Breaking Dawn 2 - SPOILERS

I refused to post spoilers until after opening weekend. If you have not seen the film yet DO NOT READ ON!!!!

I am not kidding, you must experience this movie without spoilers to fully appreciate the journey!

That being said, if you HAVE seen the movie, feel free to click to read more....

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Who was duped?

I mean by now most people have seen the movie, lived through the "twist" and.... were you believing?

I even said, while sobbing, "this must be a vision" and "the amazon is making them see this" but somehow, believed it was happening... Stephenie Meyer produced, she approved it and she wanted it to end with a bang..... boy did it ever!

I saw the movie again today with my husband and daughter, both who, like me, believed this was actually happening... I can never take back the vision of Carlisle's head... ever...

I have to say, I loved the movie, best one yet. Not only the homage to past movies through Bella "letting Edward in" or the credits that recognized everyone involved in all of these movies, but the fight scene.

When I read Breaking Dawn, I have to admit, I didn't love it. I really hated that when the Volturi and Cullens and witnesses all got together, the half vampire child came with Alice and Jasper and everyone just agreed to disagree... "my bad, as you were" BORING!!!

Even in Harry Potter, some of our beloved characters died! And I kind of wished there had been some bloodshed in Breaking Dawn.

When they cast all the new covens, I guessed that it was so they could kill them off and create the action and battle required in a movie, without breaking fans hearts quite as bad, sinve they weren't covens or characters we loved so dearly from the books.

Never did I imagine such an epic battle, what an emotional rollercoaster!

More on that in a moment, let's start from the start.....

From the start

I had seen the opening 10 minutes or so from Comic-Con. I loved seeing Bella-Vampire hunt, it was so epic. I mean the speed, the strength, the interactions with Edward and finally when she saves a deer to feed on the mountain lion? awesomeness!

Sex Scenes

PG-13, you have done me right ;) I thought it was a perfect mix of romance and hot, steamy, love.... the banter after by the fire was sweet and the close-up skin shots were perfect.... yes!

Jacob, Imprinting, Wolves

I loved everything about this. From when she comments on his stank, to when she drags him out of the house to beat his ass for imprinting on her daughter and nicknaming her Nessie "after the Loch Ness Monster?" bahahaha perfect combination of emotion and humour throughout these scenes. I also have to say I loved Rosalie's facial expressions and comments when Jacob has to tell Bella about the imprinting and of course all the Cullen's, in particular Edward, when Bella is kicking Jacob's ass.

Soundtrack

Amazing, as always, but this one was especially moving. I am creating the scene-by-scene list as always, stay tuned for link.

Renesme

Less creepy than I thought. Knowing what Mackenzie Foy looks like made the CGI younger Renesme's a little strange, but not robotic strange, thankfully. The distance between the eyes was a bit distracting, but it worked out ok. I really loved the flashforward of Alice's vision to mom, dad, baby and wolf boy all teenagers hanging out. Made it a lot less creepy right? right?

Covens

Ok., some covens were awesome.... when Guri and Noel appeared I was giggling and when they spoke, I died. So funny! I really loved them, actually I loved Taylor's bug-eyed look and giggle as Jacob when talking to Bella in the car. "Dracula one and dracula two" bahahahah

Loved the Amazon ladies, having seen them in real life, they really are tall, strong women, perfect casting. I wish Erik Odom had more screen time, he is so awesome! I guess having met them at COmic-Con and then at Fan Camp I was disappointed at how little screen time and speaking lines most of them had.

I really loved Kate and Garrett together, and the camp fire when the vamps share war stories, too fun! Alistar was awesome and really, overall I thought they were all pretty amazing, if only we saw more of each of them.

Battle

Ok the big "twist" I mentioned it above a bit, but honestly, best ever! For all the reasons above, but also because it was just enough action to get even non-twi-fans into the movie. My husband loved it! One thing I did find out from awesome @Jaymes805 was that this whole "scene" was in the book, kind of:

"Alice gave Aro the excuse he needed to get out of the fight. If he hadn't been so terrified of Bella, he probably would have gone ahead with his original plan."

Now, not many of us would have read into that one sentence the twenty minute insanity that took place on screen.... I joked that the one sentence = 20 terrifying movie minutes, a xanax and a box of tissues.

Overall

Best so far! Bill Condon is god.

What did you think????

Happy Birthday Edward Cullen

June 20, 2012 check back here 5am PST (8am EST) for Yahoo's release of the new Breaking Dawn Part 2 teaser trailer in honour of Edward Cullen's 111th birthday.

Edward Cullen's 111th birthday treat...

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES EDWARD CULLEN’S 111TH BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 20TH WITH DEBUT OF NEW TEASER TRAILER FOR THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN –PART 2


SantaMonica, CA, June 18, 2012 – To help fans worldwide celebrate Edward Cullen’s 111th birthday on June 20, 2012, Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company, will debut an exciting new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2.


