SAME! And I used to listen to the soundtrack on repeat constantly. To be fair, the soundtrack is SO GOOD. Paper Towns had a bomb soundtrack too. Idk what it is about John Green book movies, but damn they have good soundtracks. Uhg I miss those days.
I don't think Augustus is a "crazy" standard at all! 1) he knows he loves her straight away and actually listens to her (ladies, men always know straight away) 2) he isn't s*x obsessed/brainwashed with "corn" culture; he's flirty without a heavy s*xual pretense 3) he doesn't take himself too seriously and has a great sense of humour. Being conventionally attractive is a perk but those should all be the bare minimum IMO.
Notice the swing set is gone? Another book reference. In it, they decide the best way to deal with the swing set of tears is to get rid of it, so they sell it to a family with two kids whose parents want them to go outside more.
The first time I read this book and read the sentence “Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him.” I literally sobbed closed the book and it took me about 3 days to pick it back up again to finish it. I then hid the book because I couldn’t look at it. Then sobbed again when I saw it in the cinema 😢 I have only read it once again since I read it in 2013 😂
In the books, the last few lines are very similar to the movie, but it's something like, "you don't get a choice of who you hurt, but you do get a choice of who hurts you. And I like my choices. I hope Hazel likes hers. Hazel: 'I do'". I know someone who, when she reads books, she reads the last line before she even starts the book. I don't know why she does it, that's her journey. So, knowing TFIOS is a love story, she picked up the book for the first time, flipped to the end, and saw that Hazel said the words "I do." She immediately assumed Hazel and Augustus got married at the end. Her devastation was unimaginable when she actually got to the last few chapters.
The Impossible, The Green Mile, The Lion King, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Bridge to Terabithia, Gifted, Marley & Me & Wakanda Forever all made me ugly cry.
I kind of needed this today. My patient died this morning. He was 91 and had major surgery 2 weeks ago so it wasn’t totally unexpected but I provide live in medical care and have grown so attached to him and his wife. They feel like family. We can all be sad and cry together.
I watched this in theaters with my best friend. When it ended, all I heard were sobs and sniffles all around me. My best friend was full on sobbing as well. She looked at me and asked "are you ok?", because I wasn't crying. Not because I was "too cool" to cry, mind you. But rather I guess I was just too overwhelmed with the emotions this movie evoked within this entire theater. But in that moment I couldn't help but laugh at my friend's question. You're the one crying and you're asking me if I'm ok? (Fun fact; I was, indeed, not okay. This movie really left its mark.)
I can relate to things like that. Emotions and their expressions are strange beasts. For example, medical problems really freak me out and give me anxiety, fear, and anger. And the thing about those sort of emotions governed by the sympathetic nervous system / fight-or-flight system is... for a lot of people (me included apparently), it antagonizes the parasympathetic nervous system, and it's the PARAsympathetic nervous system that really helps to trigger the tear glands. BUT, parts of BOTH sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems CAN be active at the same time (i.e. emotions such as sadness and anger can be active at the same time) but sometimes they end up "having a battle" between them, and sometimes anger/anxiety "wins" over the sadness and no tears come (or less than expected). I have discovered that I need to be predominantly calm and/or have some sort of acceptance or coming-to-terms with sad events in movies for tears to come. Whether that happens can really depend on so many factors, so I've noticed some contrasting reactions in myself: For example: I've seen two different versions of "Miracle in Cell No. 7" ... I first saw the Korean version, and then the Turkish version. Both are NOTORIOUS tearjerkers. They have the same basic plot but with some differences including in the way they made the movie, etc. So, for the Korean version which I saw FIRST, I had intense emotions of BOTH sadness AND anger- it was as though whenever tears were about to emerge, "Anger" dragged "Sadness" back into my head by its ankles, at least that's how it felt. It was quite uncomfortable. By the end of the movie, "Anger" had "won", and I TRIED to cry afterwards about three different times but STILL could not. It wasn't until the next day when I was writing an online comment about the movie when I started to suggest one thing they could have done differently in the movie that would have allowed me to "let go"... and just writing that comment THEN finally made me "let go." On the OTHER hand, the way they did the TURKISH version of the SAME movie "Miracle in Cell No. 7"... THAT one triggered tears from me between 5-6 times (I lost count) DURING the movie!
