2011 was a year of weddings. Will and Kate’s royal wedding, Kris and Kim’s commercial wedding and … Bella and Edward’s fairytale wedding? Whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob, this fourth installment of the Twilight Saga is sure to define TwiHards from the rest of us.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past four years, the Twilight Saga is pretty well known. Damsel in distress, Bella, played by Kristin Stewart, is in love with a vampire, Edward, played by Robert Pattinson. Edward is also inconveniently the mortal enemy of Bella’s werewolf friend, Jacob, played by Taylor Lautner. Caught between loyalties, Bella is often the focus of conflict.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 is the beginning of the end for the series. It features the first half of the fourth and final book in the saga, which to the delight of TwiHards, materializes the long-anticipated marriage of Bella and Edward.

Fans are sure to love the ceremony, which features the full cast in attendance, an appearance by author Stephenie Meyer, and a beautifully elegant decor, tasteful enough to put the gaudy Kardashian wedding to shame.

TwiHards will also squeal with nostalgic delight at the vows, which incorporate Iron & Wine’s “Flightless Bird, American Mouth,” a throwback to 2008’s Twilight, as the couple seals their marriage with a kiss.

In keeping with the fairytale wedding, Bella and Edward are shipped off to a dream honeymoon on a private island.

The long anticipated marriage consummation, which originally earned an R-rating but was re-shot, is tactfully portrayed through vague bed sheet shots sure to please both tween fans and their moms. In staying true to the book, however, Edward does manage to break the headboard in a night of matrimonial bliss.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 takes another mature twist with Bella’s unexpected pregnancy. As hard as it is to believe, Edward is somehow unaware that he could impregnate a human.

Bella spends the second half of the film growing the monster baby, who is killing her from the inside out. The make-up artists did a great job at frumping Kristin Stewart up to an almost meth-addict appearance as she wastes away throughout her pregnancy.

Tensions return to the saga with Bella expecting, Edward pleading his dying wife for a termination of the fetus, and Jacob continuing to wallow in self-pity. There is more drama with the return of the Italian Volturi vampires and the werewolf’s fight for territory.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 is also much more graphic than previous installments. The birth scene is cringe-inducing and disturbing, resulting into Bella’s transformation to vampirism and a cliff-hanger ending that leaves viewers eagerly awaiting the next movie.

This movie, along with others in the saga, has gotten a lot of crap for bad acting and bad story lines. Breaking Dawn Part 1 has been criticized for its two segments, a money grubbing ploy, though trying to fit a seven-hundred page book into an hour and a half is more than challenging. When it comes down to it, you are either a Twilight fan or you’re not; there’s no middle ground.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 features action, drama and a love story, much like previous movies in the saga. TwiHards are sure to be pleased with this latest installment, but if you haven’t jumped the bandwagon just yet, this is not the movie to change your mind. I give this move three out of five stars.