NerdFighters Book Club discussion

What do you think on atheist Fault in our stars movie? I heard John Green liked it. I just want to know if you saw the movie if you nought it was good.

I'm is atheist a typo in your question?

Um not I'm. There is a typo in my question about a typo. *irony

Sorry I didn't mean the typo whoops

I personally didn't enjoy Ansel's performance- he just didn't cut it for me. But Shaleine was amazing- and Nat Wolff blew me away. He was hands down the best part of the movie for me.
I hate that he wasn't in it as much and that he didn't say, " love is keeping the promise anyway."
I could go on and on, but basically the movie was good- but not great, and not to the point that I was sobbing like many people have been. If you've read the book and truly love everything and everyone in it, most likely you won't LOVE the movie.
I will say that I'm super excited now for Paper Towns since Nat will be playing Quintin!

I was upset that they left out "love is keeping the promise anyway" too. That's my favorite quote. They also left out "my thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations"

i was also upset that they left out the "existentially fraught free throws" bit

Glad I'm not alone!

I also liked the movie, but didn't love it. You just can't put every single thought from the book into the film. I wish they would have included the part where Gus and Hazel sold the swingset, but like I said, it was already a two hour movie. I thought Shailene and Ansel did an amazing job, as well as Nat. I enjoyed the film overall.

I look forward to seeing it, and since I take book and movie as separate means of telling the same story, I think I will enjoy it too :)

I thought the movie was a great and really close to the book but it did miss some things. I understand that movies need to be shorter and I agreed with most of their decisions. One thing I would have preferred is if they showed Augustus's deterioration. Besides for the gas station scene he practically looks at the same health level for his whole decline. Do you guys think? Overall though it was wonderful!

Just saw the movie today. I thought it was very similar to the book. Also it was very well done. I was crying so much especially at the pre funeral, the gas station problem, and when they said Augustus Waters died 8 days after his pre funeral. I am going to cry.

I really liked it but I don't think it totally lived up to the book like Catching Fire did. It was still pretty amazing though and I read the book about a year ago and I still sobbed during the movie! I was sad that they didn't have my favourite scene where Hazel drives home after they first hang out and she assumes his phone number is in the front cover of the book and she's right! That's my all time favourite scene. All-in-all it was still pretty amazing. Ansel an Shailene did an amazing job!

I liked the movie. it it was no were near close to how amazing the book is. ive read the book 7 times, and they left out a ton of detail and scenes. I could've sat down with a notepad and pen and write a list of things that were left out. I get that they had to cut some parts out but I feel like it was wayyy to far off from the book.

I went to see TFIOS in the theatres last weekend and have only began reading the book two days ago. I'm nearing the end of the book now. I suppose I purposely chose to see the movie prior to reading the book so I won't have some premeditated "the-book-will-always-be-better-than-movie" assumption prior to seeing the movie.

So thoughts about the movie after having read the book. The movie does live up to the book to a certain extent. Acting wise, Shailene was alright, Ansel and Nat definitely played the part of August and Isaac very well - they're both equally and naturally charming. My only issue is that they could've extended the film another half hour or so to feature parts like: When Hazel when shopping with Kaitlyn August talking about Caroline. These part seems insignificant but it would have been nice to how Hazel was with her other relationships (outside her family and Augustus). On the upside of things, all the essential parts where there. I have no complaints on both the cinematic and dramatic changes - much of it were fairly minor and did very little, if anything at all, to change the story.

Ok. First of, I still liked the book better. Just my original thoughts, maybe if I had seen the movie before the book I would think that the movie was better, but whatever. So, first off, Ansel was not my immediate thoughts of Augustus. Second, they left out Caroline Mathers. They left out Kaitlyn. They left out the little kid at the mall. They did not recite they quote in which the actual book was named after. Some stuff that I liked: I actually went to The Night Before Our Stars, and so there was a lot of really cool TFIOS fans there, and that was just really cool. The movie was good, they added most scenes. Oh, and the BEST PART: Patrick. The perfect Patrick was found!!!!!!

I'm going to start off by saying that it was absolutely amazing.

Yes, they left out a few scenes. One of my favourite parts was cut out, which was hazel interacting with the little girl (this was altered slightly and put in the filmed but got cut out btw, and john green plays the father of the child and it was just adorable and so heartwarming and sweet and AWWW)

I really didn't care about the different hair colour for Isaac and the different eye colour for Augustus, Natt and Ansel brought their characters to life in a way I never would've imagined possible. Their performances were brilliant.