There's a huge thing that's not touched on from the book: Augustus had a girlfriend before Hazel that passed away from a brain tumor. And supposedly the tumor changed her entire personality, to where she had no verbal filter. That's why Augustus does the same throughout the whole movie. Also apparently Augustus was staring at Hazel in the meeting because she and Hazel looked similar in their "cancer states" (book quote).
Yea I remember that cause I remember reading it and lowball starting to get the ick from Augustus about that I think he was being secretive about it and she found out through the girls Facebook or something
The way I bawled my eyes out in the cinema watching this😭😭The screen was silent except for the sound of everyone sniffing. The amount of people leaving with red raw eyes or still crying was high. I must’ve looked an absolute mess in the McDonald’s we went to for food afterwards 😂
I held it in all the way through the movie, literally had the biggest lump in my throat for so long and then the credits came on and I sobbed my eyes out (loudly), it was embarrassing.
My doctor recommended this book and my teacher gave it to me when I was 15. I had my first brain surgery and was struggling to move forward because my diagnosis is life-long and will require endless medication, MRIs, CT scans and probably more surgeries. No story is as precious to me as this one. TFIOS saved me and 11 years later, continues to do so to this day❤
I love this movie! I never fail to cry at the eulogy scene, when she finds out he died, and the ending scene when she's reading his letter. This movie is so well done, I love the characters so much, and you never suspect that he's the one that's going to die. The movie focuses so much on her health and then when you find out it's him, it leaves you shocked and depressed. Can't tell you how many times I watched this film and how broken I was by the end of it.
I'd been told by others how sad and emotional this film was. I thought i was prepared and that i'd be ok. I wasn't. I was not ok at all. This film broke me!
This movie was coming out around the time my step dad passed away from cancer and I was emotionally going through it so I decided I would read the book knowing it was related to cancer but I thought it was a HEA ending and boy did I have a full on mental breakdown when he passed 😭😭 I forced my mother to watch the movie with me when it came out and we both cried together. It was and still is one of my favorite movies to this day.
I remember seeing this in the movie theatre with my bff and we were crying so much but none of us had thought of bringing any tissues. But a lady next to us asked if we needed any while handing us a pack and we both in unison just cried “yess pleaseee” 😭 a core memory
Whenever anyone says "core memory" I can pretty much guess they've seen "Inside Out" :) The movie "Inside Out" itself is a core memory for ME because that is the first movie that ever strongly triggered tears from me (at a late age 30 no less!).
As soon as seb got all teary eyed i started bawling!!!! This movie is rollercoaster of emotions!! Such a great film but such a sad one at the same time😢
I remember watching this when it came out in cinemas on my 14th birthday. I was sobbing so hard. I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much from a movie before that. My older sister had been hospitalized for a very long time with a disease impacting her lunge function. We almost lost her. So this hit way too close to home. Gosh. And now as an adult where my mom has cancer, it breaks my heart even more. The fear of the unknown and how much cancer truly affects the whole family and everyone around the Ill person is so well portrayed. Truly heartbreaking
This movie is a favourite 100%. It leaves you broken and with a newfound appreciation for the little infinities we get to experience with those we hold close. I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did watching it the first time.
I breathed through all the times I almost cried and then completely broke down when she read Gus’s letter and she said okay after he said okay hazel grace
When I first read the book and watched the film I was a complete puddle of tears, it hit me so hard. But what was even harder was reading the book and watching the film after my mum was diagnosed with Brain cancer.
I haven't seen "A Dog's Purpose", but "Hachi- A Dog's Tale" totally destroyed me and actually destroyed me even WORSE upon rewatches. Between the first and second time watching, I actually caught myself repressing the sad thoughts about it. When I made an effort to let myself more fully feel it, there was a flood.
