I'm not a fan of Bob Chipman, but he gave the funniest review of Breaking Dawn Part 2. He said something to the effect of; "I've watched movies while imagining better versions of them, whereas this movie imagines a better version of itself while I'm watching it!"

Kristen Stewart screaming at Jacob over Nessie is comedy gold and I will hear no argument about it.

Also side note: Robert Patterson went from being a man-bat to the Batman

I run my University’s bad movie club (the Anti-Cinema Cinema Club), and to close out our spring term we held a ROCKY HORROR-esque rowdy screening of TWILIGHT; replete with callouts, props (ie. waving a red flag whenever Edward does something creepy), a costume contest, My Chemical Romance and playing whiffle ball during the baseball scene. It was grand ol’ time and we’re turning it into an annual fixture, we’re gonna try to get Catherine Hardwicke to make an appearance.

Ah 2012 How to forget such a nostalgic year. I was 15. -We were paranoid for a Mayan apocalyptic legend -Arctic Monkeys and Lana Del rey were rising -Slenderman popularity -SOPA and PIPA protests -KONY -Dark Knight trilogy ended -Hunger Games was beginning. Therefore, Jennifer Lawrence manía. - AVENGERS BABY ! -GANGNAM STYLE -Oh and we were like "Twilight Is this still a thing?"

Well, one good thing that came out of this franchise: the two lead actors went on to much bigger and better things with their careers that showed that they were not just "the Twilight people". Robert Pattinson has made a name for himself in critically acclaimed arthouse films and is even our current Batman. And Kristen Stewart has not only also done some great indie/arthouse work too, but she's also been nominated for a freaking Oscar! Yea, I'm pretty sure no one who saw her acting in this would imagine her eventually being referred to as "Academy Award Nominee Kristen Stewart". But I'm happy for the both of them, they both deserve the success they've found in recent years.

I'm really into bad summaries of popular movies, and my favorite for Twilight is "A girl has to decide between necrophilia and bestiality." That sums it up pretty well.

Robert Pattinson has been through quite the filmography so far in his career. Started off in the fourth Harry Potter movie, gained infamy for being in this franchise, starred in some arthouse/indie films to prove people he's a great actor, and became Batman himself.

Remembering Twilight makes me appreciate The Batman even more.

All of the actors were far more talented than the material they had to work with. Many of them have gone on to better things, with Robert becoming the next Batman, and Kristen being Oscar Nominated for her work on "Spencer."

If there was one thing that makes watching the first film worth watching, it is the DVD commentary. It is just two hours of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart ripping into it MST3K-style while the director, Catherine Hardwicke is desperately trying/failing to make them stop. There's something almost beautiful in the knowledge that they were in just as much misery making these movies as we were watching them.

"Edward who claims to be in love with Bella also repeatedly reminds her he wants to eat her" Sounds like Edward takes relationship advice from Armie Hammer.

10:50 Wait, Victoria wanting to kill Bella doesn't make sense? I'm not a Twilight fan, but this is clearly a case of revenge by proxy. "Edward and his family are responsible for the death of my lover, so I'm going to kill Edward's lover to make him suffer". Seems pretty clear cut. Besides, who would be easier to kill? The soft, squishy, mortal or the vampire that can go toe-to-toe with a werewolf so tough, punching one hurts a normal human hand.

The one thing I'm thankful for Twilight for is you being on youtube and the meme moments from this film series

Dominic Noble did a series of videos looking at the books and the frustrating thing about Meyer is that there are genuinely well written moments in the books. The problem is it becomes clear in context that those good parts were completely by accident.

As a formerly tweenage girl of the early 90's I can say that most girls that age think of love in this intense toxic way (because they're 12) but the majority of us grow out of it by graduation.

One of the only KZfaqrs I scream out loud “YES” when there’s a new episode out 🤘

The worst part about BD part 2’s twist is that it contradicts canon. According to the books’ lore, Alice can’t see the future if werewolves (sorry, “shifters”) and hybrids are involved. So Meyer was okay throwing out a crucial piece of her world building just so none of her characters would die.

I happened to see Breaking Dawn part II opening night in the theater and the the crowd reaction to the battle scene at the end was like nothing I have experienced before or since. There was screaming, sobbing and almost total hysteria. The woman next to me was weeping uncontrollably. The way the crowd reacted you would have thought they had been forced to watch beloved family members murdered right in front of them. If it hadn’t turned out to be fake, I am certain there would have been a riot afterwards.

