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| 2 years ago, i read this book per my friend’s request |
i spent a large
portion of my vacation subjecting myself to read that novel. i probably
looked rather pathetic sitting on the airport's waiting room, bawling my
eyes out through the last 50 pages. the fact that a piece of writing
got me to feel something to that capacity was im not a book crier, im
not a movie crier, and im really not a crier at all in general. this
book brought out something in me i didn't know i could feel.
pain does, in fact, demand to be felt.
thanks john green. (ha i just had to do it)
so naturally, i
read it three more times. totally normal, right? the only other book
i've read that many times was my collection of fairy tale books when i
was a kid. it's not just the story that makes the novel so great. sure,
the undying love between augustus waters and hazel grace is the
definition of perfection, but that's not why i loved the book so it's not just the story that makes the novel so great.
i loved it bceause it's more than just it's story. it's the way hazel thinks-- as a teenager and a person who has cancer. the way she views the world and the way she finds someone that thinks in the same capacity as she does. it's really hazel and augustus's mental connection that makes the story what it is. not only just because the skinship that they shared (too much) on the movie.
so months ago, when i found out that john green (i did it again just because) is planning to make a movie based on the book.. i wasn't happy. i mean it could ruin my imagination about the characters, how they looked like in my head, etc and i didn't look forward to it at all. this morning, my friend gave me a link to watch it online and out of curiousity, i've watched it.
thank god i didn't expect too much because sadly, the movie hardly showed any of the things that i mentioned earlier. but how could it? a movie is not a book. and a book is not a movie. it was like they represented the same story but you don't see the details that give it meaning. like, i think that knowing about augustus's ex girlfriend (caroline. read the book) explained a lot about how he viewed love and illness- and without the part of his story, he seems naive in his pursuit to be closer to hazel.
i loved it bceause it's more than just it's story. it's the way hazel thinks-- as a teenager and a person who has cancer. the way she views the world and the way she finds someone that thinks in the same capacity as she does. it's really hazel and augustus's mental connection that makes the story what it is. not only just because the skinship that they shared (too much) on the movie.
so months ago, when i found out that john green (i did it again just because) is planning to make a movie based on the book.. i wasn't happy. i mean it could ruin my imagination about the characters, how they looked like in my head, etc and i didn't look forward to it at all. this morning, my friend gave me a link to watch it online and out of curiousity, i've watched it.
thank god i didn't expect too much because sadly, the movie hardly showed any of the things that i mentioned earlier. but how could it? a movie is not a book. and a book is not a movie. it was like they represented the same story but you don't see the details that give it meaning. like, i think that knowing about augustus's ex girlfriend (caroline. read the book) explained a lot about how he viewed love and illness- and without the part of his story, he seems naive in his pursuit to be closer to hazel.
(above picture is taken from imdb.com)
overall, the movie was kind of a disappointment (for me). and
its not because they left out scenes or changed some of the words or
because of the casting or antyhing. that's all stuff ic an overlook. it
was simply the feelings that came with it. the beginning was the most
terrible (in my opinion). sure yeah they had good chemistry adn the
whole last half of the movie was really great, but the way they build
their feelings toward each other and the way they fell in love slwoly,
just their thoughts and feeling and the way they connect in the
begnning.... all of that was just lost. even though in terms of a book
to film adaptation it was good and as true to the source material as can
be, it was still lacking "that something" for me.
written by Ardelia Meizana Zakirah
