I wasn't ready for this

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2016)

Tonight I watched "The Fault In Our Stars". I wasn't ready. Not even close. After pacing through my room for about an hour, I decided to try and write down my thoughts, as scattered as they may be. So here is the weirdest review ever written on IMDb.
The thing with over-romanticizing is that it leaves you with doubts. If I can't be like Hazel and Gus, love like them, then what's the point? And I know I can't be like them. My semi-egocentric brain isn't capable of loving that deeply, that profoundly and unselfishly. They share a connection so beautiful, I'll never have that.
In order to not just give up on love, I have to remind myself that no one is capable of loving like Hazel and Gus. They are fictional characters. Their actions and emotions are exaggerated, in order to make the audience more invested. Too invested, in this case, because I now have to constantly tell myself that they aren't real. Their love isn't real, and I will find love and happiness in my own, real, way.
At this point, many of you will think 'how is this ever a review?' and many more will have stopped reading already. But consider this: if a movie gets a 33 year old man this emotionally invested, how good will it be?