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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Brett Beach: I guess the only question I had going into this trailer was: Could it make me reverse my decision, after slogging through New Moon and Eclipse, to ixnay the last two films? Answer: No, it could not. There is apparently the long awaited vampire-human wedding, vampire-human bedbreaking nuptial sex, and vampire-human bun in the oven. Jacob is tortured, Edward looks only slightly less tortured. I give props to an Oscar winner for seeing this series through at its end, but my interest level has not perked back up.

Jason Dean: Where the hell is Ashley Greene?

Bruce Hall: You know what I hated about Superman Returns? Emo Superman. You know what I hate about Twilight? Emo Vampires and Emo Werewolves. Or are they Lycans? Do I have the wrong Saga? And who decided this was a "Saga"? At least we know they're going to be in Rio because they did a helicopter flyby of Christ the Redeemer. This is not only very original, but is the only way to alert the audience they're in Brazil. You know, kind of like the way you have to get that Ratner shot of the Eiffel Tower or else the audience will have no idea that they're seeing Paris. They might think it's Cairo. Or Walla Walla Washington. Maybe Bella will even go to the grocery store and come back with celery stalks and French bread sticking out of the bag. Maybe sad Werewolf Boy will say something clever like "We're not really so different, you and I..."

I don't know. I tried to think of something non-snarky to say, but I just can't do it. Have fun kids, but count me out.

Jim Van Nest: Okay, so I sat down with my wife and I've watched the first two Twilight films. What I can say about this trailer is that it looks worlds better than those movies did. You can tell there is way more cash put into them now. Honestly, people hate on Twilight pretty bad, so I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon. I'll just say that if you hate Twilight, you'll hate this trailer and then you'll hate this movie. If you're a fan, I would think that this gives you everything you need to see to be super psyched for Breaking Dawn to drop in November.

David Mumpower: I love the internal logic of Jacob's character in this trailer. The woman he loves is betrothed to another man. What is his most natural behavior during such a tumultuous moment? He rips off his shirt and runs. Yes, a clothed man would not seem as anguished as someone topless. Nothing says heartbreak like a sprinting teen with six-pack abs.

I would have thought the Twilight Saga would eventually stop providing laughs such as this. It's nice to know that there are at least two more movies worth of them.

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