The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2′ Movie Review: Franchise Ends on an Exciting Note

To callously belittle the “Twilight” franchise is to insult thousands of people who have truly invested their hearts and souls into a movie franchise that, in many ways, has had a very real and profound impact on their lives.
So what if Bella Swan served as a poor role model? So what if the actors seemed so uncomfortable on screen you thought they might actually jump off it, run down the aisle and leave the theater? Sometimes, poor role models are the easiest to relate to. They usually have issues, and who among us doesn’t? As for the acting: if you have a few days I can tell you all about the movies I love that feature some of the worst performances you’ll ever see.
In other words, it’s OK to like bad movies. Which brings me to “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2″, a “Twilight” movie that is NOT BAD. Not bad at all!
Well, maybe a little bad.

I’m going to tell you that “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2″ contains about the best 20 minutes of the entire franchise. It’s content so surprising, so thrilling and so shocking that it’s completely incongruous with the rest of the franchise and is, quite frankly, did-not-see-that-coming awesome. My jaw literally dropped. Suddenly, the sanitized, teen emo porn that had been the “Twilight” franchise turns into a Robert Rodriguez-inspired climax rich with excitement and an emotional depth previously unseen in these films.
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, and the final moments of the “Twilight” franchise finish very well. Bella, although she had to die and become a vampire to do it, changes for the better and morphs into an admirable metaphor and role model.