Best Movie of All Time

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2014)

I am a fourteen year old girl, so my opinion may not matter to many people looking for a true review. However, I do believe that out of many of my friends and classmates, I am able to write an honest review without my teenage personality getting in the way. With that said, I recommend, if you are looking for a legitimate review before you watch this movie or spend money and time watching it, to read this review. I will not include any spoilers because I hate when that happens to me as well. I read the book about three months before this movie came out. It was before they released the trailer for it too. I simply read it for a class project and not just for the upcoming movie. To be completely honest, this was the first book I read that has a movie that goes along with it. When starting the book, I did not expect to love it as much as I did. To put things in perspective, I have read it five times and highlighted and annotated the whole thing. But that's the book, not the movie. My point is, I really think that you should read the book before watching the movie. If you haven't, please do because you will appreciate the movie so much more. I went to the movie in theaters the day it came out with friends. I did not buy the tickets online because I truly didn't expect it to be really crowded since they had so many times that night. However, the line was unbelievably long to just get into the theater! And no, it was not just teenagers. I love that. I loved how this book/movie did not just target teenagers like critics and people may say. There was so many ages there! Old, young, college, 30s; every age. I also probably saw at least 15 people I knew from my school alone. The reason I tell you this is that this book/movie is for everyone! Now to the movie: it was incredible. I won't spoil anything like I said earlier. the acting was fantastic. I felt everything the characters felt. It had every single person in the packed theater laughing every 30 seconds and then crying their eyes out every other 30 seconds. It was a roller coaster of wonderful emotions. It went EXACTLY with the book (with minor changes that didn't change the plot or storyline so it didn't annoy me at all, I actually liked the small changes a lot). It took so many direct quotes from the book and it made it feel like this genius book that I love came to life! Another thing I loved is how the actors/actresses they chose matched how I invisioned each character in my head! Like I said before, I read this book before any news was said about the movie. I especially liked Ansel Elgort (Gus) because he was the perfect Gus in my mind. At first I was skeptical with him, but once he made his first appearance in the movie, I knew he was absolutely perfect. What made me so happy as well, was the setting of each scene. I feel like every scene that they were somewhere different, was just beautiful. The sky was never gloomy, the places were lively, and just overall gorgeous. Not every movie always has that and it really added to the feel. I cried so much from beginning to end that my mascara ran down my face. Luckily, I went home right after. It was actually embarrassing at some points because I wasn't sobbing, I was full on crying. My mouth was quivering and I was breathing heavy and my nose was running. This movie has to be one of the best, if not THE BEST, movie I have ever seen. I am definitely going to see it again in theaters and buy the DVD when it comes out. Absolutely beautiful. I am quite sad now that it's over but, the world is not a wish-granting factory so I guess I'll have to live with it.