Beautiful, but overrated

Rating: 5/10 (27 October 2013)

I feel that it's a little bit harsh for me to give it 5/10 - maybe it's unfair, because everything I've ever heard about this movie was how amazing it is, so not-liking it makes me too harsh. But this is how I felt. While it's true that the characters are likable and you can easily relate to them, I don't know how it was back in the 80', but I find it extremely unrealistic that teens would be so vulnerable and open about their feelings with strangers that they generally don't trust. So this is one thing. The other thing is that this is an awesome novel structure - it is. Like I said, fantastic characters. And great monologues/conversations. AND? What else? I wanted something to happen, but nothing did. Don't get me wrong, back stories are great. Everyone loves a character with an interesting story behind it. But it's literally just people sitting in the room, talking... that's not... a movie. That's real life. So that's too realistic to be interesting. I need my 3 acts, I really do need them. That ending was... so easy. And I honestly wanted to love this movie. I really did. Oh well.