Breaking Dawn Part 2 trailer will debut on every Hunger Games print on its theatrical opening on March 23 – Lionsgate’s largest ever theatrical release.

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Dear Ted:

Catherine Hardwicke drives me nuts! Every time she talks about Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart or anything Twilight it just feels like she is trying to stay relevant in the world and they’re the ticket to do that. Am I wrong? Not to mention that maybe the Twilight script did suck before the rewrite (and some parts after—even though I’m a Twi-hard, I can admit it!), but I have to say her directing set the tone for the movies and I think she might have effed that up a bit!
—Ali

Dear Agree to Disagree:

We asked Catherine about Rob and Kristen (and we often do, as Cathy’s one of the few folks who know Robsten who likes to speak plainly and on the record), so give her a break there. Also, I actually think Twilight, the first installment is the second-best of the franchise, after the latest. Hardwicke got the heart of the story dead-on.

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We’ve seen this before. However, its always been in LQ. Here it is in HDTV finally!

In a 20-minute phone call, they (Tinsel Korey and Chaske Spencer) talked about makeup, staying in shape, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson, what the franchise has meant for their careers (percolating before Stephenie Meyer imagined a world of humans, vampires and werewolves) and other topics.

Here are some highlights:

The franchise’s appeal:“We have fans all the way from 6 to 66 and what I think it is, is it brings you back to that first time of falling in love. Those emotions are extremely heightened, and I think that holds a really dear memory for a lot of people and I think that’s why it’s resonated with such a wide audience,” the actress said.

His co-star, however, quipped, “I think it also has a lot to do with Taylor’s abs and Rob’s hair.”

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He also noted that during the filming of Eclipse, he never actually worked with some of the stars, including Robert Pattinson. “We were together in a scene, but I was a wolf, so I was never there. So this whole time, I filmed the movie, and we’re doing press for it, and I still haven’t met him, and then finally, we were at the Kids’ Choice awards, and I got to shake his hands for a second.” He did note that once they started filming Breaking Dawn, he got to hang out with Robert, and said he was a really nice guy. I asked him if any of his friends had asked for Robert or Taylor Lautner’s numbers, and he laughed and said no.

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Thank you El Mundo de Crepusculo Mexico!

3. Don’t abuse your new power.

Ascending to the upper echelons of fame can be exhilarating, but don’t let all the new attention go to your head. In an interview with Ellen Degeneres, Robert Pattinson admitted he once used his intense Edward Cullen power for evil during a fan signing event. “You kind of get ten seconds with each person and you never really say anything… I kind of got bored,” he explained. When one female fan asked Pattinson “how can I get your attention?” Pattinson jokingly asked her to take her clothes off. Rookie mistake, RPattz.

“She stood there and frantically started taking her clothes off and got dragged out of the room by security,” Pattinson revealed. “I never felt more terrible… I sound like I’m actually just abusing my position.” Don’t forget that with great power comes great responsibility.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1
2011, Summit Entertainment, PG-13, $31; Blu-ray, $34

In the fourth film based on Stephenie Meyer’s romantic fantasy novels, newlyweds Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) consummate their marriage, and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) is none to happy. Bella’s difficult pregnancy and even more traumatic delivery of daughter Renesmee has dramatic consequences for everyone. Breaking Dawn — Part 2 is due to hit theaters in November.

USA TODAY’s Scott Bowles says: * * * out of four. “It is in many respects the best installment of the franchise as its stars go from sullen kids to sullen young adults, where their expressions look more natural.”

On a commentary track included on “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ Blu-ray (Summit Entertainment, $34; also on DVD, $30; in stores Saturday), director Bill Condon addresses the disproportionate hatred the series seems to inspire in critics. “This series is about things women care about and has a woman at the center,” he says. “So there are people who just stay outside of it and mock it.”

And boy, do they mock it. A quick scan of reviews on rottentomatoes.com offers the following tidbits: “Director Bill Condon, prostituting himself, flirts with teen porn.” “A freak show of bodily trauma, with a great gooey gob of pedophilia slapped on the end.” “A freakish hybrid: Part medical horror, part cheesy Victoria’s Catalogue shoot.” “It’s like ‘Roadhouse’ for women.”

There is a supplicant tone coursing through a lot of these reviews – “Please don’t go see this movie!” – and there is bafflement and frustration, too, over what “Twilight” fans could possibly love about these films. Condon’s informative commentary provides some answers. He talks a lot, for example, about the great pressure he felt to get Bella and Edward’s wedding just right, so as to not disappoint readers of Stephenie Meyer’s novels. Helicopters buzzed the set during the filming of that scene, paparazzi hoping to snap a photo of Bella’s wedding dress, which had been kept under tight wraps. When Condon points out the specific shots that show off the gown in detail, they will seem like a revelation to many viewers, especially men: The first time I watched the movie, I had absolutely no idea I was supposed to be paying attention to that dress.

This is typical of the great divide between audiences and critics regarding “Twilight” movies. Even though “Breaking Dawn” earned the most scathing reviews of all the films in the franchise, it still grossed more than $700 million worldwide (“Twilight”-mania cuts across cultural and language barriers). Those numbers indicate there is obviously something at work in “Twilight” that goes far beyond Team Jacob and Team Edward mania. And a lot of men just don’t get it or are unwilling to put any effort into understanding it, opting instead to wonder how is it biologically possible for a vampire to impregnate a woman (news flash: vampires aren’t real!) or take more potshots at the hidden messages Meyer snuck into her books, subtexts that simply aren’t present in the movies.

Tellingly, some of “Breaking Dawn’s” strongest supporters – The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Carrie Rickey, Movieline’s Stephanie Zacharek, The New York Daily News’ Elizabeth Weitzman – were women. I don’t mean to suggest that all female critics liked the movie (Dana Stevens’ excellent takedown of the film on Slate.com is a must-read). But the most eloquent defenses of “Breaking Dawn” were written by women, because the movie is an all-too-rare breed of international blockbuster: A big-budget extravaganza, replete with monsters and special effects (1,400 of them, according to Condon), told exclusively through a female gaze. Whatever you may think of the final product (I hated “New Moon” and “Eclipse”), these films deserve a more thoughtful reception than they are being given.

Condon’s commentary highlights aspects of “Breaking Dawn” you might not have noticed, such as the way he uses Carter Burwell’s score to emphasize the emotions of the characters instead of the action transpiring onscreen (the music during the bloody birth sequence is not the sort most movies would use during such a horrific moment). The director shares bits of meaningless but amusing trivia (Kristin Stewart could play dead without blinking her eyes or taking a breath for 90 seconds at a time), talks about how he sneaked certain things past the ratings board (I didn’t realize Bella’s back snaps in half as she’s going into labor until Condon pointed out the shot), explains why a scene that was highlighted in the trailers didn’t make the final cut and talks about the trims that were made to the sex scene in order to secure an R.

Those scenes are not included on the Blu-ray (although there is a feature-length documentary titled “Love, Death, Birth” about the making of the film, shot in HD, that will be catnip for fans). The deleted footage will no doubt make its way onto a longer “director’s cut” of “Breaking Dawn,” which Condon says will eventually be available. Just because the final chapter in the “Twilight” saga arrives in theaters this November doesn’t mean the series is going to vanish from popular culture.

Deal with it, haters