Over this past weekend I went and saw the movie The Fault In Our Stars in Union Square, NY. I was really looking forward to seeing this movie because I had just finished reading the book by John Greene. My previous post aboutThe Fault In Our Stars was about the book, which is a story above love and cancer and that I found really touching. This post is more focused on the movie and how the two compare. The link for my old post is: Fault In Our Stars Opinion Post.
The Fault In Our Stars, the movie, was how I imagined it would be: a sad and powerful love story about two teenagers fighting cancer while falling in love. The ending is bittersweet (but I won’t ruin it!). In my mind I had made up my own mental image of the characters playing Hazel and Gus. The characters on screen looked like what I would imagined. Gus is fairly attractive and sweet how the book describes, and Hazel has short brown hair, pretty green eyes and tubes from her nose connecting to an oxygen tank. I feel that after reading a book and understanding it in your own way, when you see the movie you develop a greater appreciation for the story and the lives of the characters. I felt as if I knew Hazel and Gus because I knew their story and now I was finally seeing it.
I think the movie is worth seeing. Many critics agree with me. Rotten Tomatoes is a place that a lot of people go to get movie reviews and see what the audience and the critics think. One critic from the New Yorker, a magazine that a lot of educated people in New York read, called it not at all cliché, which is a danger with cancer love stories. Not all the critics liked the movie. Some thought it was too mushy! But 80% of the audience enjoyed it, and I agree with the audience. This is a powerful story about fighting cancer you won’t regret seeing it.
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