The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1) | FULL UNCUT Reactions

Jacob did imprint on Renesmee but too many people misunderstand what that means. It's an INVOLUNTARY response in which a wolf finds his soulmate. It is something that is beyond his control and the one he imprints on is actually the one in control. It happens the first time he sees the person he's imprinting on, which is why, if he had imprinted on Bella it would have had to be the first time he met her (more specifically: the first time he looked her in the eye). It can't be forced on anyone, no matter how much he may want it. He will become WHATEVER SHE NEEDS him to be, whether that's a lover or a friend, but above all, he is her protector. If the imprintee is an infant, as it is in this case, the shape-shifter will act as an older brother; romantic feelings will not develop until she comes of age (if they do). In that moment it's NOT in a romantic way. Later, however, it may become romantic. In this situation, Jacob was going to KILL Renesmee, until he imprinted on her. And because of the pact, the wolves can't hurt her. So, as messed up as it is, at least this way she is ALIVE and PROTECTED. Even though I'm not personally a fan of the Edward and Bella relationship, I love the aesthetic to their wedding and Bella's wedding dress. And about the sex thing: Edward just couldn't deny Bella the human experience of sex any longer despite his fear of harming her, as they had a deal. And if you're wondering how he got Bella pregnant when he's technically dead, Stephanie Meyer explained: "Like with vampire skin, which looks similar to human skin and has the same basic function, fluids closely related to seminal fluids still exist in male vampires which carry genetic information and are capable of bonding with a human ovum". Bella's pregnancy lasted only 28 days due to Renesmee's hybrid nature as a half-human/half-vampire, causing rapid growth. During the birth scene, Carlisle tells them over the phone that the placenta must have detached. There isn't time to let the morphine spread before giving Bella a C-Section but she tells them to get the baby out regardless. The C-Section is shown through Bella’s point of view. Edward bites her through the hard amniotic sac to the baby out. Afterwards, Bella is dying and despite Jacob's CPR support and Edward's venom, Bella's heart stops beating. After Jacob, who has lost all hope, leaves, Edward injects his venom into Bella's heart and bites her in several places, maximising her odds of survival. The venom is supposed to be excruciating and make you feel like you're on fire. We see the internal stuggle of Bella being in pain but she isn't capable of showing it on the outside due to the morphine in her system. That's also why they aren't sure if the venom is working or not. Edward provides CPR himself which, combined with the venom, eventually results in Bella's heart recovering and her tranformation into a vampire. Also, Bella is a newborn who is craving human blood so she has red eyes when she has transformed. Rosalie always wanted children and to have a normal human life, so Bella knows she will protect the baby. I understand Edward's and even Jacob's feelings, they're just afraid of losing Bella, but they aren't respecting her choice. Fun facts: This has a different director than the first three (all of the movies but the last two have different directors). It's directed by Bill Condon also directed/wrote/produced Chicago, Dreamgirls, 2017's Beauty and the Beast live-action and The Greatest Showman. Sofia Coppola was in talks to direct but she thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing with the baby was too weird. Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2 were shot back-to-back as one whole movie. The first scenes shot were the honeymoon scenes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The last scenes shot were the wedding scenes (more specifically Jacob and Bella's scene at the wedding). The Isle Esme house had to be recreated on a sound stage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to production only having one week on location in Brazil. Most of the indoor honeymoon scenes were shot on the sound stage in Louisiana and not in Brazil. On the third day of filming in Brazil, the cast and crew got stranded overnight on the location used for Isle Esme due to a severe rain storm. The crew had to cover the furniture and props in the house with tarps to prevent water damage due to the rain and people having wet clothes. Filming of most of the exterior shots took place in Canada. While filming in Vancouver, the cast and crew were evacuated from the set due to the tsunami warnings resulting from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on March 