Bella
(Kristen Stewart) is a human in love with Edward (Robert Pattinson) a
vampire and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) is a wolf in love with Bella. As
“Breaking Dawn” opens Bella, now a full vampire, has given birth to
Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy) who is half human and half vampire. The first 4
films dealt with a triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob while this,
the final film in the series, deals with Bella coming into her own as a
vampire, and the threat against Edward’s group by an Italian based
group who fear the child will expose their secrets to the human world.
Oh yes it seems that the wolf Jacob has given up on Bella and has turned
attention to Renesmee. Two things entered my mind at this point: is
pediophlia a part of the “Twilight” world and would their child be a
third human, a third vampire and a thirdwolf?

I
have seen 2 of the 5 films--the first and the last one--and neither
grabbed me or made me understand the whole “Twilight” fanaticism  but
obviously I am in the minority. This film is loaded with special effects
and a lot of talk. It is not a spoiler to tell you that the vampires
favorite method of killing someone is to tear their head off, set it on
fire and then throw it on the body to burn them all up. There are all
sorts of tricks like this with, it seems, most vampires having special
powers, keeping the special effects department very busy!

Sorry
but I find Kristen Stewart very bland as an actress and Robert
Pattinson very pale and boring. Taylor Lautner has that smile and body
that helped make Tom Cruise a big star and, hopefully, Lautner’s manager
will steer him in the right direction now that he is finished with this
series. The most impressive cast member to me was Kellan Lutz who, at
least in this film, was underused. One thing I really liked--which use
to be done in all the movies--was at the end when each of the actors
were shown with their real name and the part they played.

Some
people may go through withdrawal problems now that the Twilight films
are over but I am not one of them. I must admit I laughed out loud at a
scene straight out of the old “Dallas” series!