'Twilight' Fans: Do You Really Want to See 'Breaki...


'Twilight' Fans: Do You Really Want to See 'Breaking Dawn'?

Posted by SexiVixxEN 10 days ago
In their neverending efforts to cover all things Twilight related, MTV has been asking cast members who they think should helm the final installment (or two), Breaking Dawn. (Because, if Robert Pattinson is to be believed, the movie will film next fall.) Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays the Volturi member Caius, thinks it should be Tim Burton, while Pattinson himself is also playing the guessing game, and wishes for Gus Van Sant. Apparently, RPatt heard that filming would take place in Portland, and Van Sant "shoots everything in Portland."

In other words: Everyone has different ideas, which seems to be the big theme of Breaking Dawn.

Do you guys really want it? Sure, after taking this journey, you want to see it through to the end and see the final (and epically long) book make it to the screen. But let's face it -- it's not going to be as you expect. Is your curiosity for anything stronger than your desire for a worthy-to-the-source adaptation?

Hit the jump for the spoilery discussion.

The book just can't make it in its original form. There's too much skin, blood, pages, and anticlimactic action.

In the others, it wasn't too hard to deal with. Bella and Edward did nothing more than kiss, so that part was kosher. The blood and guts -- well, that's slowly increasing, but still reserved to keep it audience-appropriate. And the action ... a family friend friend sub plot was added to the first to give more intrigue. The second has Edward in a big Volturi fight. Eclipse is the only one that has a lot to work with.

But the final installment... There's going to have to be A LOT of particular camera work and dilution of the story to get the honeymoon on screen. I would be quite surprised if elements like Bella's bruised body and Edward's predilection for ripping through bed posts makes it way in. Once that pesky sex stuff gets thrust onto the back-burner, there's a whole second book where Bella lounges, slowly dying from her pregnancy while Jacob runs around and rants through the wolfy mind-meld. Not much happens, but after setting Taylor Lautner up as the next big macho man, it would be silly to ignore it and tick off a mass of fans if his moments were massively cut.

Then Bella gets a cesarean, her baby wants her blood, Edward bites her all over the place to turn her, and Bella gets a shot in the heart a la Pulp Fiction -- not exactly the sort of imagery considered appropriate for the younger folk. But to leave it out takes out the most action-filled and tense moments of the book. After that, you've got Jacob imprinting on a baby who grows into a toddler in the blink of an eye, a long we-must-prepare-to-fight period, and then the ultimate showdown with the Volturi, which is just a lot of talking, some stares, and then everyone saying g'bye and parting before Bella and Edward have sex again.

There's no way a big buzzed-about film -- and the final of a super-successful franchise -- is going out without a good fight, especially if this sucker is broken down into two films. This means massive edits and big changes to make it all come together on the big screen.

Do you want to see it all wrapped up, even if wrapping up the series means seeing a Breaking Dawn vastly different from the book?
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  • mariarazo54
    i really will love to see it on screen and i really dont care if it takes like 6 hrs the whole movie i wont mind sitting in the theater for 5 or 6 hrs cuz this book is my favorite and who cares if is to much blood or skin like the sex scenes in the book come on there a lot of other movies that has o lot of sex and nobody complain so yeah i would love to see breaking dawn
    posted by mariarazo54 7 days ago
  • kennybelievesinyou
    Harry Potter 5 was a terribly choppy film and so was the first Twilight. I am not a fan of Twilight as I was of Potter, but the fifth Potter film was by far the worst of the bunch to this point. The Half Blood Prince however gave me hope for a thrilling two part finale, but had the last one been after Phoenix I would have doubted the abilities of the film makers.

    But you see the majot problem with all this, is they will always have to cut major scenes that is just how it goes. But the twilight film (I read the novel first) was a terrible adaptation of the novel. It was rushed, cut to much out. I didnt like the novel either, because two people just cant harbour feeling for each other that quickly.

    But unlike most of the Potter films, Twilight has one fan base. Where as Potter hit with youg girls, guys and even parents. Twilight will never do that.
    posted by kennybelievesinyou 8 days ago
  • sweetredneck28
    I absolutely want to see it. There would have been no point in making the first three if they weren't going to complete the saga. Bella completely comes into her own and finally feels that she has a purpose. If they have to split it up, that's fine, but don't leave us book fans hanging at Eclipse.
    posted by sweetredneck28 9 days ago
  • Iluvhotguyz14
    well.. i don't know about everyone else.. but i hella wanna see it!! haha.. i mean.. i think i'll be satisfied w/ the movie as long as it gets the important facts from the story.. and yehh! other than that.. i can't wait for it! x]
    posted by Iluvhotguyz14 10 days ago
  • TheCreativityMaster
    (Even though not a fan) Okay, the first two films are two hours compared to 500-page book lengths. Eclipse is likely to be 2 hours and 10 minutes compared to a 600-page length. And the fourth is 700. Harry Potter 4 and 5 were 2 hours and a half and they got in the right material to satisfy fans. Does it really need to be two parts? Because spliting Harry in two parts is ridiculous. So even though not a fan, can't these book adaptions be just one movie? Twilight can't be as long as a Harry Potter film?
    posted by TheCreativityMaster 10 days ago