MYST POST # 3: The Fault in Our Stars

I recently watched the film The Fault in Our Stars, and I am not a fan of it. Not to get too much into the plot, but I found it to be very predictable. Once you found out the movie pertained to cancer, you could infer that somebody was going to die, and once the main characters were introduced, you could infer who was going to die. The film was very depressing, and even though I saw it coming, it still ruined any chance for me to be in a good mood for the remainder of the day.

Although I did not enjoy the plot of the movie I do have to admit it was very well directed. The cast was great, with it starring  Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, and Willem Dafoe. The cast had a difficult task in this film due to all of the emotions that had to be present for the characters in the story. Nat Wolff had to play a character who was blind, which must have taken a lot of work to perfect, and he did a stellar job a doing so. Ansel Elgort had to play a character that had his leg amputated, therefore even when he was just walking around, he had to be conscious of his characters limitations.

The editing in this film was very interesting. There was a lot of dialogue in the film that took place over text, and email when the characters were not together. Text and email bubbles, would appear as the characters conversed which I cannot recall being done in others films. The camera shots in this film helped set the scene and give off moods the audience is supposed to pick up from the characters. Anytime that Elgort and Woodley would be on camera together they always stood very close to each other, which informed the audience of their affection even before the dialogue would make it obvious.

This film had a very talented director, and actors who helped make the film such a success. Even though I did not like how the story went, or the mood it gave off, I have to admit it is a good movie. I would recommend it solely based off of the directing and acting because I believe that it is that good. I rate this film a 3.5 out of 5 stars. Trailer