he Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn – Part 1) is a 2011 American romanticfantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. The first part of a two-part film forms the fourth installment in The Twilight Saga series. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprised their roles.
Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt served as producers of the film, along with the author of the series, Stephenie Meyer; the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter of the first three entries.[3] It was released in theatres on November 18, 2011,[4] and released to DVD on February 11, 2012 in the United States.[5] The film grossed over $712 million worldwide.
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[hide]Plot[edit]
Bella Swan is getting ready for her wedding. During the reception, her best friend, Jacob Black the were-wolf returns after hearing about Bella and Edward's engagement. While dancing with him in the woods, away from everyone else, Bella admits that she and Edward plan to go on a honeymoon. Jacob becomes furious, knowing that Edward could easily kill Bella and he runs off into the woods after the other wolves restrain him from hurting Edward. The couple spends their honeymoon on Isle Esme. Knowing Edward could easily hurt Bella they make love for the first time. The next morning, he realizes that he bruised Bella during it, and is mad at himself for hurting her. Two weeks into their honeymoon, Bella realizes that she is pregnant with a half mortal half immortal child. Edward is terrified by the news, knowing that she would not survive the delivery. He says that Carlisle will remove the monster. She refuses, as she wants to keep the baby and needs the help of Edward's sister, Rosalie, who has always wanted a child, to protect her baby. They rushed back home to Forks, Washington. She has only been pregnant for two weeks, but the baby is growing very fast. Jacob rushes over to the Cullen's mansion and finds Bella already heavily pregnant. He is angry, saying that they should remove it as soon as possible. Bella says that it is her choice. Jacob is disgusted by this. As Bella gets bigger, the quality of her health declines. She has started drinking human blood, which satisfies the baby's thirst. Soon after, Bella drops a cup of blood, and bends down to pick it up. As she bends down, the baby breaks her back, then she falls down and breaks her knees, she immediately gives birth to a baby girl named Renesmee. She dies, barely being able to look at Renesmee. To save her life, Edward injects Bella's heart with his venom to transform her into a vampire, but nothing seems to happen and Bella is thought to be dead. Greatly distraught, Jacob attempts to kill the baby, but stops when he has imprinted on the child. When the werewolves hear Bella's death, they attack the Cullens' house in an attempt to kill the baby. Edward, Alice and Jasper defend their home and their family, and are later helped by Carlisle and Esme. Jacob silently approaches Rosalie, who is holding the baby(Renesmee) in an attempt to kill her to avenge Bella's death but stops after he imprinted on Renesmee. Jacob then runs outside to stop the battle and shape-shifts. Edward reads Jacob's mind and announces that Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee and since is the wolves' law not to harm anyone who has been imprinted on they are forced to leave. After Bella is cleaned and dressed, her cuts from her difficult labour heal as the venom spreads through her body. Then Bella awakens as a newborn vampire...
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of Twilight cast members
- Kristen Stewart as Bella Cullen (née Swan), who marries Edward in this installment and realizes that she has become pregnant with his half-vampire, half-human baby and that her condition is progressing at an unnaturally accelerated rate.
- Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, who marries Bella in this installment. Convinced that the fetus is going to kill Bella, he urges her to abort the pregnancy, but Bella refuses. In the meantime, he and the entire Cullen coven must also fend off Sam and his pack of wolves who believe that their treaty is broken and are on their way to kill Bella and the unborn baby.
- Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, a werewolf who was heartbroken after Bella's choice to marry Edward. In Breaking Dawn - Part 1, he returns as a friend and savior of Bella. Towards the end of the movie, he imprints on Bella and Edward's baby, Renesmee, thereby helping him to recover from his heartbreak. He is also the Alpha of the Black Pack.
- Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen,The father role to the Cullens. He is also a doctor and helps Bella during her pregnancy when Renesmee breaks her bones. He reveals the truth of Bella's baby.
- Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, acts as the mother of the Cullen family.
- Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, a member of the Cullen family who can see "subjective" visions of the future and who is close friends with Bella.
- Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, the strongest member of the Cullen family, who provides comic relief.
- Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, a member of the Cullen family who helps Bella through her pregnancy.
- Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a member of the Cullen coven who can feel/control/manipulate emotions.
- Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father.
- Sarah Clarke as Renée Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater, the 'Beta' of the Black pack. She is Seth's older sister and also the only female werewolf in existence.
- Booboo Stewart as Seth Clearwater, a young member of Jacob's pack.
- MyAnna Buring as Tanya, the leader of the Denali coven.
- Maggie Grace as Irina, a member of the Denali coven whose lover (Laurent) was killed by the werewolves.
- Casey LaBow as Kate, a member of the Denali coven who has the ability to run an electric current over her skin.
- Michael Sheen as Aro, the leader of the Volturi.
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, one of the three founders of the Volturi.
- Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, one of the three founders of the Volturi.
- Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley, the Alpha of the main werewolf pack.
- Mackenzie Foy as Renesmee Cullen, Bella and Edward's newborn daughter
- Christian Camargo as Eleazar, a member of the Denali coven who has the ability to see what powers vampires have through his mind. He can also see what powers humans will have before becoming vampires but has to concentrate very hard.
- Mía Maestro as Carmen, a member of the Denali coven and mate of Eleazar.
Music[edit]
Main article: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (soundtrack)
On January 14, 2011, it was announced that Carter Burwell, composer of the first film in the series, will be returning to score both parts of the final installment.[53] The score of Part 1was recorded in Abbey Road Studios, London in early September. Alexandre Desplat and Howard Shore, the composers of New Moon and Eclipse respectively, happened to be in London at the time of the recording session and stopped by to visit Burwell.[54]
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on November 8, 2011.[55] In July, Condon said that they are still under negotiations for the soundtrack and have 15 songs to choose from, but no deals have been signed with any artists. He also hinted that there's a good chance that the cast's musically-inclined members would feature on the soundtrack, which leaves chance to Robert Pattinson, Jackson Rathbone, Booboo Stewart and Jamie Campbell Bower. American rock bandEvanescence expressed interest in landing a song on the Breaking Dawn soundtrack. Will Hunt, the drummer of the band, said, "I've been screaming for [new song] 'My Heart Is Broken' to land in that, because I think it would fit the story so well." The lead singer of the band, Amy Lee, agreed, adding, "I think that would be awesome, actually." Also notable is the fact that the band had attempted to land songs on the soundtrack of Twilight, but Summit did not approve of the songs they presented.[56] This is the first soundtrack not to feature a song from the band Muse.
On September 22, 2011, it was confirmed that the lead single of the soundtrack is a song by American pop singer Bruno Mars called "It Will Rain" to be released exclusively oniTunes on September 27.[57]
Marketing[edit]
Promotion[edit]
The teaser poster of Breaking Dawn was released on May 24.[58] After giving fans a sneak peek on June 2, MTV released the first official teaser trailer on June 5, the night of the MTV Movie Awards. It was released online shortly before the awards show began and then made its television debut during the broadcast.[59]
On July 21, Summit held a sold-out Comic-Con panel in Hall H, which held 6,500 fans, promoting Part 1. Condon, Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner attended the panel and answered the fans' questions along with showing them exclusive clips from the film. Cast members arrived early in the morning and signed autographs and posters for the midnight-camping fans and Summit booths offered them Breaking Dawn: Part 1 character trading cards.[60]
Breaking Dawn: Part 1 footage was screened in Empire Movie Con in the UK on August 13.[61] In addition, Alfred Angelo will host a private screening of Part 1 for forty-nine selected fans on November 15 and another screening for twenty friends two days later via sweepstakes.[62]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 grossed $281,287,133 in North America and $430,884,723 in other countries, bringing its worldwide total to $712,171,856.[2] It earned a franchise-best $291.0 million on its worldwide opening weekend, marking the 10th largest worldwide opening of all time.[76][77] It reached $500 million worldwide in 12 days, record time for the franchise.[78] It ranks as the 4th highest-grossing film of 2011 worldwide and the highest grossing film of the franchise.[79] The film is also currently the 50th highest-grossing film of all time.