A 10-second sneak peek of the teaser trailer will be available for download via EPK.tv at 5:30AM PDT/8:30 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.


Followingthe release of the first-look, the full teaser trailer will be made availablefor download on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 5:30 AM PDT/8:30 AM EDT via EPK.tv.

***Can't Wait***

Breaking Dawn Part 2 - alleged re-shoot scenes are...

When these types of "news sources" report things I am always hesitant to believe, or even blog/link.

Who is their "insider" and how "inside" do you have to be to figure out there may be some "kissing" in the reshoots?

Additionally, Bill Condon said he wanted to tighten up some shots, and given who is in town,w e can assume some of that is battle....

call me cynical but this article did very little for me - ha - even so, here you have it, "insiders report on reshoots"

Hollywood Life reports:

Rob and Kristen are filming new Edward and Bella kissing scenes for ‘Breaking Dawn, Part 2,’ a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY! Read on for more details about what they’ll be doing!

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be packing on the PDA during the Twilight re-shoots happening right now in Vancouver, sources close to the shoot tell HollywoodLife.com exclusively.

“Its certain that Kristen and Rob will be kissing during the reshoots,” our source says.

Sounds like such tough work for a couple who are so deeply in love! Shooting will be devoted to romance and action — which is what we’re looking forward to most!

Plus, Twilight director Bill Condon wants to tighten up some action scenes that during the editing process really haven’t been as completed as he had hoped. He wants to make sure he has enough footage to edit around an R rating.

That comes as no surprise since Bella and Edward will be having LOTS of hot vampire sex in the new film! After all, they already had a tough time getting an R rating for Breaking Dawn, Part 1.

Who can forget that steamy honeymoon sex scene?!

The actors will also be recording their voices and filming various reaction shots, our source says.

Kristen, 22, will be doing most of the work while reshoots occur. The film still has a lot of work to be done to it and may be edited on up until the film hits theaters November 16.

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Are you excited to see Rob and Kristen get to kiss during the Breaking Dawn, Part 2 reshoots?

– Reporting by Russ Weakland

Breaking Dawn - The Wedding Event (from dvd) - Video

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Wedding Bella & Edward Dolls

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Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn life size display for theatre lobby's

Can't wait to pose in front of this at the local theatres.... the things I will do to them mwahahahahahhaha

@Twilight tweeted this as the larger than life display coming to theatre lobby's

Tippett Studio's discusses Breaking Dawn Special Effects including "the birth"

Collider talked to Tippet Studio's about the special effects in Breaking Dawn. This is the studio that brought us realistic wolves in New Moon and continues to bring the goods with the birth scene everyone is anxious to see....

While Tippett talked about working with director Bill Condon and how the film has over a thousand visual effects, Rosengrant talked about the Bella birth sequence and how they combined makeup effects on Kristen Stewart with CGI to make her look extra thin. Also, they’re using a “little bit of puppets and some hybrid effects. Hopefully we bring a realism to that sequence.”

NEW Breaking Dawn Trailer

New BD Still

Remember When? Casting Twilight Saga

Do you remember (or did you know) that people were not entirely happy with Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan? There was OUTRAGE over casting Robert Pattinson as Edward... fans had much to say (as they do now about Hunger Games) and Twilight Lexicon relfects on the journey.

Twilight Lexicon wrote an awesome article on the casting of the Twilight Saga Movies and fans reactions to the casting as it occured over the past few years!

For Bella Swan, fans debated over Emily Browning, Alexis Bledel, and Danielle Panabaker as front runners. Fan wanted a true brunette with a small frame and a kind of innocence to her. (Keep in mind that the casting for the film happened before Breaking Dawn was published!) When Kristen Stewart landed the role, the feeling we got at the time from the fandom was that fans weren’t completely thrilled, but they were at least happy that Bella wasn’t being played by a Disney-esque actress and that the film was at least being made.

As fans waited casting of Edward Cullen Stephenie Meyer wrote:

