Book brilliantly brought to life

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2014)

In my opinion this movie is the best movie that was originally a book of all time. Mostly you go to see your fav book turned into a movie, and you're hella excited and can't wait to see what type of beautiful work has been re-created, but you're usually all disappointed cause they couldn't manage to fit every part, and it's all rushed and not what you were hoping for... BUT with this movie it accurately depicts almost every part in the book, and the parts in the book you tried visualizing in you're head, are exactly if not even better on the screen. The director does a wonderful job of making the famous quote "welcome to the lane of misfits" by telling the story of each teenager and how different they are. The movie covers homophobia, depression, incest, and suicide. He makes it all feel so real too. Also, in the book never does it tell you that the main character was sexually abused by his aunt. Maybe it was assumed? but i and most others never caught on to that. The director ties all of the main character Charlie's past events together by revealing his aunt was sexual with him as a child. Which is why in the movie he felt suicidal,and blamed himself for his aunts death. He believed he loved his aunt with all his heart, when really he hated her so much on the inside it drove him mad. The director brought that twist into the movie, and it brought tears to your eyes which the book did not do for me.I also really enjoyed that throughout the whole movie you really never knew what time period it was. It was honestly so timeless, focusing on the important issues teenagers face in high school. The constant inner dialogue that the main character has with himself towards the ends really brings the urgency that he is having a break down to life. All the fast shots and fading in and out of memories. It makes you feel what Charlie is feeling throughout the whole scene. You can feel your pulse getting quicker and the final scene when the police kick in the door, and then cuts straight into Charlie waking up at a mental institute gives me infinite chills. I think this is one of the best movies of all time, and i find any generation can relate to it in some way or another.