The Fault In Our Stars (starring Shailene Woodley) June 6, 2014

[KilloWertz]

Not sure how this one slipped under my radar given how much I love 500 Days of Summer and how hyped I was to watch The Spectacular Now on Blu-ray. Came across this after watching and then reading about The Spectacular Now. I'm going to do the same as I did with The Spectacular Now and not watch any trailers.

[Cabby]

Amazing, deep book. From the writers of (500) Days of Summer & The Spectacular Now, this story is in good hands. I think this film will surprise a lot of people unaware of the books existence or that haven't read it (ala Perks of Being a Wallflower).

[MikeScott]

Reading the book right now and really loving it. Very excited for this movie.

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Cabby

Amazing, deep book. From the writers of (500) Days of Summer & The Spectacular Now, this story is in good hands. I think this film will surprise a lot of people unaware of the books existence or that haven't read it (ala Perks of Being a Wallflower).

I totally agree. Just finished the book. AMAZING. So beautiful. I cried like a baby but it totally feels like it earns your tears. It's really well-written.

[amoergosum]

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[MikeScott]

The soundtrack is awesome.

Having read the book this totally made me cry.

Kodaline - All I Want | TFiOS Soundtrack - YouTube

[remake]

Contender for stupidest movie scene of 2014

The Fault In Our Stars - Official Movie Clip "Metaphor" (2014) [HD] - YouTube

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by remake

Contender for stupidest movie scene of 2014

The Fault In Our Stars - Official Movie Clip "Metaphor" (2014) [HD] - YouTube

I second this.

On a related note, Shailene Woodley looks better with shorter hair

[remake]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

I second this.

On a related note, Shailene Woodley looks better with shorter hair

I've never read the book but this is starting to look like stupid hipster bullshit. I buy cigarettes but I don't smoke them. It's a "metaphor"

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by remake

Contender for stupidest movie scene of 2014

The Fault In Our Stars - Official Movie Clip "Metaphor" (2014) [HD] - YouTube

In the context there's nothing wrong with it. I quite enjoyed it in the book. Maybe you should give the book a read and stop judging the movie before seeing it.

[Panemlights]

The book was really mediocre in my opinion. I read it a few weeks before they started shooting since everyone praised it for being raw and heartbreaking, but it was just so pretentious and corny. I was cringing at the writing nearly the whole time.
The characters were hard to get into especially Hazel and Gus. Hazel was so whiny and Gus was just plain out pretentious, evident in the "metaphor" clip. If John Green hadn't written the book and someone else did, I'm sure I would've liked it more.

[MikeScott]

Total opposite for me. Instantly adored the characters and thought the writing was terrific.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

In the context there's nothing wrong with it. I quite enjoyed it in the book. Maybe you should give the book a read and stop judging the movie before seeing it.

To those people...

[remake]

13. The Fault in our Stars (June 6): As usual, there's not a ton of compelling content for women this Summer. One exception to that is The Fault in Our Stars, which is a romantic drama based off the popular John Green novel. The trailer has over 15 million views on YouTube—in line with most would-be blockbusters—and star Shailene Woodley is coming off a break-out role in Divergent. Look for this to be a solid hit as well. (Domestic: $120 million, Foreign: $55 million)

--BoxOfficeMojo

REALLY?!?!? I honestly doubt it's going to get half of that.

[Thomas Guycott]

and star Shailene Woodley is coming off a break-out role in Divergent

Not to mention a break-out non-role in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by remake

--BoxOfficeMojo

REALLY?!?!? I honestly doubt it's going to get half of that.

Maybe $100 million for it's entire run. Maybe. There does seem to be a lot of hype about it, but I doubt that will translate into boxoffice numbers. I do see it all over tumblr though.

[cuzzin]

You guys are being too hard on the film, based on a 50 second clip. That's how the character was in the book, chock full of pretentiousness. The guy is 17 and has like 1.4 legs after a cancer battle, give him a break. I'm looking forward to the film. I hope it's a good adaptation. Although I'm not sure about Dafoe as Peter Van Houten. Great actor, just not who I had in mind.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by remake

Contender for stupidest movie scene of 2014

The Fault In Our Stars - Official Movie Clip "Metaphor" (2014) [HD] - YouTube

It's almost word-for-word from the book. And on that topic, I agree with poster who said the book was mediocre. It took me forever to get through it. It's really cheesy and pretentious. Augustus talks like one of those kids from Dawson's Crack. In a way that no one does in real life. Sorry but the screenwriters have their work cut out for them to make this into a quality film given what they have to work with. I know they wrote The Spectacular Now, but that was a much better book so all they really had to do there was compress it into 90 minutes(and tack on a more upbeat ending).

[remake]

After re-watching the trailer, I'm going to guess

[Show spoiler]the final shot of Shailene Woodley laying on the ground looking up talking to herself is the final shot in the movie? Just like they ruined The Spectacular Now ending in that trailer

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

It's almost word-for-word from the book. And on that topic, I agree with poster who said the book was mediocre. It took me forever to get through it. It's really cheesy and pretentious. Augustus talks like one of those kids from Dawson's Crack. In a way that no one does in real life. Sorry but the screenwriters have their work cut out for them to make this into a quality film given what they have to work with. I know they wrote The Spectacular Now, but that was a much better book so all they really had to do there was compress it into 90 minutes(and tack on a more upbeat ending).

Well if you can't handle teenagers talking intelligently and being wise beyond their years then this definitely wouldn't be for you. I don't think the writers have their work cut out for them at all as I thought the writing in the book was great. They don't have to change much of anything. Wouldn't want them to dumb it down. I don't care if a lot of teenagers talk like this or not. It was a pleasure being in the company of these characters and I can't wait to see them brought to life on film.