- North America
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (which opened on November 18, 2011 in 4,061 theaters) was projected to reap at least $140 million in its opening weekend.[80] The film earned $30.25 million in midnight showings, which was the second highest midnight gross ever, at the time, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($43.5 million), as well as the highest midnight gross of the franchise, until it was surpassed by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2's gross of $30.4 million.[81] On its opening day, the movie topped the box office with $71.6 million (including midnight showings), which is the fifth highest opening-[82] and single-day[83] gross of all time.[84] On its opening weekend, Breaking Dawn – Part 1claimed first place with $138.1 million, which was the second highest opening weekend of the film series, at the time, behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8 million),[85] as well as the fourth highest November opening ever behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, New Moon and Breaking Dawn - Part 2.[86] It is also the tenth highest opening weekend of all time.[87] The movie also had the second best opening weekend of 2011 in North America behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($169.2 million).[88] The audience was 80% female and 60% over 21 years old and the film received a "B+" CinemaScore, which improved to an "A-" among females.[85]
It retained first place on its second 3-day weekend, declining 70% to $41.9 million, and earned $61.8 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.[89] Breaking Dawn – Part 1remained No. 1 for a third weekend, marking the best third-weekend gross for a Twilight film ($16.5 million)[90] and the second film of 2011 to top the weekend box office three times, along with The Help.[91] Closing on February 23, 2012, with $281.3 miilion, it is the third highest-grossing movie of 2011.[92] It is also the fourth highest-grossing film in the series, only ahead of the first film ($192.8 million).[79]
- Markets outside North America
The film earned $8.9 million in its first two days from five markets.[93][94] By the end of its first weekend, it earned $152.9 million at about 9,950 locations in 54 markets, which was a new franchise-high. Its biggest debut was in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta with £13,910,877 ($22.0 million), which was a new high for the series. It was also huge in many European and Latin American countries.[76][95] It remained in first place at the box office outside North America for three consecutive weekends.[96][97] With $423.8 million, it is the highest-grossing film of the franchise[98] and the sixth highest-grossing film of 2011.[99] Its highest-grossing region after North America is the UK, Ireland and Malta ($48.8 million), followed by Brazil ($35.0 million) and Germany ($33.1 million).[100]
Critical response[edit]
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 24% of critics (of the 188 counted reviews) gave the film a positive review, and the site's consensus reads, "Slow, joyless, and loaded with unintentionally humorous moments, Breaking Dawn Part 1 may satisfy the Twilight faithful, but it's strictly for fans of the franchise."[101] The review site Metacritic gave the film a 45 out of 100 (based on 36 critic scores).[102] It is the lowest-rated installment in the franchise, which was previously New Moon. Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a negative review, calling the film "disappointing".[103] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review, calling Part 1 "bloated".[104] Brent Simon of Screen International called the film "soapy and melodramatic".[105] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film one star out of a possible five, and referred to it as the next stage of an "emo-operetta" that "sweeps us away on a new riptide of mawkish euphoria".[106] Roger Ebert of theChicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars, saying that it is filled with a lot of unanswered questions, but calling Stewart's portrayal of Bella "pretty good".[107] The television show Film 2011's Claudia Winkleman gave the film a negative review, calling it "hilarious".[108] Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers said Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is "the worst Twilight movie yet" and thought Taylor Lautner looked like a "petulant five-year-old".[109] Mary Pols of Time magazine named it one of the Top 10 Worst Movies of 2011, saying "this entry, which held within it the teasing promise of explosive consummation, instead delivered soap-opera-level dry humping in high-thread-count sheets", and concluded, "This was the bloodiest of the Twilight movies but somehow the most bloodless."[110]