OMG, I had never seen the robot baby before! My poor brain wasn't ready for that. And if I were Kristen and Rob, I would be so offended someone thought that's what our offspring would look like. WTF?!!!

Ahh Twilight; The film that caused scene girls to mark their necks with 2 uneven red sharpie marks and fall for toxic teenage boys that wear Halloween fangs to school. Well done on this review, Sean! Proud of you! 😎👉👉

I'll say it, the worst thing that this series did was the harm it did to the Quileute people. They're still getting screwed over by this crap

Crazy to think you've been doing this for 12 years. I've been watching you since 2012.

Edward: "I've been waiting for you, Smeg head. When you left me I was but a vampire, now I am the Batman!"

Robert pattinson: Started out a sparkling vampire, ended up Batman! :D What a career!

divergent "final book two part" was such a bomb it killed the concept dead cold, to the point even the MCU avoided calling infinity war "part 1" and chose to call part 2 "endgame"

Well at least Robert Pattinson went off to be a critically acclaimed actor and become Batman, and Kristen Stewart is an Oscar nominee. Next time, we’ll be talking about a movie so bad, that George Clooney told the producers “Fuck Off” when he was approached to appear in the film.

Charlie Swan deserved a better daughter. Also Aro's Laugh in these films makes ne wish that Michael Sheen had been cast as the Joker. Having seen Dominic Noble's Twilight Reviews of the Books, those Novels deserve more of the Flack than the films do.

I'm so glad both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart found a way to fix their careers after this franchise. Hell, even back in the Twilight days, I was one of the people who always thought these two were both great actors and deserved better, so I'm glad to see it finally paying off in the last few years. As for Taylor Lautner..... I still don't know what to think of the guy, even to this day. He just kinda.... disappeared after the Twilight saga ended. You don't really see him that much anymore today. Does that mean he'll make a big comeback somewhere down the road? I don't know. But if he ever does, let's hope it's for the better.

Robert Pattinson said in an interview that Edward in real life would be "an axe murderer".

I remember when my English professor back in college actually asked us to read Twilight as an example of what not to do in creative writing... I both love and hate that this is true.

My only guess as to why conservatives haven’t gone after Twilight in recent times is ,as many have pointed out, the series contains some subtle but pretty noticeable Mormon propaganda so I guess that part “balances” it out

I don't really blame Peter Jackson for how The Hobbit turned out. When you consider the kind of hell the behind-the-scenes was, it's a miracle Hobbit even saw the light of day.

IIRC "50 Shades of Grey" was originally written as Twilight fan fiction.

0:02 as soon as it popped up, I immediately heard this line in AB’s voice from the final scene in Episode 50.

The "I like watching you sleep" would be funny if I was able to get any quality sleep. Seriously, how am I not certified basket case given my sleep patterns? Oh wait...

"next time we'll look at a terrible anthology comedy movie. It can't be worse than The Underground Comedy Movie... can it?" it took me this long to realize what amazing foreshadowing that was!

The best part of the saga is Rosalie being over Bella's crap!

Thank you so much for that footage of Michael Sheen as Nero, I haven’t laughed that hard in ages. Movie 43 next?! Woof… When you eventually finish your Razzies series, you should review the 365 Days series, those pieces of crap are right up your alley. I believe it was “inspired” by 50 Shades and somehow is 100 times more problematic than THAT series if you can believe it. And every review I’ve seen of those movies usually has the comments section filled with embarrassed Polish people apologising that it is a Polish product.

One good thing is that you're almost done with the Worst Picture Project--just 10 more to go. (Possibly 11 if this lasts long enough.)

Actually, according to werewolf folklore, werewolves are just people who turn into wolves, and they can do so at will and at any time of day. Hollywood invented the whole "can only change at the full moon" thing. So... Twilight actually got it right, surprisingly.

Hello! Looong time viewer, rare time commenter. Thank you for providing much needed insight to movies I haven’t or have seen, and being a great source of entertainment for us, your viewers, for many years. I remember enjoying the Twilight reviews especially, given how much of a “Twilight hater” I was back in the day. But after seeing your reviews of 50 Shades of Gray and how much of a rip off of Twilight it was, it really gave me a whole new appreciation for the Twilight saga and more so for Robert Pattinson’s acting career (hearing his acting was incredibly limited in the film series). And I want to thank you for providing such insight on both sides. Because I’ve totally missed the merits Twilight had when my views were completely clouded with “worst love story ever”. Even more so considering this is one of my sister’s favorite franchises that I would shoot down a lot as a kid, but now feel myself pleasantly willing to join in on her movie nights and enjoy it for what it is, and appreciate it for being such a unique film that got many budding actors their start, and for providing laughs when things in the films don’t make sense. Thank you for doing this retrospective, Smeghead!

