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unquestionably, a loony love story about a jawclenching werewolf who loves a
perpetually mopey human who loves a vegan vampire.There's a wedding, a pregnancy
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and the kicker is that this high melodrama is played out by a bunch of
teenagers.Well, sort of;The vampire is a centuryplus man stuck in a teenager's
body. Ridiculous yes, but not without its guilty pleasures.Director bill
condon's movie looks beautiful even though it's unevenly paced with lots of time
given over to the werewolf smouldering, the mumtobe nobly suffering and,
ironically enough, the vampire being morally tormented. But the thing is, you
see, themovies based on the bestselling quartet of books by stephenie meyer
aren't meant for the critics or the criticallyminded. Part i , like its
predecessors, is squarely aimed at its devoted fan base, which has voted with
its money: Part i Brought in a startling us$139.5 million on its opening
weekend, the fifth highest opening weekend ever, ever.Even without moneyspinning
3d glasses. These are fans who have been waiting through three movies about
repressed desire and unconsummated love, as vampire edward cullen(Robert
pattinson)Battles his desire to kill human love interest bella swan(Kristen
stewart)Even as he kisses her.Now, finally, thesaga moves into celluloid's
mostanticipated wedding.Tip to twinewbies:Makes little sense if you aren't up to
speed with the previous films. The best set piece of director bill condon's
movie is the wedding, lyrically filmed by cinematographer guillermo
navarro.Chief wedding planner bella's vampire sisterinlawtobe alice(Ashley
greene)Puts together an elegant ceremony where everyone looks good from bella's
dad(Billy burke)To bella herself in an exotic wedding dress by carolina herrera.
There are lots of cleverly conceived visual metaphors:Bella's wobbly nervousness
while trying on achingly high manolo blahnik heels, or a dream sequence where
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happen if bella turns into a vampire. As for jacob the werewolf(Taylor lautner),
he gets to rip off his shirt within seconds of the movie opening displaying
anger at finally losing Bella to Edward.He does turn up at the wedding, only to
shout dire warnings to an alreadytwitchy bella. But once the golden honeymoon is
over, it's really over;The second half of Part i Gets into some very weird, and
often risible, territory.Incidentally, those startled by some of the final
sequences should check out the marie corelli victorian romance thelma(1887),
where the unlucky member of a love triangle is handed a rather unexpected form
of solace. Fans will have to gnash their teeth for a whole year before sinking
it into part 2 ofin november 2012.But here's an interim tip, wait out the
credits to catch a teaser trailer of what the toothsome lot might battle over in
the final film.
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