And shai, oh my god. She was born to be hazel I swear. She got the role on point. At times I thought that she was actually sick, it was that believable and genuine.

The one thing that affects how I like a movie the most, is the atmosphere of the movie as a whole. If I feel the same emotions watching the film as I did reading then it is a job well done. TFIOS was perhaps the best book to movie adaptation I've seen in terms of this. I felt all warm and fuzzy, I felt sadness, I felt happiness, anger, laughter and grief. It was a turmoil of tissues in the theatre, and a whole lot of cheering from everyone in the theatre. I'm also going to mention how real the movie felt, the emotions that the characters felt whenever they were dealing with cancer was so realistic.

The one thing that kind of let me done (just a tiny bit) was the ending; They changed the lines a bit but it was better for film purposes. And the soundtrack is a hit and miss for me. Some songs, like birdy's and ed Sheeran carried the movies atmosphere in their music. Other some not so much.

But overall, that movie was moving enough to having me sobbing now, a week after seeing it.

I think the ideal existence of a great book and its film adaptation is complementary. You can't sit there waiting for your favorite lines or scenes. You need to look for ways that reading the book has deepened your knowledge of the characters, or ways that the film gives you a new perspective on something you've already read. Things like that. If you can accept them symbiotically like that, they only enhance one another.

Guys, I really would like to share this with you, but can't really do a link between right now, so Becky0 has a YouTube video about why she disliked TFIOS. Check it out, it kind of made me think...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5_r...

Hey Ella, I'm guessing that's the link that you were talking about. If so... I appreciate hearing from people that didn't like the book as much as I did. I struggle with the concept that there is such a thing as objectively good (or bad) literature. Literature is an art and the beauty of it, is in the eye of the beholder. In part, I almost feel that hearing a critique of the book makes me like the book even more. (don't know if that makes sense. Someone else may be able to verbalize this idea better than me.) I feel like hearing why she didn't like it, reminded me of why I disagree with every point that she brought up which reminded me of why I do like it. IDK I feel like there should be an objective way to critique literature but I also feel that enjoying literature is very subjective in the end. A books objective literary value has very little to do with how much I enjoy it, I guess. That being said, I think TFIOS had a lot more objective value than she gave it credit for.

Just saw the UK screening of TFiOS. I cried. Hardcore cried. Absolutely incredible film.

Andrew, thx for finding the link. Yes, I think the book was underestimated in the video. Um.... but the theme of John's books is just so true! The first of John's books I had read was TFIOS. I thought it was amazing. Then I read Paper Towns and Looking For Alaska, which I could predict easily based off of TFIOS. WG,WG was. different story,still predictable, but Awesome. I have not read An Abundance Of Katherines, but I do know romance is involved. Could this possibly be included in the theme?

TFIOS movie was ,overall, very excellent. Also, I forgot that the Basketball Scene where Augustus realizes that it is pointless exercise, which makes me disappointed. If there had not been a book to compare it to, I would have been,like,"Oh. My. Can't. Even. What."

I think the movie was emotional and well worth the money, but some key scenes were cut out. It wasn't an "OH.MY.GOSH.I.CAN'T.BREATHE." kind of movie, like say Catching Fire or something, but it was amazing.

I'm really sad that they left out a lot of great parts, but of course adding them in would have made the movie like three hours (it was already 2 hours 10 minutes!). I guess that's why you read the book! I loved it so much though! Can't wait for paper towns.

By the way, did you notice that the t-shirt that Augustus wears at the first support group is the same shirt Hazel is wearing when Augustus dies? Just thought that was an AWESOME easter egg. And while Hectic Glow isn't mentioned, there's a poster of them in Hazel's room. <3

I really loved the movie. I feel as though it lived up to amd exceeded my expectations for a movie made from such an amazing book. I am disappointed that they left out some great parts but it was perfect in every way possible.

It made me cry, so it was worth my money. :D

Yeah. I bawled my eyes out...

Well it stayed really true to the book, I mean most of the lines were as if they had just picked up the book and read straight from the book. I'm a bit disappointed that they left out the thing Augustus says about Funky Bones since they were kind of setting it up. Amazing movie though!