James Franco posted a review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 over on the Paris Review, and it appears he wasn’t too pleased with the film.
Of course, a few other forbidden territories are broken in as well. The protagonists finally marry, having waited until the wise old age of eighteen, and since the book and the film dutifully show them being wed, they are then allowed to fuck each others’ brains out. For a film that claims to be sexually responsible, the “Twilight” movies are awfully dependent on teenage sex to attract viewers. The actors prance about like pieces of meat, their disturbingly developed bodies on full display; Taylor Lautner’s rippling teenage chest is just a little better than the child beauty-pageant stars at the end of Little Miss Sunshine. The fans have divided themselves into teams (Team Jacob and Team Edward) and, considering that they already know the outcome of the love triangle between Bella, Edward, and Jacob, the choice of a team can mean little more than—well, you can imagine.
Read the full review here.
Let’s remember that Franco asked Bill Condon (and was turned down) to be a part of Breaking Dawn. He might be a tad bitter, contributing to his scathing review. But, alas, not everyone loves Twilight. And those of us that do, don’t really care!
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