For anyone who’s visited my site, this is not really news. After reading through your comments, though, I felt the need to reiterate a few things:
1) I did not choose Kristen Stewart to play Bella. Summit films choose her. I’m happy with their choice, but it was never up to me.
2) Similarly, I have no choice in the matter of who will play Edward, Alice, or any of the other characters. I have made suggestions, but no one at Summit is obligated to listen to my suggestions. They’re nice enough to let me bug them, but even that is more than I contractually have the right to expect.
3) Begging me to choose a good Edward is a waste of your typing time.
But since we’re on the subject of Edward, I’d like to give you all a little advice (the same advice I’m giving myself). To my knowledge, no one has been cast for the role yet, but here are some things for us to repeat to ourselves daily as we wait for the news:
1) Do not expect the actor who plays Edward to fit your preconceived notions of the character. No one is that perfect; that’s why he’s fictional.
2) DO expect that the actor won’t “look like Edward” to you. Try to be open-minded about that. Headshots lack the magic of makeup and lighting; they aren’t going to convey what the actor might look like on the set.
3) Do not expect a name you’re familiar with; do not expect the guy in your lexicon banner (who is probably too old, not a good enough actor, or not interested anyway).
4) No human actor is pretty enough to really pull off a vampire. What we are hoping for here is that magical element of screen charisma that makes all the difference in the world. Example: Pirates of the Carribean. Were you drooling over pretty Orlando? I wasn’t. I was taken with the drunk pirate in the eyeliner. Some actors can own any scene they’re in. Let’s not focus so much on the perfect face (which no one is going to be happy with regardless); let’s hope for an inebriated pirate. I.e. someone who can own a scene like Johnny or Joaquin or Jonathan Rhys, someone who will make us forget he’s not quite pretty enough to be a vampire.

Here’s my wish: that, after we find out who is going to play Edward, my comments page is not awash with “I can’t believe they picked HIM!”-s and “John Doe is the real Edward and no one else can do it!”-s and “I hate him! I want him to die!”-s. Can we give him a chance to become Edward? Can we let him try to convince us? I’m keeping my mind open. I hope I can keep my comments page open, too

Finally the news came...

The date was Dec. 11, 2007. And this was how we posted the news that day: “Summit Entertainment announced that Robert Pattinson, an actor from the UK, has been cast as Edward Cullen.”

And the world went crazy.

Twilight Lexicon goes on to discuss just WHAT the reaction was, and it was not very positive! People did NOT like Robert Pattinson as their precious Edward. Catherine Hardwicke told me once that she had to convince the studio that she could MAKE Robert Pretty enough for fans (starting with hair extensions that he hated ha ha)


Lexicon wrote a fantastic article reflecting on casting over the movies and fan reactions. It really made me think of how we are acting with Hunger Games. Read more at Twilight Lexicon

NEW Breaking Dawn Stills

Summit Released new Breaking Dawn stills which are awesome! Click to see larger....

Mandy's Mind:

 OK.... I am LOVING seeing Rosalie and Jacob, the one-liners between them will be epic! And the speedboat photo is awesome, the colours, the lighting, incredible. Finally, more honeymooning and of course the "sisters" with Bella... oh, so happy to get some of these released! Summit is learning ;)

[Twilight Lexicon has Super Hi-Res]

More on EW Magazine Cover and Breaking Dawn Eye Colour questions

When the Breaking Dawn EW Cover was revealed there were some questions about Rob & Kristen's eye colour not being the same as Edward & Bella's.

While I speculated it was because of the water reflection or the contacts not working in the water and the colour being changed post-production and that edit hadn't happened yet, it seems there is another possibility.

What doesn't make sense to me is why they would do the hair, wardrobe, pale make-up and everything.... except the contacts....

I mean, if it was an oversight, say so and just fix it for the movie right?

I don't know, and I don't care... they know now and will fix it for the movie ha ha - for now we can look at Rob & Kristen's real eye colour and imagine it is just a photo from their day off, ha ha!

Read the Interview here

Bill Condon Directing Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart during Breaking Dawn Honeymoon

Late last night @Twilight tweeted this photo as an early "gift" to fans in honour of Edward and Bella's wedding date/anniversary/whatever it is:

Kristin Bauer of True Blood Takes Edward Cullen over Dracula

First, I have a total #girlcrush on Pam in True Blood....

If given the choice of just one vampire lover, who would you jump into the sack with, Robert Pattinson or Bela Lugosi in his prime?
I think you have to go with Robert, right? I don’t know. I’ll say Robert.
Really? Is that because Lugosi wore a cape?
Is that what it is? I think you’re right. Across the board, I’m just not a cape girl.

Okay Vanity Fair.. did you really think she was gonna pick Dracula over Edward Cullen?.. really?? - read the rest at Vanity Fair.

Breaking Dawn Calendar Photos 2012

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Here is a closer look at "Edward"....

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Would the Real Rob Pattinson Please Break my headboard...

Apparently I have been out of the loop because I did not even hear this rumour - that the scene with Edward Cullen breaking the head board was done by a stunt double.... a body double... a... NOT ROBERT PATTINSON!?!

Gossip Cop looked into the story and was told by a production source that it was 100 percent Pattinson in the sex scene with Kristen Stewart.

Additionally, a rep for Summit tells us, “A body double was NOT used.”

I guess his rep for being scrawny had people questioning where and how these strong, toned, muscular arms appeared... rawr... seems under all that plaid is some solid toned meat ha ha

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Breaking Dawn Trailer Screen Caps!

Here is a sample of the screen caps. You can see them ALL HERE

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