I love finding people that love both Bonrad and Hollanov. The obsession is truly real with these two ships. People We Meet On Vacation is also a new obsession (though I kind of wish it had been a show).
I am also slightly obsessed with the actors. I can’t wait to see what they all do next and I am so happy that they are returning as these characters.
you and me are clutching hands with an intensity that scares people fr. (pwmov genuinely should’ve been a limited series and i will always say this 🙂↕️) and i’m keeping tabs on all these actors like they’re my clients
okay before i get influenced by the Internet, I just want to write down everything I enjoyed and disliked about the people we meet on vacation adaptation-
things i liked:
1. the lighting, the beautiful cinematography
2. THE CHEMISTRY, tom and emily were so perfect for alex and poppy 🫶⛱️
things I disliked: they didn't flesh out alex's insecurities or how poppy felt at home even though her family is more than welcoming to everyone, the angst between them when poppy realises she didn't know about his back problems and betty's death - wasn't really there??
where were all of alex's insanely vulnerable and heart stopping speeches to poppy? no lines from the book.. okay..
the worst of all i think, was ruining the scene with poppy's illness, it should've been longer and since it's canonically said in the book that it was a charged moment it should've been shown 😭😭
I read pwmov the first time in december and my memory is shit and I still can remember that they changed so much about it that I genuinely couldn't enjoy this movie bc to me, the central conflict of the book was ripped away through the changes they made and it just sucks bc I genuinely enjoyed the book so much. I'm not delusional, I know that book adaptations aren't perfect and that they can't put everything on screen but ffs they changed so much, and so many important things imo, that this did not feel like an adaptation of the book and more like adapting the memory someone has of a book they read years ago and didn't like. but that's just my humble opinion.
"adapting the memory someone has of a book they read years ago and didn't like" GAGGED ME 💀 listen i'm not immune to fantastic chemistry and emily bader with her pretty eyes and tom blyth and gorgeous settings and so i do like it as a romcom but as a staunch pwmov enjoyer... they took the MEAT OFF THEIR BONES
i reread this literally [checks calendar] nine days ago it is so fresh in my memory. the way my brain was noting changes should be studied
