Ansel is at his best when Augustus is at his most vulnerable, after his cancer returns. But every third grand statement he makes causes some eye-rolling. He’s a teenage boy talking about being afraid of oblivion, or unlit cigarettes being metaphors, and for the most part it comes off okay. The way Augustus speaks works so well on the page, but hearing it out loud brings a level of ridiculousness to it. Through no fault of his own, Ansel Elgort didn’t fare quite as well with his portrayal of Augustus Waters. And she sells it with the perfect amount of teenaged disdain, it immediately forces the realization of ‘this is not going to be a normal kids-with-cancer movie’ upon the viewer. There’s a moment in the very beginning where she is arguing that just because she reads the same book over and over does not mean that she’s depressed. Shailene Woodley surprised me with how much I ended up liking her as Hazel Grace. I thought it was a really, really great adaptation.
So, let me start off with this, I liked the movie. We settled down to watch the movie, and they’d provided popcorn and candy, but no tissues to everyone’s chagrin. One of the best moments I witnessed that day was when these teen readers screamed louder for John Green than for Ansel Elgort. It helped that I was seeing it with people who so obviously loved the book and its writer. So, while I was definitely excited (very, very excited) to see the movie, my expectations were not the highest. You might remember when the first trailer dropped, I was not particularly excited by it. The major difference between these nerdy teens and his other creations? Well, these two are kids-with-cancer teens. TFiOS definitely has two of those nerdy teens at its center. John Green (whom I’m sure you’ve heard of unless this is the first book blog you’ve ever read, in which case, kudos! Welcome to the fold.) is a prolific writer of the nerdy teen.
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