Before you read this, please know that an interesting turn of events will be discussed in this review, so if you want to see Breaking Dawn, I’d advise you to refrain from reading this.

Breaking Dawn Part Two begins like any other Twilight movie; Edward and Bella staring awkwardly at each other while professing their unconditional love.

However, in this finale of the Twilight Saga I was much more impressed with Kristen Stewart as an actress. I suppose now the she can be a kick butt vampire, that kind of changes her attitude toward her character. Stewart surprisingly had multiple facial expressions while portraying Bella. I think she did a really good job portraying the overprotective, mothering-type. I loved the relationship between Stewart and Mackenzie Foy, who plays Bella’s daughter Renesmee.

The real stinger for this movie was the way it deviated from the original book. In the book, when everybody is getting ready to rip each other’s heads off, Bella expands her “shield” not only to protect her family from magic, but to protect the entire assembly of vampires and werewolves. The Volturi decide not to fight and run away.

SPOILER ALERT:

In the movie, the producers take a different look at the originally really lame and anticlimactic ending. Alice, played by Ashley Greene, lets Aro, Michael Sheen, read her mind, then kicks him in the face because she knows he just wants an excuse to fight.

Carlisle (Peter Facinelli), runs to protect Alice, but Aro meets him halfway and rips off his head. After that, both “armies” can’t control themselves and the battle begins. I have never seen so many decapitations in my life.

It isn’t until Aro is killed that the screen flashes back to approximately ten minutes before and Greene releases Sheen’s hand. I’d say seeing your own death is a much better reason to leave a fight than “Oh no! The magic shield! We have no advantage!”

Overall, I’d call this the best Twilight movie. If you read this, I hope you’ve already seen Breaking Dawn Part 2, because I just ruined the best part.

On the other hand, reporter Mia Karr hated the sequel. Read all about it here.