tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960074514488243322.post710730035314659654..comments2023-08-21T16:55:06.540-07:00Comments on Read. Write. Repeat.: Movie Monday: The Fault in Our StarsAlisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782778978854499305noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960074514488243322.post-74865895958790593122015-02-28T10:07:17.446-08:002015-02-28T10:07:17.446-08:00Haha - you sound just like Kevin. He complains SO ...Haha - you sound just like Kevin. He complains SO MUCH when he thinks a character doesn't talk like people actually do. This is his sole reason for hating Gilmore Girls, which is basically an affront to who I am as a person. Me, I'm totally pulled in by realistic Aaron Sorkin-like dialogue because it's how I wish I talked. <br /><br />I totally see what you're saying about Gus, though. He is too good to be true. I'll give you that. Agreed on Ansel whathisface, though. Not hot enough. And weird that he played Caleb in Divergent, which made him Shaliene Woodley's brother and lover simultaneously. Blech.Alisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782778978854499305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960074514488243322.post-18142212764449823182015-02-27T14:21:49.915-08:002015-02-27T14:21:49.915-08:00I feel so alone out here in the indifferent-to-Joh...I feel so alone out here in the indifferent-to-John-Green camp. I read Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns (which are pretty much the same story in a different setting) and just kind of shrugged. I definitely think The Fault In Our Stars was much better than the other two, but, I don't know - I don't like Gus because no teenage boy actually talks like that. It's everything a teenage girl wants to here but it's not real. You mentioned teenagers thinking deeply and how in their circumstances they would have to, but come on. Also the name Gus sucks. And he was supposed to be SUPER HOT and Ansel Whatshisface is just not. (This is sounding so harsh but for some reason I have so many strong feelings about this book! Which probably speaks to its brilliance more than anything.)<br /><br />I am probably an author's ideal reader because I see NOTHING coming. I get so sucked into the story that I take it a page at a time so when we get BLIND SIDED WITH HEARTBREAK like in The Fault In Our Stars it knocks me silly every time. I was BAWLING and then I shut the book and didn't read the last chapter or whatever. I can't imagine why I would ever want to see the movie - just setting myself up for more heartbreak?! No thanks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4960074514488243322.post-62073930554725428752015-01-12T20:59:05.429-08:002015-01-12T20:59:05.429-08:00I had a friend who died of cancer when she was 9 a...I had a friend who died of cancer when she was 9 and I was 10, and this book/movie felt the most realistic of any "cancer kid" story I've ever read/seen, because it doesn't portray them as overly perfect.Eliananoreply@blogger.com