If I Stay
August. 22,2014 PG-13Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.
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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
best movie i've ever seen.
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
What would you do if your entire immediate family perished in a car crash? Would you choose to live or follow the light?That is the decision Mia is grappling with in her out of body experience.I take umbrage with several of the plot points though. The weather is sooo bad they cancel school, but the family decides to go out in their car sledding? WTH? See also not much snow on the ground when everyone arrives at the hospital!?Despite all that it was an enjoyable movie!
This was a good adaptation of the book by Gayle Forman. I think the movie captures it well, as does the cast. I like the way the movie flashes back and forth in between the hospital scenes and the story behind the love interests' story. Chloe Grace Moretz is a good choice to play the lead as a gifted cello player who gets an audition for Julliard, and it causes friction between her and her boyfriend, who's the lead singer in a band. Her father was in a band too. Chloe is involved in a horrific car accident and has an out-of-body experience and learns how much everyone cares for her, the fate of everyone else involved, and the hardest decision she had to make. This is a movie about love, sacrifice, and decisions. I loved it. *** out of ****
OK, this girl has no bad movies.I watched all of her movies, something over 40 if I remember right, and she is at good in every single one and fantastic in some.I'm not watching in chronological order, but every single one I saw so far was at least good if not amazing.And this one may be the best. Story may not be so original, but acting is really good and film can easily make you cry.Loved it. :)P.S. In the mean time I saw Hugo and it's even better movie than this one.
It didn't leave the same emotional state as the book did to me, and definitely not as sad at all. While the book clearly noted the novel is about death and what happened to the one who is in Glasgow coma state. But I didn't really feel the same message in the movie. It was mostly about Mia's love story. Maybe I'm just so curious about coma state, so I kinda disappointed with the adaptation While the book narrates the accident with a very horrifying words, here I guess the director is too scared to make the brutal and horrible accident scene. It was kinda flat to me. The casts are not bad, but not quite satisfying as well. So, it was okay. Chloe can bring Mia's character well.