Yes! The Smeghead’s screen rants are back. The best belated birthday present I could ask for. Thank you, Sean! 😀

I tried to read the Twilight book (key word here being "tried") and to be honest, defining Meyer's writing as "challenging" was a pretty big courtesy on your part.

I remember first seeing your episodes on the movies so many years ago and it’s so cool to hear you add more recent references into this video. This is so cool!

I'm liking these revisiting reviews.

STILL Team Moustache Dad.

I am glad they didn't go with the creepy doll... because that would've been instant nightmare fuel right there.

Michael Sheen's O face: thank you Smeg Head, for finding something that makes my skin crawl more than the Imprinting.😫

To be fair, the Oscars showered Return of the King with awards (including Best Picture) to “honor the entire trilogy”. You could argue the Razzies did likewise for Breaking Dawn Part 2.

8:14 Aro’s laugh never fails to amuse me.

9:34, This shot right here, he almost looks like Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show for some reason.

Now we have to wait another 2 months before we get the next CE episode

24:24 Holy Edward Batman, you finally mention the Razzies snub DragonBall the movie.

24:47 What about Last Ounce of Courage? That came out in 2012, and that didn’t get one Razzie nomination.

Oh, YES!!! Have not seen one of these in a while .

Michael Sheen should be in every post credits scene.

"In the words of Han Solo, 'this is where the fun begins'". Me: It's an older code, sir, but it checks out.

09:24 OMG I watched Michael Sheen as Nero years ago and I've been looking for that line for years!!

17:51 Another reason Republicans wouldn't call that "grooming" is because Renesmee fits the ideal age range of the kind of people they are most into. Just ask Matt Gaetz!

Obi-Wan Jabroni. Priceless.

Is it just me or does Stephanie Myers seem incapable of writing a healthy relationship? Like it's worrying that Twilight doesn't have a single relationship that is healthy

If you want to see Sheen in a role basically made for him check his portrayal of Kenneth Williams in Fantabulosa

I’ve been a dedicated fan since the Eragon review. You’re videos bring me so much joy and entertainment, and I feel I need to repay the favor in some way. In case this guy isn’t on your radar, I highly recommend you watch a Neil Breen movie! His films are peak so-bad-it’s-good!

Nice job on this Twilight retrospective. I actually agree that I think Twilight got more hatred than it deserved especially towards Kristen Stewart who thankfully has gone on to earn a lot more respect and better films. Same goes for Robert Pattinson as he was a great Batman. I'm very excited for the next CE as it will be the first one in a while that won't be a second look. The question is how much hatred will it get from you?

I still find it baffling that David Slade, the director of Eclipse, just three years earlier made one of the best vampire films of all time (in my opinion), 30 Days of Night. If you want genuinely creepy, intelligent bloodsuckers in a true horror setting (you know, the genre that vampires are SUPPOSED to be from), then you can't do much better than that film.

I’ll be interested to see what movie 43 brings to this series. Georg rockall Schmidt did a good job reviewing it

Love the T-shirt!

Well, I guess it's safe to say that the Devil's Film porno parody of the Twilight saga are more enjoyable to watch than the actual movies, themselves.

Pattinson KILLED it as Batman! I was seriously surprised, but have to give him all the respect now.

13:52 I know this isn’t relevant to Twilight, but I stand by what I said previously: I think splitting Deathly Hallows into two movies was a good idea. The two movies together clock in at 276 mins, which is a four-and-a-half hours. If they’d tried to make it three hours for one movie, that would’ve meant either cutting out even more from the book (potentially leaving important questions and conflicts unresolved), drastically changing the story or have the pacing be set on fast forward. I honestly cannot imagine how they could fit everything into one movie.

Nikki Reed can act, she was in the movie *THIRTEEN*

Did you know that before Summit Entertainment got the film rights to the franchise it was originally pitched to Paramount Pictures & MTV Films early in its production?

Why the prodigal son has returned

19:40 I always thought the puppet version looked liked what happen if you tried to make a human out of a King Spaniel.

This is your first reviewed movie ever.... it's like heaven watching u talk about it again xd

In fact a merge between new moon and eclipse, would actually be a better film than new moon & eclipse on their own.

In Argentina those novels were like The plague. Even their knock offs were popular... Ugh.