Conversely, Gabriel Chong of "Movie Exclusive" gave the film four stars out of a possible five, praising the dialogue, wedding and action scenes, and particularly Condon's direction, stating, "In the hands of a lesser director, the turn of events could very well descend into farce—thankfully then, this movie has found a masterful helmsman in Condon." He went on to praise Stewart's performance, calling it "mesmerising" and saying that she "makes [Bella's] every emotion keenly felt that runs the gamut from joy, trepidation, anxiety, distress and above all quiet and resolute determination."[111] Mark Adams of Daily Mirror also gave the film four stars out of five and said, "The Twilight films manage to cleverly blend melodrama with supernatural thrills, and while the film is not without its silly moments and cringeworthy dialogue it does deliver the drama and emotional highs we have come to expect". He also praised the wedding, describing it as "beautifully staged", and Stewart's performance.[112] Other positive reviewers from The New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer said the dialogue was improving and the whole movie played out with style, while being faithful to the book and servicing hardcore fans.[113][114] MSN Entertainment critic Alaina O'Connor gave Condon some praise for bringing "a certain visual elegance that helps with some of the more-absurd elements of the story." O'Connor also felt that the film did a good job of "examining the relationship between Edward and Bella", but felt that the narrative was weak otherwise.[115] The film was also ranked the tenth best film of 2011 by E!.[116] Will Brooker, writing for Times Higher Education, makes the case that Breaking Dawn has a feminist element, stating that it "reverse(s) the embedded cinematic conventions of male voyeur and female-as-spectacle", and that "the lack of attention to (Bella) as sex object is remarkable."[117]
The film also drew both criticism and praise for having what was seen as a pro-life theme. Natalie Wilson, writing for the Ms. magazine blog, described what she saw as the book's "latent anti-abortion message" as "problematic from a feminist perspective" and found this element "heightened, not diminished, in the film", citing scenes in which Rosalie scolds Alice for using the word "fetus".[118] Richard Lawson of The Atlantic said that Bella's pregnancy "serves as the narrative dais from which Meyer, and in complicity Condon and the screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, delivers a startlingly direct and uncovered anti-abortion sermon", adding "it seems there was no escaping the firmly anti-choice themes of this leg of the story, and so we must sit and grumble while sickly Bella is scored by plaintive strings as she chooses the one true moral path".[119] Neil Morris of Independent Weekly said that the film "takes up a radically pro-life mantle when Bella refuses to abort her baby, even though her life may depend on it".[120] Sandie Angulo Chen of Moviefone described the "bulk" of the film as "one long pro-life debate", in which "Bella says it's her body, her choice (terms usually used in the pro-choice movement), but her decision is pro-life to the extreme, because the baby can and will kill her".[121] In contrast, John Mulderig of the Catholic News Service praised the "strongly pro-life message being conveyed via Bella's unusual plight", saying it "presents a welcome counterpoint to the all-too-frequent motif in popular entertainment whereby pregnancy is presented as a form of disease or an almost unbearable curse".[122]
In an interview with Screen Rant, screenwriter Rosenberg addressed the perception of a pro-life message in the film, stating, "If I could not find my way into it that didn't violate my beliefs (because I am extremely pro-choice very outspoken about it, very much a feminist) I would not have written this move [sic]. They could have offered me the bank and I still wouldn't have. In order to embrace it I had to find a way to deal with it. I also had no interest in violating Stephenie's belief system or anyone on the other side".[123]
On February 25, Breaking Dawn – Part 1 was nominated for eight Razzie Awards, including: Worst Picture; Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel; Worst Screen Ensemble; Worst Director (for Bill Condon); Worst Screenplay; Worst Actor (for Taylor Lautner), and Worst Actress (for Kristen Stewart). The Worst Screen Couple award for Kristen Stewart with either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson was also included. The film lost all categories to Jack and Jill.[124]
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