
Well. How to put it succinctly? DEAR GOD, THAT WAS AWFUL. Yes, that basically covers it, I think.
Not only didn't the actors click for me, like at all, but the characters? Woe is me, I'm so bored, I'm doomed, look at me, I'm special, reading Vonnegut! *snorts* Especially Ethan deserved a good kick in the family jewels. I mean, one of the first sentences he said in the movie was, something along the lines of, "I understand why men signed up for the Civil War. I would too, just to escape this boredom!" and it went downhill from there. He was so special, not one of the crowd, actually reading banned books, and not interested in the school's beauty queen! I thought he was a nerd but apparently not, he was considered a jock in that high school, only he was a special jock, see also reading BOOKS! And Lena... as interesting as a three days old bread. Ugh.
Also, I wasn't sure if this was a serious movie or a comedy or a parody or... something. Especially Emma Thompson overdid it with her acting like whoa! I thought she was being intentionally bad but I fear I was mistaken, she was simply bad. They made Emma Thompson bad!
I want my time back. And my money!