Twihards everywhere will "oooh" and "ahhh" as Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) get married and head off to their overly built up honeymoon, where they have every intention of participating in human/vampire sex.
The movie opens with this looming danger and all the usual drama surrounding our main characters, creating the necessary catalyst for Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to appear and remove his shirt simultaneously. The real problem arises over the honeymoon; however, when Bella realizes that she's pregnant with a being much stronger than her own body- a half vampire that initiates the war between the werewolves - her new family is willing to sacrifice everything to protect their newest addition.
To cut to the chase, I've read the books, and book-lovers will be pleased simply to see their obsession come to life on the big screen. The storyline sticks close to the original material, so that only leaves Stephanie Meyer to blame for this story. Everyone else who tries to analyze this as its own movie will be highly entertained with the ridiculousness of it all. The special effects in this installment take cheesy to a new level, which is saying something if you saw the second and third films. At the point where all the werewolves began speaking/growling in dog and human at the same time the movie just lost me.
The acting is predictable by all in this fourth of the series. Billy Burke and Anna Kendrick have small roles but great comedic timing, and newcomer Booboo Stewart is a nice young addition as Seth. The rest are not even worth mentioning as they are no better or worse than they were in their first three outings.
I appreciated the artistic touch that new-to-the-series director Bill Condon added, especially illustrating the absolutely absurd events at the end of this half that need to be seen to be fully understood. He managed to preserve a PG-13 rating while still giving us some cool things to look at while setting up what can only be an even bigger ending.
My 69.5 grade will round to passing for credit to continue on to the next course "“Part 2. That is the only reason this film didn't flunk. It did its job. Twihards will delight, and that is to no one's credit. Everyone else be ready to soak it in and have a laugh, or don't go at all. There is simply no saving a story this tragic.
