First of all, I’ve watched this trailer at least 10 times. But I need to start this off with a disclaimer: If you haven’t read John Green’s The Fault in our Stars yet, I suggest you click out of this article right now, and read it. Though the movie surely will stand well alone, reading the book will only make the trailer watching and viewing experience that much richer. If you have read the book, then get ready to begin counting down the days until this movie hits theaters. (I already did, it’s 125.)
Without further adieu, here is the first trailer for The Fault in our Stars.
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I didn’t think that 2 minutes and 30 seconds would make me so emotional, but from what I can tell, the filmmakers haven’t strayed from the book’s content at all.
I firmly believe that there are some stories that need to be told. The Fault in our Stars, though a sad tale, takes a story large in part about cancer, and turns it on its head, incorporating multiple other facets of life as a way of making the illness take less precedence. As the main character, Hazel Lancaster’s opening trailer lines attest, “I believe we have a choice in this world about how to tell sad stories. On the one hand, you can sugarcoat it, nothing is too messed up that can’t be fixed with a Peter Gabriel song. I like that version as much as the next girl does. It’s just not the truth.” Setting the tone for the trailer and the movie as a whole, we as the viewers are essentially being informed that the story we’re being told is going to be truthful.
Hazel, a 16 year old girl with Stage 4 lung cancer who wasn’t supposed to survive nearly as long as she did, relives the mundane cycle of day in and day out of going from her home, to her support group, and the hospital, only to one day walk into her cancer support group, and come into acquaintance with Augustus Waters, a bone cancer patient in remission.
Though she is initially wary of Augustus’ advances, she becomes friends with him regardless, and life as she knows it is changed. Though she knows she is sick, she can’t help but be charmed by the earnestness of Augustus and his clear affection for her. Afraid of being a “grenade,” ready to blow, all Hazel wants to do is “minimize the casualties.” Her selflessness in the face of what she wants is all at once heartbreaking and touching. When she decides to let herself love Augustus, despite the fact that her circumstances are imperfect, their love is extraordinary.
The trailer really gave a full bodied look into the story. Though there are some parts of it that could be taken out of context, or be slightly spoiler ridden, it definitely gives me chills every time in anticipation. They took care to make sure no detail was left out. The viewer will be able to relate to Hazel’s witty, sarcastic, and realist point of view, and made sure what the viewer understands the movie as a beautiful look into what it means to be human and vulnerable. This is going to be one that stays with you long after you’ve seen and read it.
