Best love story of this generation

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 2014)

In what some may call the tear-jerking film of the summer based off of the best selling novel The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Grace (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus (Ansel Elgort) take us along side them as they endure their emotional and heartbreaking journey. Hazel, who's history of cancer has left her lungs weak, now supports a new fashion accessory of an oxygen tank; much like Augustus's, prosthetic leg he was given from his cancer. When the two young and naive cancer patients meet at their weekly support groups, Augustus instantaneously falls in love with the sarcastic and smart ass character played by Woodley. The writers do an amazing job of making the audience connect with the movies in more ways than one.
This unconventional love story portrayed by these two characters is one that is unfamiliar to this genre of movies. Completely original and dramatically unlike any other love story, it leaves you fighting back tears one moment while suffering from a gut-wrenching laugh in the next; all the while feeling the same pain that the characters on the screen display. When Hazel suffers from taking on a flight of stairs, you see the pain and struggle within her, while seeing the love Augustus has for her as he stands by her side. It is truly interactive in the sense that these actors have done such an extraordinary job in making the audience experience the aura and ambiance this film gives off.
The actors behind the screen play a huge role in why you may find yourself relating the story to your own life as well. Perhaps the circumstances are not as severe; but the principal of being able to fight for yourself and the ones you love is not a foreign idea. The way Woodley plays Hazel so naturally and effortlessly in the film, makes her engaging. Us as an audience automatically are overcome with empathy and sympathy. Elgort plays the approachable and charismatic Augustus and he undoubtedly does the character justice. He draws you in with his clever wittiness and his ironic comments, such as, " Hazel Grace, it'd be a privileged to have my heart broken by you", while maintaining the image of prince charming. What girl wouldn't want to hear that, right?
The script that was made for this movie is one that cannot be matched. Some may be hesitant on seeing the movie because they may have fallen in love the book so much, but surprisingly it pulls the lively and alluring chapters directly off the page and on to the big screen. To be able to match the tone and atmosphere of a novel in its follow up film is something remarkable and very hard to accomplish. The amount of voice and detail that was put into the script is something that should not go unnoticed.
I applaud the writes, actors, editors and directors of this film because it was truly one to remember. They allowed us to step inside the movie along with them and fully connect with every scene. It truly is an eye opener and makes the audience wonder about many things. As Augustus says, "You don't get to say if you get hurt in this worldbut you do have some say in who hurts you."