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(While the Scriptural references are certainly not subjective, my commentary may be and sometimes is somewhat subjective.)
 Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Summit Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment Distribution (US): Summit Entertainment Director(s): Bill Condon Producer(s): Bill Bannerman, Wyck Godfrey, Stephenie Meyer, Mark Morgan, Karen Rosenfelt Screenplay: Melissa Rosneberg Based on: Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer Cinematography/Camera: Guillermo Navarro Music: Carter Burwell Film Editing: Virginia Katz, Ian Slater Casting: Debra Zane Production Design: Richard Sherman Art Direction: Lorin Flemming, Jeremy Stanbridge Viewed at ShowBiz Cinema 6 A popular sentiment has surfaced from the Twilight franchise: that of a viewer making a choice of whether to be Team Edward or Team Jacob: whether to fantasize embracing the vampire element or the werewolf element. Team Edward or Team Jacob? I rather think it would be more accurately called Team Satan. I reported in our analysis of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 "Satan doesn't care that much if we don't believe in him as long as we don't believe in Jesus. One step to that end is to set Jesus aside for a couple hours, long enough for influences such as Twilight to sink in. Team Edward? Team Jacob? Maybe Team Satan." Embracement of either is Team Satan since both the vampire and the werewolf, whether real, are unholy evil no matter whether the evil elements are portrayed as doing "good" [Isa. 5:20] or are "attractive" on the surface. Just remember that a bad influence does not have to be real to influence badly. Beginning where Breaking Dawn, Part 1 left off, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) must hide their new child, Renesmee (computer image and Mackenzie Foy) from the Volturi whose attention is keenly drawn to this half immortal and half human child whose mere existence can reveal secrets about vampires. Renesmee is half-n-half because conception occurred while Bella was still human. In Breaking Dawn, Part 1 the child nearly killed Bella while giving birth but Edward's quick thinking killed Bella to save her. Now the child is as adorable as any other child and is growing by leaps and bounds. At the beginning of this episode Renesmee is naught but an infant but in what seems moments of screen time becomes a seven year old adolescent. The Volturi are bent to destroy Renesmee before she can become a threat to their clandestine existence. By a complex and intricate relationship stewed together with reservation and uneasy resolve, the lycanthropes become allies of the vampires and do battle with the Volturi, graphic and gory battle, side by side with the vampires. Five installments? How many is enough? All the reports I've seen indicate this Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is the final installment into the Twilight franchise. But the ending screams of sequel. After $2 billion in box office revenue, what need is there for another installment in the series? At any rate, Bella and Edward get to live happily forever after. Not "happily ever after" but "happily forever after." And they do it as a disturbing trend is hinted at by the story. They do it without their child. Seven year old Renesmme is whisked off (for her own protection) by Jacob. That alone is questionable. For your information following is our on-going comparative of the scoring of the now five Twilight installments:  It is easy enough to see that each of the Twilight installments is a R-13, mostly because of violence and unholy matters followed by sexually immoral matters. Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. As always the Findings section of this report, the heart of the CAP Analysis Model, is the best source for discovering the full accounting of the content of this film. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 Most of the scoring loss due to content of this film is due to graphic beheadings, both by vampires killing other vampires and by the werewolves ripping heads off of vampires. Additional matters of violence include killing of an animal for its blood, genocide, physical assault, a beating, a killing by neck break, action violence and a wolf carrying a severed body part. Subjectively speaking, this film is intensely violent. Objectively speaking, its violence content is fully R-equivalent, as it is in each of the four proceeding installments. Violence, whether real or portrayed, is not something to take lightly. Many sources advise strongly against violence in and as entertainment. I will quote only two. First, four professional public health agencies have published their findings and report that violence in and as entertainment can, among other things, lead the viewer, especially the young into real life violence and can lead the viewer into believing violence is an effective means of settling conflict. Second and most important is God's Word. God warns against violence numerous times from the Old Testament to the New Testament. In Proverb 16:29 God