When a blog reaches such grandiose heights as mine (now up to 7 followers), I should expect to ruffle a few feathers. Such is the case with my ever so bold move of placing The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 on my top ten list for 2011. The firestorm erupted at lunch when a now ex-friend of mine cracked on Twilight. He peppered me with the hundred or so films that he would have placed above Breaking Dawn. Horrible Bosses, Friends With Benefits, No Strings Attached and The Dilemma spewed from his lips.
I didn’t look at the 2011 box office numbers until after this lunch – and the numbers are irrelevant to me anyway. But I thought it interesting to note that Breaking Dawn landed at number 5 on worldwide box office chart, racking in over $650 million. No other film on my list made the top 10 at the box office for 2011. Breaking Dawn is a sequel and you come to expect certain things from sequels. Breaking Dawn is what it is and it is done very well.
During our exchange, my frenemy admitted that he watched the entire Twilight series. What was there to Breaking Dawn besides a wedding, a birth and Bella’s transformation into a vampire, he asked? My point exactly! Fans of the series have been waiting for this wedding, the birth and her fangs from day one. Now that it has been delivered, he is apparently disappointed.
The truth is, I am not the biggest fan of Twilight. I don’t write fan letters to Kristin Stewart. I have never considered which camp I’m in, Edward or Jacob (nor will I). However, the bottom line is this, I can’t justify bumping Twilight from my list for any of the movies that traitor named - Ashton Kutcher - you are kidding right. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 remains firmly intrenched in my number 9 spot.
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