A Film You Need to See

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2014)

As someone who loves books and reading, I'm not sure whether I should be excited or worried when a book gets made into a movie. Sometimes the movies don't live up to the fans' of the books expectations and never does the book the justice that it deserves. When you're reading you create a picture of what you think the characters and scenes in the book should look like and when you see it on screen you can either be disappointed or happy with how it turned out.
I'm always bad at describing movies to others because how do you say The Fault in Our Stars is a romantic comedy about two teenagers who have cancer fall in love without it sounding like it could be another sappy love story? But, the truth is, The Fault in Our Stars really isn't another sappy love story at all. This is the type of book/movie that will make you want to read/watch it over and over again and share with as many people as you can so they can enjoy it as much as you did.
Not to my surprise, this movie was wonderful. The movie completely did the book justice and followed it in the way I thought it would. I was happy to find that many of my favorite quotes from the book were included in the movie. I definitely cried while reading this book, so I was prepared when I saw the movie. But, being prepared really didn't help in the end, considering the fact that I was almost crying before the movie actually started.
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort had amazing chemistry throughout the movie and I really believed that they were Hazel and Augustus. My favorite kind of movies are the ones that make you just sit there and think about them after they have ended. This was one of them. To me, this isn't a movie that you watch then continue on with your day. This is the kind of movie/book that will stick with you for a very long time and you will come back and think about it over and over again.
Even though I would recommend on reading the book first, this is a truly beautiful film that will make you laugh and break your heart at the same time, and you will still love it.
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."