In love With This Small Infinity

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2014)

Being that i very much enjoyed the book when I read it about two years a go, I was very nervous for the cast to be released. When it was, I felt that the casting choice for Hazel was appropriate. I had seen other performances by Shaliene Woodly and had admired her before her casting, however, I had never heard of Ansel Elgort and questioned his casting for the role of Augustus. After seeing the movie, I realized I should have trusted the casting directors and of course, John Green's judgment. I went into the movie expecting some over-hyped,average teenage girl movie, and what I witnessed COMPLETELY EXCEEDED my expectations by far. The casting was PERFECT, and I did not feel that the movie was a disappointment to the book, which is how I had assumed I would feel. Although I wanted to rip my heart out of my chest, and throw it on to the freeway for millions of cars to run over, the movie had some comical moments that really made you laugh out loud. It is definitely a tear-jerker, as the book was, but that is practically a given.It gave the audience a great pain, and that pain definitely demanded to be felt. There were also parts of the book that I was disappointed to see had not made the movie, like Hazel letting a young girl wear her oxygen tubes, and when Gus discusses his ex-girlfriend, however, I understood that they could not be portrayed due to strict timing. As for the movie overall, congratulations to John Green, Josh Boone, the cast, and everyone else for successfully bringing one of the greatest romance stories of all time to life. I COMPLETELY recommend and I can not wait to see this movie about twenty million more times.