warns that violence is enticing: that it is "catching"; that it can lead one into the path that is not good. How many times and ways must it be said before we listen? Worth repeating ... over and over again ... a bad influence does not have to be real to influence badly. Impudence/Hate (I) - 81 out of 100 Quite strangely, this PG-13 is relatively "lite" in profanity when compared to most other PG-13 films. Only five times does anyone utter profanity with one of them a euphemism of the most foul of the foul words. Though few in number, use of profane speech is, in God's view, ungodly. [2 Tim. 2:16 - 17, Col. 3:8] While this film is not free of portraying hatred, the instances of hatred are each embedded within other matters of assault on morality and wholesome ethics. When a particular instance of assault on morality and wholesome ethics is portrayed along with another instance in the same episode of behavior or imagery, the CAP Analysis Model prohibits incorporating the finding into more than one investigation area. For example, if a character utters vulgar speech at the same moment he hits another character, the instance may be incorporated by the Impudence/Hate (I) content investigation area OR the Wanton Violence/Crime investigation area, but not both. No duplication is assured. Sexual Immorality (S) - 21 out of 100 As is typical of the content of most PG-13 films, this film is rife with sexually immoral behavior, imagery and touch, in most cases between Stewart and Pattinson. While Bella and Edward are portrayed as married, Stewart and Pattinson are not. Even if they were married in real life, such behavior is not for public display, especially to the young. [Mark 7:21, Gal. 5:19, 1 Thess. 4:1 - 5] Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 87 out of 100 One display of booze and one display of drunkenness. That is all I noticed. I guess vampires and werewolves don't drink. Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Here is where again the magnitude of the content of the film is equivalent to the same in like R-rated films. Everything portrayed about vampires and werewolves is unholy. This film, like the other four, is full of it: unholy manifestation in eyes; inhuman powers and abilities; seeing the future; shape-shifting; telepathy; premonition; mind control; more. Fortunately, however, I found not one abuse of God's name either with or without the four letter expletive. Not even a euphemism of His name in vain. Not even the ever-popular three syllable sentence with His name trailing it. Murder/Suicide (M) - 72 out of 100 This is where it became difficult to discern portrayed behavior. For example, one might try to argue how can one murder something already dead? And how is it murder if one vampire kills another vampire. At any rate, the barometer for discerning murder from defensive/protective killing was as follows. The CAP Analysis Model treats all portrayed deaths by acts of war, police action or defensive maneuvers as killing, yes, but not murder and are incorporated into the Wanton Violence/Crime (W) content investigation area. While there were many killings portrayed in the film, there were few acts of killing that were clearly murderous such as the murder of a victim for his blood or the intentional beheading of a child though he was supposed to be half vampire. Whether a killing is or is not considered murder might alter the scoring distribution between the Wanton Violence/Crime (W) and the Murder/Suicide (M) content investigation areas, it is meaningless to the final score. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. CHAPTER/VERSE --> Children who see a lot of violence are more likely to view violence as an effective way of settling conflicts. Children exposed to violence are more likely to assume the acts of violence are acceptable behavior. --> Viewing violence can lead to emotional desensitization towards violence in real life. It can decease the likelihood that one will take action on behalf of a victim when violence occurs. --> Entertainment violence feeds a perception that the world is a violent and mean place. Viewing violence increases fear of becoming a victim of violence, with a resultant increase in self-protective behavior and a mistrust of others. --> Viewing violence may lead to real life violence. Children exposed to violent programming at a young age have a higher tendency for violent and aggressive behavior later in life than children who are not so exposed. Further, God speaks darkly of violence 56 times in the Old and New Testament of the KJV.] As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
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(The objective heart of the CAP Analysis Model, independent of and insulated from the Summary / Commentary section.)   Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 81 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 21 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 87 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 72 out of 100 |
| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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