Wallbanger

I made an account here just to help you decide to skip this movie. Its bad but fails to be bad in an entertaining way, which I was hoping for after the first 5 mins when it's clear it would be bad.

The main reason to skip this movie is the love interest. Yes, he's attractive, but I'm not sure he's ever dated someone irl. He continually does the same smarmy face I'm guessing to show he's intrigued or whatever. What even was all that. I really don't like him as a person now.

I lasted until 1.5 hours and just had to stop. Who told them this has to be a 2 hour long movie?!? Stop it with the long movies, longer doesn't always mean better.

The protagonist was pretty good though, that's why 2 stars instead of 1. I feel like she could be in an actual movie that has a budget and a love interest who knows how to act.

The attempt at a subplot with the side characters was silly. Those characters weren't developed even a little, all the ended up doing was making the movie longer.

This feels like a movie made by a sophomore in college and some people they don't really like but have to work with for a group project.

Please don't watch it. Please, you have so many options. Learn from my mistake. I will regret this 1.5 hour usage for the rest of my life. Please.

Read the books, couldn't stop laughing at how witty and well written this book was. Had high hopes for the movie...but frankly i found it too long, and the script felt unnatural... the music made it feel like a hallmark movie, ie. Low budget films with corny plotlines...Visually the movie, besides the corny "love interest", was not bad to watch, the camera just failed to capture the intimacy and passion that the protagonists had in the books. Casters need to focus on the actors' abilities to deliver a convincing performance over displaying ab muscle. The entire movie felt superficial and lacked real depth or originality. Passionflix needs to do better.

Such a fun movie, the perfect blend of steamy romance, laugh-out-loud humor, and characters with insane chemistry. From the very first scene, I was hooked! The banter, the tension, the slow burn... it all just works.

The lead actors completely nail their roles, bringing so much charm and personality to the story. The pacing was spot on, the comedic moments actually made me laugh out loud, and the romance had just the right amount of build-up to make it feel real and satisfying. Passionflix once again proves they know exactly how to bring beloved stories to life, staying true to the heart of the book while making it feel fresh and exciting on screen.

If one throws out all the hope and faces the fact that the movie is "bad", one can actually enjoy it. At least I did. To quickly list the main issues: the superficial dialogue writing and the awkward staging, which in turn gives the impression of inept acting (I'd argue that most actors in this film with better material would exhibit better talent), lacklustre general production like lighting, sound design, etc, and etc. Viewers will immediately see / feel that the movie is not top quality, however, I don't think the filmmakers in general were aspiring to win any awards with this project.

So, with the elephant out the room, we can discuss the good parts of the film. The ideas and themes displayed (as superficial as they were) are valid and needed in today's society. The main actors had extremely hot chemistry, perhaps, too hot at the very beginning, where the question wasn't if or when are they gonna bang, but rather why are they not yet banging, what's stopping them? The producers? And the actors tried so hard to work with what they've got script wise. Truly the two of them saved the whole thing for me - their relationship and communication was interesting and luring, hopefully from here on out their carriers will get only better. Oh, and Simon as a character is truly magnificent; written by a woman for women and definitely fictional.

Ngl, I am considering watching the movie again, I do so love to hate certain things.

When I saw that one of my favorite comedic romance reads had been adapted into a movie I thought "TOP PRIORITY" the first twenty minutes I thought I was watching the intro to a horrible adult movie from the 90's.

Then I decided I'll just skip some parts and get to my favorite part of the movie.

After 10 minutes I didn't find any parts I would like, the acting was horrible, the setup was god awful, everything about this movie was a terror.

My advice would be just to read the book instead, it's witty it's fun and it's actually much better imagining what happens than seeing a bunch of people who don't even know how to make real facial expressions.

DO NOT WATCH.