I read this book in one day, and it was torture once I found out Augustus' cancer was back. Just hours of reading, knowing that he was going to die and just waiting to be destroyed. That being said, John Green is my favorite author and this is one of my favorite books ❤
I remember I went to watch this with my mother and sister. As we were entering the theater, the people before us were coming out just finishing watching the movie & almost everyone was in tears & sniffling. We were not prepared until we experienced it ourselves 😭🤧
Growing up I loved this movie but now as a person who is dealing with my own sickness now this movie and “ A Walk To Remember” hits home for me on a whole new level for me and I can relate to a lot of emotions and actions they went through. these movies are like my favorite bitter sweet movies I love yet hate them at the same time it’s so hard to explain
I lost my aunt to cancer 3 months ago. After that experience, the part of this film that hits the hardest for me is whenever they talk about what the cancer does to your body. Hazel says that Augustus was made of the cancer when he died, and it's spot on. When my aunt passed, her body wasn't hers anymore, it was just cancer. She didn't even look like herself anymore, and it's one of the most cruel parts of the whole thing. Who she was and the body she had when she died couldn't be further apart and I'll always mourn the fact that she didn't get to die as herself.
When this was in theaters I was going through a rough time and left work early randomly deciding to go see a movie by myself middle of day on a weekday. I hadn’t heard of this but love this actress so bought 1 ticket and didn’t see another patron anywhere , went in to an empty theater sat down only one there and experienced this amazingly beautiful and heart breaking movie. I bawled through the last half and the soundtrack is devastating, the final song M83’s “Wait” came o which talks about how short life is in the spectrum of forever , how eventually there is “no time” left of the relationships we have but that Love is something we can’t comprehend , something that continues after the loss of someone you love, the aching and hurt are witnesses to ourselves of how powerful that Love is and that Love carry’s on replacing the hurt and pain with a gratitide for the time you had with them. The Movie for me was a Check, a reminder that what I was going through isn’t the cancer SO many amazing innocent people go through and the lives that deal with that loss , a reminder like Hazel and Gus’s’ letter said both were eternally greatful for their little infinity and made the most of that time. A reminder to keep pushing and Hoping becasue our time can come at any time . I felt this watching especially hard having lost my mom to an advanced stage 4 brain cancer we didn’t know she hd until it was too late. She’s the most amazing loving mom to live and my assumption that she’d live to be 100 was cut in half and turned into months and one night falling into a coma in her sleep. I know that Love goes on though and it was a reminder for me as a father of my daughters that are my life to take Advantage of every moment I have with them. I bought this the day I saw it and have watched it a million times cry every time but it’s jsut so good and such a reminder to be grateful for the health and time we have that some don’t. The book is Amazing as well
This is such a good film, it's also a good book. A lot of people think that at the very end when she says okay and the screen goes black, that's her dying, but we don't know that for sure, I think it just means you can interpret it however you want.
this one always hits … I remember reading the entire book the day the movie came out 🥹 I finished it and immediately went to the theater haha. I remember wanting to show the movie to my mom, but my aunt had just passed away from cancer so it felt a little too personal and I waited to watch it with her. Makes me bawl EVERY time. Thank you for the reaction as always 🧡
When she finds out always makes me sob… its so heartbreaking. PS. The ending is supposed to be open to interpretation, meaning that she could’ve died or lived depending on what you like to imagine. (It’s clearer in the book because it ends in the middle of a word, like Augustus’ comment about how the book just can’t end in the middle of a sentence.)
omg i was literallly texting my friend during the whole movie while bawling and i was llike it is soooooo gonna end in the middle of the sentence but it didnt but im glad i was riight for the book
I always found it so poignant how Hazel and Augustus first kiss in the attic where Anne Frank and Peter Van Pels fell for each other. The similarities, of two teenagers falling for each other and finding comfort in one another, amongst their own personal hell, finding a pocketful of happiness amongst the threat of death, that ultimately ends all their lives, is so heartbreaking but also touching.
So just to explain how much more the book hurts, I finished it during “quiet time” in the middle of class in high school and I legitimately threw it at the wall next to me and had to go to the bathroom to cry. The book tore me up man 💀💀
" ugh im gonna throw up, its to good.. i want it" 🤣🤣🤣 I had all the same feelings the first time i watched this movie .. Thank you for this reaction we were all crying along with you... have you seen five feet apart? Its also a sad but wonderful movie
Yeah both my parents died of different cancers at different times… my brother and I were both under 30… and it has definitely been some of the hardest things we’ve been through. I can relate so hard to this movie.
He seb I want you to know that I’m actually in love with your videos and when I feel sad or anything negative I love to watch your videos and it makes me feel better. I think a lot of people would agree with me!
