Well, it’s taken a while with the end of the semester, but I’ve finally finished by breakdowns for Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2. Because these two movies are adapted from one book, they both present some challenges to analyzing and breaking them down.
good reading! I agree about the rites of passage being important in this film, the graduation, marriage and honeymoon then pregnancy. I suppose since I was raised conservatively (that this is the order in which a girl's life should go), and it doesn't seem that odd to me, but I can see how different this is compared to current cultural norms for teen girls. And I do appreciate this viewpoint being in the movie, as something to consider and potentially discuss.
The ending was just such a cliffhanger! Having not read the books and just watched the movies, it was one of the best cliffhanger endings to a movie I've ever seen! (could have done without all the honeymoon stuff though,) but I'm glad they made breaking dawn 2, because there was a lot of stuff to cover. look forward to seeing your analysis of the last film!
Thanks for your thoughts Stefanie! One thing I didn't mention was that despite all of these rites of passage being typical for a young woman, Bella doesn't seem all that interested in most of them, especially the more "feminine" aspects of them. If I recall, she wasn't that excited about going to graduation, didn't care about being married, was willing to have sex before marriage, and it was really one having the baby that she was adamant about. Many of those things were more associated with the Cullens. Edward was the one who thought marriage was so important, Alice was the one who often pushed the more feminine aspects of those rituals (dresses and high heels), and it was Rosalee who supported Bella's desire to have the baby. Yet despite all of that, I think we're led to believe that in the end Bella is thankful for having done all of those things.
oh, that's true! She doesn't really want to participate in any of those things, it's implied strongly that she doesn't care about anything - except being with Edward, and then saving their baby. But yeah, in the end, it does seem like she's glad that everything happened in the order it did. Good insights!!!!
good reading! I agree about the rites of passage being important in this film, the graduation, marriage and honeymoon then pregnancy. I suppose since I was raised conservatively (that this is the order in which a girl's life should go), and it doesn't seem that odd to me, but I can see how different this is compared to current cultural norms for teen girls. And I do appreciate this viewpoint being in the movie, as something to consider and potentially discuss.
The ending was just such a cliffhanger! Having not read the books and just watched the movies, it was one of the best cliffhanger endings to a movie I've ever seen! (could have done without all the honeymoon stuff though,) but I'm glad they made breaking dawn 2, because there was a lot of stuff to cover. look forward to seeing your analysis of the last film!
Thanks for your thoughts Stefanie! One thing I didn't mention was that despite all of these rites of passage being typical for a young woman, Bella doesn't seem all that interested in most of them, especially the more "feminine" aspects of them. If I recall, she wasn't that excited about going to graduation, didn't care about being married, was willing to have sex before marriage, and it was really one having the baby that she was adamant about. Many of those things were more associated with the Cullens. Edward was the one who thought marriage was so important, Alice was the one who often pushed the more feminine aspects of those rituals (dresses and high heels), and it was Rosalee who supported Bella's desire to have the baby. Yet despite all of that, I think we're led to believe that in the end Bella is thankful for having done all of those things.
oh, that's true! She doesn't really want to participate in any of those things, it's implied strongly that she doesn't care about anything - except being with Edward, and then saving their baby. But yeah, in the end, it does seem like she's glad that everything happened in the order it did. Good insights!!!!