Re: Rob's Temporary BD2 Halfway House **SPOILERS**
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:18 am
I just Loved the movie! I thought it was great!
I will try to keep the rest in chronological order, but the thing bothering me the most is gonna come up first: (inv)
The alternate ending! HOW could Alice have seen that? I already said some about this in the new ending thread. But, really? Am I missing something huge?
I'll let the books out of it, but in NM; Alice has a vision of Bella cliff diving. After that, Alice can't see what happens to Bella. Alice explains it's because of Jacob (the wolves are the reason she can't see).
And then in BDpt1; Alice can't see Bella's future. I don't remember if they actually said it, but it's obvious that Alice can't see Bella anymore because of the fetus.
Back to the movie we're talking about; BDpt2. We know Alice can't see visions including the wolves. We think Alice can't see visions including Renesmee. But yet, Alice can give Aro a complete vision of the battle? How the battle will go, including Renesmee taking of with Jake. Including all wolves fighting?
It doesn't add up for me. And I would love for someone to give me an explanation telling me I'm wrong. Because I want to be wrong. It is bothering me so much!
Apart from that whole rant above, I loved that whole sequence of the film and thought it was done really well! At first; I was like: NO! That can't be true. I know the books, it'll be okay. Then I got caught up into it and I started to believe it might just go that way. And then I figured it out, literally seconds before it was actually revealed on the screen. For me, personally, that was kind off funny. I got it, gasped again, grabbed my sisters hand and 10 seconds later, the whole room sighed after me and everyone relaxed.
Okay, from the start now. Bella being a vampire! I wish they had showed a bit more struggle. Yes, she has super restraint. Yes, it's natural for her. But I would've liked to have it a bit more difficult. In the book she's nervous about jumping out of a window. Here in the movie, she just jumps off a mountain cliff. No biggie. It seemed a bit understated.
I really loved the humor in the beginning of the movie. Bella being momma-bear. Arm-wrestling Emmett. Jake transforming in front of Charlie. I didn't feel like it was rushed or strange at all. I'm just glad they kept it in there, even when they were short scenes. Leaving Bella alone with Charlie did strike me as weird, but didn't bother me. It played out well.
Collecting all the different vampire-witnesses. It was fast, it felt a bit like snippets, but I liked it. It was more interesting to watch than having to watch everyone arrive and introducing Renesmee over and over again. I loved Garett, thought Alistair was just brilliant. My favourite was Benjamin.
I was really pleasently surprised that they added a scene where Jake is guiding the new wolves. I found it a cute little addition.
The Jenks scene was great. It was short, but intense and worked out really well.
I agree with songbird, the Toshimo scene seemed unnecessary. I actually forgot totally about it untill I read that you just posted it....
Didn't like Aro. Too much over the top. He's supposed to be over the top, but it was just a bit to much for me. Keeping it a tone lower I think still would have had the right effect. Especially the creepy laugh bummed me out.
And I actually did think they did a really good job of showing Bella's shield.
I loved the 'tribute' to all actors in the end. Really nice, it felt like conclusion.
I just know I'll remember more (random) things later, but that's it for now
I will try to keep the rest in chronological order, but the thing bothering me the most is gonna come up first: (inv)
The alternate ending! HOW could Alice have seen that? I already said some about this in the new ending thread. But, really? Am I missing something huge?
I'll let the books out of it, but in NM; Alice has a vision of Bella cliff diving. After that, Alice can't see what happens to Bella. Alice explains it's because of Jacob (the wolves are the reason she can't see).
And then in BDpt1; Alice can't see Bella's future. I don't remember if they actually said it, but it's obvious that Alice can't see Bella anymore because of the fetus.
Back to the movie we're talking about; BDpt2. We know Alice can't see visions including the wolves. We think Alice can't see visions including Renesmee. But yet, Alice can give Aro a complete vision of the battle? How the battle will go, including Renesmee taking of with Jake. Including all wolves fighting?
It doesn't add up for me. And I would love for someone to give me an explanation telling me I'm wrong. Because I want to be wrong. It is bothering me so much!
Apart from that whole rant above, I loved that whole sequence of the film and thought it was done really well! At first; I was like: NO! That can't be true. I know the books, it'll be okay. Then I got caught up into it and I started to believe it might just go that way. And then I figured it out, literally seconds before it was actually revealed on the screen. For me, personally, that was kind off funny. I got it, gasped again, grabbed my sisters hand and 10 seconds later, the whole room sighed after me and everyone relaxed.
Okay, from the start now. Bella being a vampire! I wish they had showed a bit more struggle. Yes, she has super restraint. Yes, it's natural for her. But I would've liked to have it a bit more difficult. In the book she's nervous about jumping out of a window. Here in the movie, she just jumps off a mountain cliff. No biggie. It seemed a bit understated.
I really loved the humor in the beginning of the movie. Bella being momma-bear. Arm-wrestling Emmett. Jake transforming in front of Charlie. I didn't feel like it was rushed or strange at all. I'm just glad they kept it in there, even when they were short scenes. Leaving Bella alone with Charlie did strike me as weird, but didn't bother me. It played out well.
Collecting all the different vampire-witnesses. It was fast, it felt a bit like snippets, but I liked it. It was more interesting to watch than having to watch everyone arrive and introducing Renesmee over and over again. I loved Garett, thought Alistair was just brilliant. My favourite was Benjamin.
I was really pleasently surprised that they added a scene where Jake is guiding the new wolves. I found it a cute little addition.
The Jenks scene was great. It was short, but intense and worked out really well.
I agree with songbird, the Toshimo scene seemed unnecessary. I actually forgot totally about it untill I read that you just posted it....
Didn't like Aro. Too much over the top. He's supposed to be over the top, but it was just a bit to much for me. Keeping it a tone lower I think still would have had the right effect. Especially the creepy laugh bummed me out.
And I actually did think they did a really good job of showing Bella's shield.
I loved the 'tribute' to all actors in the end. Really nice, it felt like conclusion.
I just know I'll remember more (random) things later, but that's it for now