![]() ![]() It's amazing to see something so juvenile and simplistic celebrated for being just that, with very little, if any at all, worth remembering. In fact, audiences are made to endure four different endings before switching to an atrociously tacky, soap-opera-like closing credits sequence commemorating four years of pure melodrama garbage. Which he and the Volturi of course do, resulting in a happy ending for the Twilight saga's heroes but no end to poor Marcus' eternal lovelorn torment.The concluding chapter in the 'Twilight Saga' series - this is number five from a series that totals only four books - arrives with a bit more action and excitement than its predecessors, but ultimately finishes with a frustratingly disappointing whimper. ![]() ![]() Which makes it all the more crushing when viewers discover that the entire battle is a misdirect, a fake-out ending sequence imagined by Ashley Greene's Alice to show Aro that he wouldn't win the fight and should retreat. By the time his death arrives during Breaking Dawn's deservedly divisive ending, it's a relief because Marcus knows for the first time in centuries he'll be at peace and reunited with his love. Although Marcus never discovered the betrayal, he was heartbroken by Didyme's death and considered suicide, forcing Aro to have a subordinate mind-control him into compliance.īut the forlorn vamp was never the same after his loss, becoming withdrawn and aloof, the cold character viewers meet in the series. When he was first turned, Marcus fell in love with Aro's sister Didyme, who was his wife and the love of his life until Aro himself killed her to consolidate power and ensure Marcus wouldn't abandon the Volturi. This being Twilight, there's a tragic love story behind Marcus' malaise, and it's one that the films fail to touch due to time constraints but one that colors his villainy with shades of moral complexity. ![]()
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