“Twilight” gets sexed-up and weirdly grownup in “Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” as eternally youthful vamp Edward (Robert Pattinson) and monster-bait Bella (Kristen Stewart) tie the knot. It may seem like a blur to non-fans of the book and the movies, but rabid fans will undoubtedly see and enjoy this latest installment, radical change in status quo notwithstanding. Team Edward “winning” this round doesn’t mean that it’s bye-bye dogboy Jacob (Taylor Lautner), as the character’s still integral to the sappy monster equation.
This time, director Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Kinsey”) steps in, helping shape the more “mature” exploits of the primary characters. “Breaking Dawn – Part 1” isn’t anything spectacular; none of the “Twilight” saga films can really be described that way, and this latest part isn’t exactly much of an improvement.
The penultimate chapter feels stretched, oddly uninteresting despite radical and momentous shifts, particularly Bella’s transformation from brooding schoolgirl to giddy wife, expectant mom, and so on. You’ll be reminded of how thin its mythology is when the hunky werewolves and the rich vampires find something new to fight over.
It’s an hour and forty-plus minutes of characters smooching and canoodling, agonizing and blaming, and arguing over pacts, a strange pregnancy, and what have you. There are also scenes of Bella and Edward playing chess, which looked and felt really iffy. The previous part, “Eclipse,” improved the character dynamics a bit, but they’re still hard to care for now, even with new and more desperate situations.
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