11th 2011. Filming relocated to Squamish, but a few scenes were shot in the Orpheum Theater with the Vancouver police covering all the entrances of the theater. The CGI baby is notoriously bad, but if you think that looks awful you ain't seen nothing yet! Originally they had an animatronic which they called Chuckesmee because it resembled Chucky. It TERRIFIED the actors on set and I understand why. Here is a BTS on it: https://youtu.be/7jOuy-HOcg8?si=9CdDEJYNkZ6LuTQw. The visual effects team used over 30 real babies using the Lola projection rig, the same tech that is used to help find missing children, to age Mackenzie Foy (Renesmee). Images of Kristen Stewart were also used so the baby would resemble her, especially her eyes. It took 3 hours to apply all the make-up effects on Kristen to create Bella's emaciated appearance. Effects that couldn't be achieved with make-up were created digitally in post-production. Furthermore, Bella's body was prosthetic from the shoulders down in the birthing scene. There was an opening in the table so Kristen could comfortably lay down underneath the table top while still having her head and shoulders to be visible. To achieve movement of the prosthetic limbs a puppeteer was also under the table controlling the limbs. Director Bill Condon chose not to show Edward ripping Bella's body open with his teeth during the birth because he felt having the audience experience it via sound effects and having Rob slightly out of frame made it more potent. He also felt it made the scene more special for viewers who have read the book. Robert Pattinson went through a strict diet and exercise regime for six months in preparation before filming. He stopped his routine after filming the sex scene. He also got boat driving lessons but he actually crashed the boat while filming the boat scene. AND he learned to speak some Portuguese for the scenes where Edward interacts with the housekeepers in Brazil. The original cut of Bella and Edward's wedding night sex scene was much raunchier and had to be reshot and edited to avoid giving the movie an R rating. They also had to done down the birth scene, believe it or not, which was much more graphic in the book. Stephenie Meyer handpicked Carolina Herrera to design Bella's wedding dress while costume designer Michael Wilkinson worked closely with Ashley Greene (Alice) and Nikki Reed (Rosalie) to design their bridesmaid dresses. Maggie Grace, who plays Irina (the pissed blonde woman from the wedding and Laurent's lover), played Ian Somerhalder's stepsister on LOST. If you don't know, Ian played a vampire on The Vampire Diaries AND he is married to Nikki Reed who plays Rosalie in Twilight. Maggie also played Liam Neeson's daughter in Taken. At around 13 mins: Stephenie Meyer can be seen as a guest at the wedding as Bella walks down the aisle (she also appeared in the first movie). She also produced Part 1 AND 2. The lead single of the soundtrack is Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain". The second single is A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, which is Bella and Edward's love song. This is the first Twilight soundtrack not to feature a song from the band Muse. Mía Maestro who plays Carmen of the Denali clan had her song "Llovera" featured on the soundtrack. Evanescence expressed interest in doing a song on the soundtrack but were unsuccessful. They had also attempted to have songs in the first movie but Summit did not approve of the songs they presented. During their vows and first kiss as husband and wife, the song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine plays. This is the same song they danced to at the prom at the end of the first movie. The song "Cold" by Aqualung and Lucy Schwartz on the soundtrack includes the lyrics "sing for the lion and lamb". A callback to a line from the first movie. Robert nearly caused the fanbase to combust when he revealed at a press conference that a real priest was used for the wedding scene, making him and Kristen legally married. That was false, however (I think he was just joking 😂). The opening scene in which Jacob receives Bella and Edward's wedding invitation is from the books, but it is actually the epilogue of Eclipse rather than the prologue of Breaking Dawn. When Bella eats chicken while Edward is away hunting, it's almost foreshadowing about the pregnancy because in all of the previous movies, she only ate vegetarian. Bella and Edward playing chess with red and white pieces is a nod to the book cover. In the book, Renesmee's middle name is Carlie — after Charlie and Carlisle. When Jacob first enters the Cullen house to see Bella, she's wrapped in a quilt — the same quilt Bella's mum gave her in Eclipse.

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