Good pick; he's seen a lot of movies but NOT that one (at least, no reaction to it). Although... I doubt any movie could "get him" even more than "Avengers Endgame" did. His Part 2 of that one is not only my favorite reaction of his, but my favorite reaction of all time (and I follow 18 reactors).
Hi Seb, firstly I swear you just make me wanna give you a huge hug! 😊 Ok...moving along, I didn't see this movie until it got to Tv, I had heard how good it was and even though I knew it would be sad.....I jumped in and watched it. And of course you are fastly within 3 mins of him showing up, totally adoring Gus. And he makes it worse, in his funny quips and sweetness, let alone seeing how he Loves Hazel. And all the ways he loves her too. ❤ I'm no Teen but as a Woman you find yourself wanting someone to Love you the way Gus loves her. I've seen the movie a few times, the actors were great in their roles, esp. the actor who played Gus. ( His name escapes me at the moment.) And yes, I get very teary any time I've seen the movie. @SebScreen
Listen to Bleu by Broadside - the singer wrote it for his partner who was diagnosed with breast cancer (she is cancer free now) but it expresses their pain and fear of losing each other. It’s a very beautiful song 🖤
13:19 Loved your MRI commentary. I totally FEEL you on MRIs. The dye sucks and as for staying still? Omg I felt like I was twitching the whole time lol
It took me a long time to watch this movie because I have people in my family that had cancer. A few elderly family members, then my sister had it twice (at 16 then 25), she's 43 now and healthy Then my cousin, who was 53, died this year. Battled kidney cancer for 5 years. He was like Augustus, always happy, cheerful, making jokes and trying to have fun til the end. He had a job he loved for many years but he landed his *dream* job about a year after he was diagnosed, he travelled to a few different countries, got a dog, and married the love of his life. So yeah, I'm crying like a baby right now. But I think this movie (and book) is very important though because it tries to spread a good message while also showing that people are more than just their illness. Hollywood always forgets that and I think this movie did it right. My sister won't watch this movie though because it's too close to home. She also hates how every Hollywood movie make the person with cancer dies. She finds it depressing. I don't think I could ever read this book though. If I find the movie hard, I think the book would destroy me.
Imagine seeing divergent before this 😂 but yeah I don’t like crying in front of others unless I’m super close with you and I left the room when they did the speech scene
I can SO relate to that (don't like crying in front of others)... even though I've newly become a tearjerker-seeker (it was the movie "Inside Out" that turned me; that was the first movie that not only strongly triggered tears from me, at a late age 30 no less, but also the first time I ever noticed the feel-good brain endorphins that can often come along with tears). But I STILL haven't cried in front of anyone during a movie, even if I'm with someone close to me. The mere thought of it just makes me cringe (I'd make a terrible reactor!). I ALMOST did once-- that was after a couple of glasses of wine during "The Land Before Time" lol.
I love this movie and the book. It's such a heartwrenching story and so beautifully done. My other "cry my feelings out" movie is If I Stay (with Chloe Grace Moretz). There's this scene that just always gets me, even if I try to keep my composure. I would love to watch you react to it.
Speaking of scenes that "get me, even if I try to keep my composure", I had a reaction of that sort during my first watch of "Inside Out" with my roommates. I do NOT like to cry in front of people (and for the first 30 years of my life, keeping my composure during sad movies had always been easy)... BUT one scene during "Inside Out" basically "emotionally sneak-attacked" me and almost instantly strongly triggered tears. But since my roommates were there, I put forth an extraordinary effort to NOT shed tears, BUT... I REGRETTED suppressing it like that, because the result was actually PAINFUL! It was SO painful, afterwards when the urge had subsided, I thought to myself "Wow, if I could rewind time, I would have preferred to just let that OUT... I don't even care if my roommates are here!" That event actually turned me into a tearjerker-seeker, because apparently something STILL felt like it "needed to be let out" (!). Historically, crying generally hadn't been in my nature, so it actually took me a few years to find another one that "did that to me"- namely, "Interstellar." I eventually found a handful more though.
I remember crying so much when this movie came out and then I read the book a couple years later thinking "it can't make me cry anymore than the movie did" and I was SORELY mistaken. Almost didn't finish the book as I was literally unable to read most of the words through the giant, studio ghibli character-sized tears pouring out of my eyeballs.
