The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
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Tagline: Forever Is Only The Beginning
One film which won’t be troubling the Academy (not in the “serious” categories) is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. Will the Twihards care? Hell no! But how will they feel about essentially taking a page out of the Harry Potter playbook by the studio turning Stephenie Meyer’s fourth novel into two parts? Will it be deemed an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Twilight universe or a shameless way of getting more money out of them (our money’s on the former). If they do immerse themselves, which they will, this is the one where Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) go through a marriage, honeymoon, and the birth of a child (spoiler alert: they do it). And of course, that Jacob (Taylor Lautner) fella will be involved at various points (though presumably not during the key one).
This week’s Friday Flicks seems to be more preoccupied than usual with directors, which is no bad thing. And the latest Twilight surely benefits from having Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Dreamgirls) at the helm (he’s also on tap for Part 2). But had the studio really wanted to push the boat out stylistically, considering the source material, would, say, someone such as David Cronenberg been an even braver choice? Ultimately, however, the real-life spoiler alert is this one: nothing can dare jeopardize that PG-13 rating.
