*Warning: spoiler alert. If you have not seen the movie or read the book, do either first.*

The first half of the last movie in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, was released on Nov. 18, or at the midnight showing of Nov. 17 into Nov. 18.

I was able to see this at the midnight showing, even though I am not as obsessed as some people are. In fact, I am not really obsessed at all. The only reason I decided to go was because I have never been able to go before, and I thought seeing a movie at midnight sounded like fun.

However, I must say I was pleasantly surprised with the movie in general. I’ll start telling my thoughts from the beginning of the movie.

The wedding scene in the beginning was pretty emotional, even though I don’t think Kristen Stewart is very good at showing emotions. I got teary-eyed during the wedding, but this could be due to the fact that I get teary-eyed most every time I see any wedding.

The main thing that made me cry during this scene was the line that Bella said to her dad, Charlie, right before he walked her down the aisle. She turned to him and said, “Don’t let me fall, dad.”

Of course, she had a straight face when she said this and she showed nearly no emotion whatsoever, but I thought that was a perfect line for this point in the movie.

As usual, Charlie was a very funny character, especially throughout the wedding and reception scenes, with his witty comments to both Bella and Edward.

One of the funniest scenes in the movie was when all of Bella and Edward’s friends and family were giving their speeches at the reception. Each one was unique and funny, with Renee singing the lullaby she sang to Bella as a child, and Jessica complaining about why Edward chose Bella over herself.

The honeymoon came next, and the scenes were funny, but I must say the “wedding night” scene would be awkward to watch with your siblings or parents, so I suggest going to the movie with a group of friends.

As soon as Bella realized she was pregnant, the movie seemed to skip a lot of time, for Bella went from being on the island with Edward and not looking pregnant at all to being back home at the Cullen’s house looking like she was eight months pregnant.

Of course, part of this is due to the fact that the baby grows super fast, so the movie really only skipped two weeks of time, but I still think that was too much time to skip.

At this point, Jacob realized that Bella was back home and visited her at the Cullen’s house. He got mad, blah blah blah blah, blamed Edward, blah blah blah blah, then went back to his pack.

At this point, all of the werewolves can hear each other’s thoughts, and I was wondering how they would make this part seem realistic in the movie. I was disappointed however, because I feel they could have done so much better.

Each of the wolves’ voices blended together and it was hard to understand who was talking, let alone, what they were saying. This was one of the worst parts in the movie, considering the wolves did not look or speak very realistically.

Then, Jacob decided to break away from Sam’s pack and begin his own pack. Seth then Leah followed him and joined his new pack, agreeing to help guard the Cullen’s house (or should I say mansion).

Seth and Leah are not very good actors, but I do like their characters.

Now back to Bella and the other Cullens. They all realize that the baby (or whatever it is) is destroying her from the inside out, so they try feeding her blood. This was overly disgusting, because they showed her physically drinking the blood.

Although I realized it was not real blood, it still disgusted me and I could have gone without seeing this.

Basically, between this point and the birth scene, not much happens, except there is a confrontation between Sam and Jacob, and nearly a fight between Esme, Carlisle, and Emmett (who I must say is my favorite character in the whole movie) and a small pack of the wolves.

Not long after this, the birth scene begins. It was very true to the birth scene in the book, going into nearly as much detail as the book did. It was disgusting. By far the most disgusting part of the entire movie.

They didn’t physically show the baby clawing its way out of Bella’s stomach, but it showed her face, the blood, and you could hear everything going on.

I understand that they had to do this so that it mirrored the book, and I just have a weak stomach, so most people could probably handle this scene better than I could.

After this, Edward goes crazy and this was another point in the movie that pulled at my heart a little. However, this could possibly be because it was about 1:30 in the morning at this point, but still, you get the point.

I have read all the books, yet I still was somehow not sure whether Bella would live or not. The scene was fairly realistic and emotional. This was probably because Bella was supposed to look dead, so Kristen Stewart didn’t have to show any emotion, so it was realistic.

The very last scene is of Bella physically transforming into a vampire while she is still “asleep.” Then at the last second, her eyes snapped open with a dramatic “duh duh duh” in the music and they were blood red.

From there, the credits began and I left the theater, no longer tired at all because of the excitement of the movie. However, apparently there was another scene with the Volturi after the credits that I was not able to see (sad face). So be sure to stay for the credits when you see the movie!

Over all, I was impressed with the movie and may even see it again in theaters, despite its few flaws.