Before you read this, note that I had read the book before watching the movie.
At first, I was like... Dude, no. They completely changed the story line. They changed the main character, gave her a completely different background, even key points about her (especially when they said her brother had died, which in the book doesn't happen, instead she fell asleep inside her car in the garage, while the car was still running, which ended up on her being intoxicated by all the gasses). Even her first dare was completely different, and her best friend Sydney din't actually sign up for the game in the book.
However, as the movie went on, I thanked the directors for changing the course completely. It got even better than the book. The outcome was amazing, in my point of view. Emma Roberts and Dave Franco were the best cast I could ask for for these two, and it's nice seeing them playing roles completely different than what I was used to.
The only thing that disappointed me was that while the book has an open ending, which might mean that if the writer ever wants to do it, she can come back and write a sequel, this movie ends with no prospect for a second movie. Which isn't necessarily bad, but I liked this so much that I wouldn't mind a second one.
This was such a bad movie. And I'm not saying it just for the sake of hating on it, so here are a few reasons why I thought it was terrible:
- First of all, the actor who plays Hardin was just... I don't know. I can't even find words to describe it. I thought his acting was okay in the first movie, but this second movie he seemed to get worse. I'm still not over him yelling "Fucking Trevor?!" to a half naked Dylan Sprouse.
- The storyline is a mess. Actually, there's no storyline at all. She starts her internship, somehow gets back with a guy who made a BET with his friends to get her and suddenly she's all about him to the point we rarely see proof of her being an intern anymore.
- They fight for the stupidest stuff. Like actually, in a functioning relationship, you talk to each other and try to get through your misunderstandings before storming off and breaking stuff.
- Her agreeing to "fake it" for his mom? When she was supposedly so pissed off at what he had done to her?
- The storyline of her and her mom at the beginning. That was all there was to it? She just knew her mom had hidden the fact that her father was looking for her and just completely forgot about it?
- "We can sleep in the same bed, we're not neanderthals". Cue you know what.
- Hardin's half brother just stepping into everyone's business all the time and out of nowhere? Why?
- This movie has every single bad cliché to the point it's excruciatingly predictable. She's an English major, working for a publishing firm, who loves the "bad boy with tattoos", gets back together with him even though he's a mess, but she's got mommy issues and he's got daddy issues, cue the rather decent looking coworker who makes him question her, the friend from the past who makes her question him, the endless text messages and missed calls, the car accident while looking for him, the New Year's party with a cat fight, etc.
C
Lastly, I'll speak about the only thing I actually enjoyed in this movie: the boss and Candice King's characters actually being a thing and ending up together. Now that was cute, especially envolving the kid. 2 points for that and the effort of the main actress.
