Critics Consensus: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Is a Decent Send-Off
SummaryThis week at the multiplex, we've got "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2," starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the final installment of the wildly popular vampire franchise, and Steven Spielberg's hotly-anticipated biopic "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Honest Abe. And in limited release, we've got "Silver Linings Playbook," a romantic comedy starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as Joe Wright's unorthodox adaptation of "Anna Karenina," starring Keira Knightley in the title role. There's no middle ground on the Twilight series: either you're enraptured by the tale of Bella Swan and her supernatural paramours, or you're mystified by its appeal. Back to Article
Shane Mims
Well, let's see. Should I see a film that is directed by one of the best directors of all time, about arguably our nation's finest president, staring Day-Lewis, who gave one of the best performances of all-time in one of my favorite films, Gangs of NY, or should I see the end of the melodramatic series of all-time?
Maybe, next time, Mr. Spielberg. LOL. Seriously, can't wait for Lincoln. Twilight can suck it.
Nov 15 - 04:43 PM
Chris Cox
Spielberg is overrated.
Nov 15 - 05:23 PM
Janson Jinnistan
Your mom was undernourished.
Nov 15 - 05:39 PM
Chum Chum
Swing and a miss
Nov 17 - 09:33 AM
Janson Jinnistan
Good thing your critique is so hilarious then
Nov 17 - 03:12 PM
Jason Huang
i actually agree with chris. spielberg is associated with way too many people. yes he has made minority report and jurassic park and schindler's list, but he has also produced all three transformers movie and other stuff. chris nolan and david fincher are probably my favorite directors right now
Nov 15 - 07:33 PM
Shane Mims
Okay, all Steven did was executive produce them. Basically, he just gave the producers the money to make the movie. However, any director who has made Jaws, Close Encounters, Indiana Jones, E.T., The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Munich,The Adventures of Tintin, and of course, Schindler's List is NOT overrated. Granted, I like Fincher, and I love Nolan, but Spielberg is one of the all-time greats and,IMO, one of the five best directors in the world, along with Nolan, Scorsese, Cameron, and Burton.
Nov 15 - 07:49 PM
Logan Locke
Shane pretty much nailed it there.
Nov 15 - 08:52 PM
Gary Shannon
Shane is right, Spielberg isn't overrated at all. He's made some groundbreaking films.
Nov 16 - 01:25 AM
Andrew Griffin
"Burton"?!
Nov 16 - 04:48 AM
Carrie Hart
and the greatest, most perfect american movie of all time -JAWS.
Nov 16 - 05:14 AM
Fred Brooks
I think Shane got you and chris with the obvious strong list of 'Spielberg' directed films, that's just too strong a case for either one of you to argue with. Plus the guy forgot to mention "Duel" & "American Grafitti" which we're outstanding films as well.
Nov 16 - 02:09 PM
Janson Jinnistan
"American Graffiti" was George Lucas. But, yeah, I don't trust anyone talking about Spielberg who doesn't mention "Jaws" or "Raiders".
Nov 16 - 02:31 PM
Jason Huang
ok so i get your point. yes steven spielberg has made a lot of good movies. minority report, jurassic park, and schindler's list are really good movies, but i think that christopher nolan has done some amazing movies. nolan has done inception, dark knight trilogy, and memento. i think that nolan has something that spielberg lacks, which is a lot of imagination.
Nov 16 - 05:48 PM
Val Mordas
Spielberg is one of the best directors of all time, only a moron would call him overrated. That or you simply did not watch his films, some of which (like Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's) are masterpieces. Nolan's made some good films but nothing near as profound as those two.
Nov 16 - 06:55 PM
Janson Jinnistan
JH - If you think Spielberg's best films lack imagination, then I doubt you really did get the point.
Nov 16 - 11:59 PM
George Patchell
I agree with both you and Shane, I think Speilberg has made some of the best films ever, but he is also overrated. Don't get me wrong he has made some masterpieces and almost all of his films are great - even the lesser ones like Tintin are good. But I think most people when they see Speilberg's name think it has to be a masterpiece and refuse to criticise him even when he makes average or lacking films. I haven't seen Lincoln as I don't there's much chance of it seeing a release in Australia before the new year, but I was super excited for it until I saw the first trailer and it looked awful. I really hope I'm wrong and I really hope it is great, but from the trailer alone I feared this was another case of saying Speilberg can do no wrong. And rather than all the people calling others dumbasses for not liking a filmmaker, maybe you can realise that not everyone agrees with you, and that constructive criticism is a good thing for filmmakers, rather than just saying everything is great when it has a certain name alongside it. That is lazy, criticising isn't.
Nov 17 - 03:52 AM
Mark Marquis
Spielberg is one of the most commercially and critically successful directors of our age (maybe ever). Calling him overrated is lazy, unimaginative trolling.
Nov 16 - 07:23 AM
MicHaeL Hendriks
He's overrated at TIMES... But he's definitely one of the greatest filmmakers.
Nov 20 - 06:21 PM
Daniel Irwin
From Jaws and Jurassic Park, to Schidler's List and Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg is a man of many wonders. On par with Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron for my favorite Hollywood directors.
Dec 7 - 06:06 AM
Dave J
How old did you say you were again?
Nov 16 - 01:18 PM
MicHaeL Hendriks
You should watch Twilight, cause it ends it all... :P
Nov 20 - 06:23 PM