The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

Director:

Bill Condon

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner

10 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson	...	Edward Cullen
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Peter Facinelli	...	Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Elizabeth Reaser	...	Esme Cullen
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jasper Hale
Kellan Lutz	...	Emmett Cullen
Nikki Reed	...	Rosalie Hale
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Chaske Spencer	...	Sam Uley
Mackenzie Foy	...	Renesmee
Maggie Grace	...	Irina
Jamie Campbell Bower	...	Caius
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Marcus

Storyline

The final Twilight Saga begins with Bella now a vampire learning to use her abilities. And happy to see her daughter, Renesmme is flourishing. But when someone sees Renesmme do something that makes them think that she was turned. This person goes to the Volturri, because it is a violation to turn a child. And the penalty is death for both who turned the child into a vampire and the child, cause they deem a turned child too dangerous. Alice gets a vision of the Volturri coming after them. So the Cullens try to convince them that Renesmme is not a threat. So they ask friends and family to come stand with them. But when someone who has it in for the Volturri shows up and tells them they should be ready for a fight. And they get ready.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | battle | friend | vision | chief of police | 

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Taglines:

The epic finale that will live forever

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

La saga Crepúsculo: Amanecer - Parte 2

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$141,067,634 (USA) (16 November 2012)

Gross:

$292,298,923 (USA) (1 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The inscription inside the locket Bella gives to Renesmee, "Plus que ma propre vie", is French for "More than my own life".

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Goofs

At the end of the movie when Bella and Edward are in the meadow together, they aren't sparkling.

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Quotes

Bella Cullen: [Jacob is acting overprotective of Renesmee] What's your problem?
Rosalie Hale: Oh, do tell her, Jacob.
Emmett Cullen: [smiles] This should be good.
Edward Cullen: Edward: Hold on a second. Bella.
[Edward holds Renesmee]
Jacob Black: Look. It's a wolf thing.
Bella Cullen: What's a wolf thing?
Jacob Black: Um... you know we have no control over it.
[Bella scowls as she figures out what Jacob means]
Jacob Black: We can't choose who it happens with. And it doesn't mean what you think, Bella. I promise.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

Every actor to appear in the Twilight Saga films is featured in the ending credits.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2012 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Bittersweet"
Written by Skrillex (as Sonny Moore) and Ellie Goulding
Produced by Skrillex (as Sonny Moore)
Performed by Ellie Goulding
Courtesy of Polydor Records Ltd. / Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Enterprises

User Reviews

Revenge of the Department-Store Manikins

This movie cost a reported $120,000,000. In only 2 weeks, it's already doubled that take at the box office, but what I'd like to know is where all that money went. Not on sets or locations, since it's mainly set in the woods. Elegant costumes, to be sure, but you're not gonna blow 9 digits' worth of bucks on epaulets. The effects are sparse and nothing special. Fersher not on the writing (execrable screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg).

So it has to have been on the actors. And boy, did they ever NOT get their money's worth. The entire film consists of people standing around like statues, reading dialog to each other, with an occasional flicker of attempted facial expression. Really, this is not an exaggeration. 80% of the film is literally people just standing there like an array of department-store manikins, spouting inane, vapid dialog.

The entire premise of the film is based on the idea that the Volturi, self-appointed overlords of the vampire world, will not tolerate a human child being turned into a vampire (with some justification, based on terrible experiences in the past, when the tykes had tantrums and couldn't control their appetites). And now the Volturi mistakenly believe that Bella and Edward's new child, the regrettably named Renesmee, is one such, and they're coming to wreak vengeance on her and the entire Cullen clan — having politely given several weeks advance notice. All of this could have been cleared up with a little home video, or perhaps a Skype call. Ditto for the Cullens' attempts to round up witnesses to little Nessie's amazing growth spurt (newborn to an apparent age 6 in a couple of weeks). Could they just ring up their friends on their cell phones or e-mail them? Nooooooo, gotta travel twice around the world to ask them in person. And then they all show up in the Pacific northwoods, where they get to stand around like statues like everyone else. When there finally IS a flurry of action, the cameras move so rapidly and jerkily that you can't get any sense at all of who's doing what to whom.

This is a terrible movie, all posing and posturing and protestations of undying love less sincere than a Twinkies commercial.