better hair person on the set?! Guess not!
As much as I criticize Kristen Stewart, I think this movie was her best. She really looked nervous as she started down the aisle and that exactly ties into the book. As soon as she locks eyes with Edwards, she makes you believe that she loves him (not hard since Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson a.k.a. Edward really are a couple!). BUT...she does a good job. I had a silly smile on my face throughout the entire wedding. Part of it was that they filmed the kiss with the camera rotating around them and the crowd was gone. It was just like the first movie when they danced at the prom. The best part was they used the same song and it was great! I like full circle and this was great full circle.
Anyway, then there were these hysterical toasts. Anna Kendrick talks about the famous "Edward hair" to which I laughed out loud and Bella's father says he knows Edward will be a good husband because he is in law enforcement (the dad, not Edward) and he knows how to hunt people and use a gun! Love that Billy Burke! Shortly thereafter the newlyweds leave on their honeymoon. Bella says goodbye (AGAIN) to Jacob and they fight. He discovers that Bella and Edward plan on having a real honeymoon and he fears Bella will be killed. She says it's none of his business, blah, blah, blah. Honestly, I think Taylor Lautner is sick of playing Jacob. He didn't seem to be even trying during part of the movie. Robert Pattinson was worse too at times or the make up was just bad. Again...hair and make up! Who hired these folks?!
So, they arrive at the big honeymoon! Yep, we have all waited for it! The book doesn't go into much detail. The movie shows some "love scenes" but they are tame and I thought nicely done. Not too much. I always disliked the part of the book where Edward goes on and on about hurting Bella and they downplayed that part. For those who haven't read the books, Edward is super strong and he is very hesitant to have sex with Bella while she is still human for fear he will hurt her. As it turns out, he bruises her shoulder and arms a little. SO WHAT?! Anyway, he is grief stricken by this fact and refuses to touch her again. (Funny part - he totally trashes the bedroom...way more than in the book. The bed is broken as is other furniture and the feather pillows are toast..hence the picture which was the first image released for the movie.)
Edward sets off to entertain Bella by playing chess and going swimming. Yep, playing chess is going to turn her right off. However, we women are sneaky and men are easy (usually) when it comes to sex so she brings him around to her line of thinking. Then she gets sick. No worries, she'll just take some meds she brought with her. Then she spies the Tampax box and things click up. Uh oh...she's late and, although she didn't notice before, she has a tiny belly and something is kicking her from the inside! Edward freaks out and tells her he will have Carlisle (his adopted vampire father who is a doctor) get rid of the thing. Bella freaks out at him calling the baby a thing and decides to protect the baby.
Fast forward a couple of weeks and Bella is now hugely pregnant and looking horrible! Kristen Stewart rocks this part! It is pretty much every picture of her you see in People magazine when she is at the airport, grocery store, etc! Stringy hair, pale skin, yucky clothes. So, the Cullen clan all just sit and watch her like a ticking time bomb! Let me stop here again to say that their hair and make up is getting crazy looking. Poor Jasper looks worse in each movie. Can someone get that guy a decent wig?!
All this time the wolf pack that Jacob belongs to are running around fighting because part of them think Bella's demon baby is a threat and they want to kill her. Jacob, although upset with her, isn't going to hurt Bella. So, the wolf pack is at odds and Jacob and his posse join up with the Cullens.
Bella continues to waste away until Jacob comes up with a thought that Edward reads out of his head. (Yes, Edward can read every one's mind except Bella, Go figure!) The idea is that the baby, being half vamp, wants blood. Bella agrees to try to drink some blood and the day is saved! Well, maybe not. That baby still has to get out and it is getting stronger by the day. Edward can read the baby's mind and he bonds with it. That part was actually very sweet and I think the actors pulled it off very well. It is the first moment Bella and Edward are on the same page with the baby being a miracle and a blessing. Again, sappy smile was on my face.
As fate would have it, the doctor is out when Bella goes into labor. It is actually more like Bella's back breaks or something and then really bad things start happening. Kristen Stewart can really bring the painful looks so she is again good in the birthing scene. She also plays dead well! I think they took the "Bella didn't make it" part too far because it isn't like that in the book. Once Edward injects his venom into her heart, she starts to transform more quickly.
I will have to give kudos to the special effects folks for making Kristen look so bad then transforming her as she is becoming a vampire. It is very cool to see her go from ghastly to beautiful and then...wait for it...her eyes to pop open and be blood red. CUT TO BLACK! Wait a year and see what happens. I'll let you in on something now, it has its ups and downs but they have their happily ever after.
Recap...wedding, sex, pregnancy gone wrong, birth gone really wrong, cute baby vamp/girl, vampire Bella.
Join me next year as we finally put a steak in this one and call it done. I, for one, am really to see Katniss bring it in The Hunger Games! Sorry, Bella, I am kinda over you.
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