Ahh, a simpler time when vampires sparkled and wolves were shirtless most of the time…

For those wondering what were the other Worst Picture nominees aside from That’s My Boy BattleShip The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure A Thousand Words I’m surprised One for the Money wasn’t nominated along with several other awful movies that released that year.

I used to be one of those angsty teens who hated on this movie just because it was popular. I went back to this whole movie series thanks to Rifftrax, and I gotta say that both saved me from boredom during tough times in college. The entire saga is so droll and off-the-wall, that it's hard to believe the story was meant to be taken seriously. The "Dead or Alive" video game series, known for being shallow and just focusing on fanservice, seems like a serious story of brotherly love and forgiveness in comparison.

God Movie 43 is next. That was like part 1 of a double tap of terrible anthology comedies that year with The 2nd being InAPPropriate comedy (how that didn't tie I will never know).

So you know how people criticize Twilight for having a huge age gap between the main characters? (Edward is 100+ and Bella is 17 I think) But here's the problem. In the Disney movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Kida is thousands of years old and Milo is 19-ish. In Avatar the Last Airbender, 112 year old Aang in a 12 year old body has a romantic relationship with Katara, who mind you is a teenager. (Yes, I also wish Zutara was canon) Speaking of "bender" in Futurama Fry is technically over 1,000 years old. Everyone, including the show itself, seems to ship him with Leela, who is implied to be in her mid-20s. And in Steven Universe, Rose Quartz is older than Earth, and she had a baby with some random human guitarist. No one complains about any of those. I just thought it was hypocritical and I want to hear other people’s stances.

Did you intentionally misattribute a Star Wars quote? Either way, I hope the Star Wars fans don't find your address.

Alexander Sig -Magneto Michael Sheen- Professor X

Movie 43 is next. Oh boy. I hope there is at least some mention of how that's basically the Action 52 of movies, what with it being named after the number of segments it has and all of them being garbage. I've never seen a single reviewer make that connection before.

And with that we’ve come full circle

Well, time to go back to where it all began.

These movies look like somebody spilled their liquid detergent on the camera lens and no one gave a shit about cleaning it.

I just now noticed something I didn't notice before, your second look videos didn't have numbers on them. How did I notice it now? I have a playlist of your Cinematic Excrement videos on KZfaq, mostly because they do make me laugh, but I was wanting to make sure I had all the recent ones, so went to check by numbers. It was then I realized this is 137, and 136 was Transformers The Movie, 2nd Looks of Last Airbender and Jack and Jill didn't have numbers. Thinking that's odd, decided to scroll up, and sure enough, found it again, Gigli 130 and Dirty Love 131, where as 2nd Look Catwoman, no number, then again with Surviving Christmas 127, Freddy Got Fingered 128 with 2nd Look Battlefield Earth no number. Guess you've been doing it that way all along, and I just now noticed it. 😂🤣 Anyways, thank you, Sean, like I said, whole reason I made the playlist is you make me laugh, which does help.

The people in this movie deserve better. Also Charly is the best character.

August 2022: "Movie 43" September 2022: "Saving Christmas" (2nd Look) October 2022: "Fantastic Four" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2nd Looks) November 2022: "Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2nd Look) December 2022: "The Emoji Movie" January 2023: "Holmes & Watson" February 2023: "Cats" March 2023: "Absolute Proof" April 2023: "Diana the Musical" May 2023: Worst Picture Razzie winner released in 2022

But, Sean, you said Edward is physically attracted to Bella. Ergo, his desire to *eat* her makes perfect sense

Went and watched Nero at your suggestion... it was glorious!

Thank GOD Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson went on to do better projects and further their careers. Pattinson is now an iconic comic book hero and Stewart became an Oscar nominated actress for portraying Princess Diana.

15:52 Pattinson didn't call out that one. While filming Twilight, Meyer gave him a draft of Midnight Sun, basically Twilight in Edward's perspective, so Pattinson already knew at that time about Edward's backstory. Midnight Sun also includes a moment where he contemplates killing Bella and them her classmate ace murder style and well...we can't really blame Pattinson for hating the character.

I recommend watching Cinema Therapy's take on the Twilight films. They do a good job analyzing from a film and psychology aspect.

I saw the 5th one (And 3rd one too) in theaters and when the twist happened, people said "WHAT!!"

Pattinson is in a really good movie called Good Time. Its like a really bad night in the life of decent guy in bad situation. I was shocked it was the twilight guy

Stephanie Myers seems like a wattpad style writer who just became popular by accident