Paper Towns
Review by: Sarai Lewis
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 apples
“Paper Towns,” an adaptation of the novel with the same name by “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green is a 2015 teen adventure movie directed by Jake Schreier and starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne and others.
Shy introvert Quentin (Wolff) is dragged into what ends up being the night of his life when neighborhood girl, childhood friend and the most popular student in high school, Margo (Delevingne), picks him to help her play vengeful pranks on the people who’ve betrayed her.
The next day, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few of his friends and some cryptic clues that Margo left behind, Quentin embarks on a road trip mission to find the mysterious girl who stole his heart.
Going into this movie, I was really looking forward to it purely based on being a big fan of John Green's work, essentially making me really excited to see how the adaptation unfolded.
The first thing I'll say is that the storyline was put together really well. I have read the book many times before watching this movie, and I think the book-lovers out there going to see Paper Towns will be pleasantly surprised at the accuracy of this adaptation, because I sure was. How the storyline unfolded, right down to the order of events and scenes almost mirrored from the original book which was very refreshing for someone like me who's read it before.
Of course that isn’t the only thing that was good about this movie though. One thing I was also pleasantly surprised with was the acting. I've never seen Cara Delevingne act before, so it was really nice to see that her acting was pretty good and she was very fitting to the role.
One thing that stood out to me was the fact that in my opinion, that all of the actors and actresses picked for the main roles were selected extremely well. From Nat Wolff as Quentin to Halston Sage as Lacey, I thought that the selection of cast was perfect for the vision I had for these characters.
To put it simply, I loved this movie. I thought that the execution of the film as a whole was very nice, and I'm excited to see what the future of John Green movies hold.
Review by: Sarai Lewis
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 apples
“Paper Towns,” an adaptation of the novel with the same name by “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green is a 2015 teen adventure movie directed by Jake Schreier and starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne and others.
Shy introvert Quentin (Wolff) is dragged into what ends up being the night of his life when neighborhood girl, childhood friend and the most popular student in high school, Margo (Delevingne), picks him to help her play vengeful pranks on the people who’ve betrayed her.
The next day, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few of his friends and some cryptic clues that Margo left behind, Quentin embarks on a road trip mission to find the mysterious girl who stole his heart.
Going into this movie, I was really looking forward to it purely based on being a big fan of John Green's work, essentially making me really excited to see how the adaptation unfolded.
The first thing I'll say is that the storyline was put together really well. I have read the book many times before watching this movie, and I think the book-lovers out there going to see Paper Towns will be pleasantly surprised at the accuracy of this adaptation, because I sure was. How the storyline unfolded, right down to the order of events and scenes almost mirrored from the original book which was very refreshing for someone like me who's read it before.
Of course that isn’t the only thing that was good about this movie though. One thing I was also pleasantly surprised with was the acting. I've never seen Cara Delevingne act before, so it was really nice to see that her acting was pretty good and she was very fitting to the role.
One thing that stood out to me was the fact that in my opinion, that all of the actors and actresses picked for the main roles were selected extremely well. From Nat Wolff as Quentin to Halston Sage as Lacey, I thought that the selection of cast was perfect for the vision I had for these characters.
To put it simply, I loved this movie. I thought that the execution of the film as a whole was very nice, and I'm excited to see what the future of John Green movies hold.