I am a huge Fault in Our Stars fan and a huge fan of John Green (who would be in attendance at the screening). But I also wanted to go because I am hoping to someday work PR at an entertainment organization. So while most of this was just because I am a fangirl and wanted to just enjoy this, I also wanted to see how everything was from a behind-the-scenes experience. The ticket was given to be as a birthday present (thanks Mom and Dad!)
The whole thing was sponsored by Shailene Woodley and her Mom's charity All it Takes. All it Takes is an organization which gives children an opportunity to go to a camp and learn all kinds of leadership activities and about themselves. I honestly didn't know much about the organization until they showed the clip before the movie and it was really inspiring. I am a sucker for kids and knowing that the money we all paid to get these tickets was going towards children and helping them just made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Did I also mention that all of this was on the Fox Lot? That alone was really cool because as we drove into the screening we saw sets from famous television shows and sets, parking spots for different famous people but…unfortunately we didn't really get a chance to walk around because once we got there we wanted to get our seats because the movie was going to start in a half an hour. Oops.
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| (A quick photo in front of the poster before heading inside!) |
Then when we got our seats there was two things I noticed: fangirls and executives. The theater was mainly filled with pre-teens and teens all in TIFIOS theme shirts. Silently I groaned in my seat at seeing them because I knew this meant screaming at Ansel and Natt when they came on screen (I was right).
Wyck Godfrey,who produced this movie, along with his family sat right in front of me (I only recognized him from my Twilight obsessed days) along with "JustJared" who is a blogger and reviewer. There was a ton of other important people there who I didn't recognized but I knew they were important because they all knew each other and hugged and talked before and after the movie.
The brief presentation of All it Takes was first and then the movie began… Now, I don't want to go into full details but I will say this:
As a book reader and someone who has read A LOT of book to movie adaptions the Fault in our Stars is the best one I have seen. Multiple lines from the movie are pulled straight out of the book and Ansel and Shaline couldn't have been more perfect. I laughed and sobbed and did everything in between. Also the music they added to the movie just fit. Nothing ever felt out of place everything just was perfection. I couldn't have asked for anything more <3
After the credits, the cast and crew walked on stage. They all introduced themselves except for the last guy. (I don't know why they didn't say his name!). As a side note: Shailene's hair was super cute because it just flopped everywhere and throughout the Q and A she would change the direction it was going which was just adorable. I know, girly comment but I just loved it! She rocks that hair cut!
The question being asked mainly focused on John Green and his writing, videos and opinions. Also Josh Boone the Director made note that John's scene that was cut from the movie is in the deleted scenes on the DVD so Nerd Fighters don't worry!
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| (Wyck Godfrey, Josh Boone, Natt Wolf, Sam Trammel, Shailene Woodley, John Green and another producer) |
When the Q and A ended, people who paid more money, were given the opportunity to take photos with the cast. We left though and were given our complementary TIFIOS book.
I could truly go on and on about this whole experience but as it is this post is getting long so I will stop now and just say that this is something I will never forget and hopefully I will be able to attend more of these and share them with you all.
Love,
Sarah.
P.S: After seeing the movie, I was so moved by this song it was all I could listen to for days….If you haven't heard it yet please give it a listen!
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