Movie of the Week: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

The second movie of the final book in the Twilight series. I read the first book because I felt I should (reviewed here) but it left me with absolutely no desire to read the rest of the series, however I have seen four of the five movies. (What can I say, some weeks there's not much else to watch?)

So... Breaking Dawn Part Two was 100 times better than Part One - which is not surprising because Part One was the one where nothing much happened and we spent most of the movie agonising over Bella's pregnancy while knowing she was not going to die because there was another movie to come. So Part One is the build up and Part Two is the payoff where the good vamps square up to the bad vamps in order to protect Edward and Bella's half-immortal child.

The characters all complete their story arcs and there's some tense vamp action, but the ending, though fuzzy-warm is a bit of a cop-out. No spoilers, but you'll see what I mean if you watch it. Ask yourself if the characters are paying a price for their actions.

I'm one of those women who just does not 'get' Robert Pattinson, though. In this, as in the others, he comes over as mawkish.

Five openings writing meme

Writing meme from anghara.
Come up with five opening lines for books you never intend to write. Use different techniques and try out different genres than you usually would. Just make them as interesting and compelling in one line as you can.

Why do some individuals succeed time after time when others, embarking on projects no more risky, fail dismally?
- Literary fiction.

I have a cat who thinks she's a mouse—and in a way she is. I keep her in a cage to protect her from reality.
- Body-swap comedy

I was lying in a burned out factory, my arms wrapped around my pack, a sharpened stake in my hand.
- Post apocalyptic vampire SF crossover

"I love the Autumn," said a quiet voice from inside the rolled up collar of a cheap, jade-green anorak.
- Romance

"Dilly? Jan. I've got that recipe you wanted... Oh, not now, Maisie love, I'm on the phone to Auntie Dilly... Sorry Dilly, have you got a pen? Right. Two hundred grams of... Harry, leave the cat alone. Sorry, Dilly, try again--two hundred grams of plain flour and a hundred grams of... Maisie, put Harry down! Sugar, Dilly, two hundr--no--one hundred grams, sorry. Butter... Maisie just leave the cat... No it wasn't Harry's fault. Oh, well, I warned you. Sorry, Dilly, I'll call you back after the kids are in bed. Got to get the first aid kit."
- Heartwarming family story.