If I Stay Divides Audiences Big Time ...

Lyndsie

Full disclosure, first of all. Although I have read Gayle Forman's young adult novel, If I Stay, I have not seen the film. However, my feelings about the book made me interested enough in the movie that I've been closely following first opinions about it, just to get a sense of what to expect when I do see it – because, further full disclosure, I'm 95 percent sure Heather's going to make me. The point is, what I noticed immediately was a big hulking divide. This movie seems to know no middle ground.

On the one hand, detractors are calling it an emotionally manipulative movie that's leeching off the massive popularity of The Fault in Our Stars. They accuse Mia Hall of having no real depth and, worse, of wallowing in self-pity. They say she has risk aversion and comes off as terribly lackluster. In contrast, fans of the movie and the book decry the idea that If I Stay has anything at all to do with TFIOS, and maintain that rather than being a story about a girl torn between her passion and her boyfriend, or of a girl who nearly dies to get her boyfriend's attention, it's a story of choices, empowerment, and pain.

Since I haven't seen the film itself, I'm neutral here – I'm not even giving away my thoughts on the book! But I must say that the massive difference of opinion kind of intrigues me. Without giving away any spoilers, what do you think? Does If I Stay tug at the heart strings for the right reasons, or the wrong ones?

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TFIOS was a terrible film, not the story; the story is really beautiful, however I don't feel the actors portraying the characters in the movie did it justice. Since the acting in if I stay was much more convincing, just my opinion though .

I think that people have WAY too much time on their hands..,

This may contain some spoilers if the book differs from the movie. I haven't read the book so this is just based on the movie. I personally found this movie almost as sad as TFIOS but the way it was approached was different. Mia hall had control of her life while Hazel Grace did not. The movie shows Mia questioning whether love is a good enough reason to hold onto when you've lost what's most important and how the way one thinks can completely alter the outcome.

I watched If I Stay in theatres and I think that although the movie was well played out and had a great cast that it lacked depth and wasnt so great, but that's probably because I read the book first which was AMAZING and the movie just didnt meet my expectations that were set from the book.

It didn't have the emotional pull that TFIOS did. TFIOS was literally yanking the tears out of my eyes. I don't think I've ever cried so hard in a young adult movie before. I shed a few tears in If I Stay. While it was a great movie, I liked TFIOS way more.

This was honestly a great film! I would put it up there with A Walk to Remember. It was perfectly cast. The music was epic. The storyline was accurate to the book. Totally recommend. There will always be "trollers," "trolls," and haters. Don't let them destroy a movie as beautiful as this. Beautiful film, acting, and scoring. Buy the soundtrack too! I love it!

I've seen both movies and loved them both. I have to say if I stay had me crying far more than fault in our stars. An emotional movie and I cannot wait to read the book

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