Wow, I *loved* the woman who played Kaure. I thought she did a brilliant job. She scared the crap out of me when she said “death,” too, and I wasn’t expecting to be that affected by it. I was really pleased with their choice there.

As for your “just a movie,” comment, it comes off as a little patronizing to those who are affected by seizure disorders. I do not believe that any issues are Summit’s fault, but I would like to see little more sensitivity to people who have brain disorders. Seizures can be brought on by shadows and sunlight hitting the eyes wrong, so imagine what flashing lights in a movie can do? Again, not Summit’s fault, but this *is* a real phenomena, and if you’re not a doctor or neurologist, you really don’t have expertise to be making judgments on this issue, do you? You come off as especially ignorant when you tie a seizure to “negative emotion,” as if that would have anything to do with why someone would seize…

I loved the movie and my bf liked it (I think), but the credits gave him a headache and made him feel weird. He had to look away. I didn’t mind it personally, and kinda liked the personality of the credits. They were kind of rock ‘n roll, or something… But I do know this kind of thing can affect people. My bf gets migraines sometimes, so maybe he was more prone to be affected. I’ll have to ask him if he started feeling weird earlier in the movie or if it was just the black/red/white flashing of the credits. My bf is not one to comment on things like this either, so it must have really bothered him.

thaqts really funny u fucking dick head

hi i just started sweating for no reason wen the birthing scene came on but nothing like that has ever happened to me before. would u know why at all

You couldn’t have said it better. I have a close friend who suffers from this. She can’t drive at night because the lights are too much contrast in the darkness. She can’t even go to clubs because of the strobe lights and colorful effects!

…Not sure what the loser below is so pissed off about. Take a chill pill before YOU have a seizure!

It’s too bad that something like this happened, but that doesn’t mean twilight is bad. Those people will just have to not watch the movie anymore, or fast forward that part. I hope they don’t decide to edit this scene when it comes out on dvd and ruin it for everyone else!!!

This is COMPLETELY true. I had a seizure for the very first time on sturday night while watching the movie. I passed out, was convulsing, peed my pants while i was unconscious, and vomited later that night. This is a SERIOUS problem… 

I´m sorry my mistakes I was trying to write I´m not a doctor but I think writing fast is not a good idea  and I have a bad spelling cause I barely know how to speak english and never really have the chance to practicew anyway I´m sorry I did not know that but I was mad because I been reading a lot of bad things of the movie and I never stop to think that they were not saying the movie was causing them they were saying that the flash in the scenes were causing them 

 Carol I´m not a doctor ok, I was writing fast and try to write I´m not a doctor in the beggining of my comment but  I was just  saying that I didn´t believed the movie was causing seizures but I didn´t give it much tought to the flashing lights

i hate you all. I actually fainted

I had mentioned in a few comments that I thought it was the werewolf part leading up to the birthing scene that was causing this.  I think all the flashing leading into fast, odd camera angles and the additional color sequences combine to create a really nasty effect for those unlucky enough for it to happen to them.  They don’t have to change the content of the movie…just take out some of the flashing and rapid sequences of colors some.  I wish people would take it seriously because there was a story I read about someone’s son who knocked out 4 teeth and got injured really badly when he had a seizure.  If someone has a seizure for too long they can actually DIE, so this isn’t a joke at all.  It’s better to get the warning out and try to do something about that section of the movie…even if it means putting the same lighting as the previews on in the theater for that part.  Seeing those things in the darkness is part of the problem, afterall.

My daughter does NOT have any seizure disorder.  She went through extensive testing due to having one unexplained seizure three years ago.  Epilepsy and seizure disorders were ruled out.  Even strobe tests during two EEGs did not produce seizure activity in my child.  They only indicated migraine headaches.

Danielle-
My son also had a seizure during the scene. See these sites:

https://sites.google.com/site/breakingdawnseizures/home
and
https://www.facebook.com/breakingdawnseizures

That birth scene was scary as shit watching it the 1st time. Oh…. mah gawd. I loved every bit of it though!

You were probably just nervous. I was.

I don’t think I breathed through that whole scene. It was captivating! I think that’s what people were really doing. They weren’t getting enough oxygen to their brain and they were passing out. Do I sound like a doctor? lol

Yes you do and I know! I was clenched onto my friends arm and she was clenched onto mine. We were like frantically hugging LOL. And I had 1 hand over my face silently screaming and whispering oh god. oh god! WTFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg! Ill never forget! I went through so many emotions watching that scene. Fear, happiness, sadness.. ;_;

Ok I went to the all day Twilight Marathon which started at 4pm and Breaking Dawn didn’t show until midnight; I said that to say this, don’t blame the movie for your health problems…I mean your an adult and you should know what hurts you and what doesn’t so I mean don’t go if you don’t want to hear the cracks and breaks and no the birth scene was not that graphic I actually expected more as with what happens in the book…..WOW PEOPLE REALLY????????

i TOTALLY agree!! i dont think these are true at all! and even if they r, they had to know that it would be like that anyway. but they totally aren’t. come one really? they just dont want to see this AWESOME franchise succeed!

You said it Friend WOMEN seem to be the stronger ones

I couldnt reply to your other post but yeah! It must be a universal reaction to that scene! shoot it was hardcore. Well done bill condon because I didnt think we would get that much drama during the birthing scene. I thought she would pass out & we would see nothing.

I was more concerned about Edward having a seizure than me having one.

I’m a huge fan of twilight the books mainly. I dragged my boyfriend to watch breaking dawn for my birthday and during the birth scene he had some kind of  seizure passed out then had another smaller seizure! He’s never had anything like it so we were a bit worried!
I think its odd how people are calling it BS and saying people are making it up! So many people have had the same thing!! We often go to festivals and the flashing lights have never been a problem!
I think if there had been a warning we would not have freaked out so much!!

I should preface this by saying that I’m not a doctor, just a health science/ psychology student who has done a little research on what people are experiencing here. It could be that you were nervous and anxious and so absorbed in the film whilst watching that you experienced some very intense emotions (a common experience for those of us who love these books and films so much!) and so you were at a heightened state of physical alterness during the scene (it’s called the flight or fight response, and its purpose is to prepares the body to meet a perceived threat). It could also mean that you might have a predisposition (ie a tendency towards, but not a full blown disorder) to a seizure disorder or another neurological condition. Individuals who may not have a full blown seizure disorder (e.g. epilepsy) may have a neurological vulnerability that means they are most sensitive than most to certain material and they may experience nausea, feeling of disorientation or other symptoms of feeling ‘wierd’ (e.g. flashing red, black, white imagery, as was shown in the birth scene). The general medical advice to those who feel unwell or off colour during this scene has been to leave the cinema immediately. The distance you are sitting away from the screen, the size of the screen, and the darkness in the cinema can also be problematic, so it may be best to avoid watching it again until the DVD comes out and you can control the environment in which you view it. If you’re concerned about it, it may also be wise to speak to your doctor.

I’m only 10 and saw the movie with my mom and dad. weird, I still loved every second of the movie. (I can’t wait for the dvd because to avoid some ugly “talk” i had to leave the theater. my cue was when Bella first goes to the bathroom with that bag the first time