After 13 years of indie misfits citing Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks Of Being A Wallflower in angsty blog posts (myself included, guys) and manically scrawling “And in that moment, we were infinite” on the walls of public bathrooms, the movie adaptation is finally set to release in September. In it we’ll see all the cool moments (and maybe a creepy subplot or two) acted out by rising star Logan Lerman and all-consuming knockout Emma Watson, who plays a promiscuous teen — quite the departure from Hermione Granger — and rocks an American accent. Check out the just-released trailer below.
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I wonder if this will do justice to the book — there are high stakes for a big fan base — or fall short of expectations. Emma Watson is no stranger to that kind of pressure, but I’ll be interested to see how this movie goes over.
Did you ever read the book? Will you be seeing the movie?
orchid / 106 posts
This book spread like wildfire in my junior high friend circle. And I subsequently became obsessed with The Smiths.
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She has definitley worked on that accent from the last time I heard her trying to do an “American accent”.
Tbh, I havent even known what this was about. lol. But who knows, I might watch it. Not in theaters, maybe when it becomes available on netflix
I just dont go theaters often, except horror movies
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I’m definitely seeing this
And her american accent got A LOT better!
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I love Logan Lerman!
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I loved this book when I was in middle school! Excited to see it as a movie. Though I might be in the minority to say that I think Emma Watson was a poor choice for Sam. Seems more like they were just forcing a big name into the movie. Also from the trailer some of the lines seem kind of forced. Maybe it will be a disappointment but I still can’t help looking forward to it.
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I’m so excited for this movie. =]
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looks pretty good, a lot like the book but i havn’t read it since i don’t even know when haha.
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I wonder if I should read the book first or watch the movie first. I’ve got time to read until September rolls around
sunflower / 405 posts
read the book first or wait for the movie? i mean chbosky wrote both
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@dreamerbreeze4@xanga - read the book! it’s small, i actually finished it in a day.
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I liked the book! I’ve been waiting for the trailer to release…finally! I’ll most likely see it in theaters.
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I read the book back in high school and didn’t like it…but that was most likely because I was really naive and found the book to be too shocking for me back then lol. I might need to give it another read one of these days.
the movie looks really good, the casting seems awesome. So many good movies seem to be coming out this year!
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can’t wait!!
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@pretty_inx_plaid@xanga - okay thanks! I’ll check to see if it’s at my local library
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Emma sounds so weird to me speaking in an American accent…I can’t even decide if it’s good or not because I’m just sooo not used to it.
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Ahh! The trailer leaves me more nervous than excited. And I always pictured Brady Corbet as Charlie in my head.
Regardless! I’m watching this movie.
daisy / 505 posts
Oooh, I didn’t know about this, but that’s cool.
rose / 960 posts
Maybe I should go read the book again, but this trailer doesn’t seem to follow the plot at all O.o When did Sam become a burlesque dancer? Or a slut? And where is Charlie’s sister?
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SO EXCITED!
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I read the book in high school and I remember liking it (enough to save it, its in my closet) so maybe when the movie gets closer to being released I’ll re-read it
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omg, excitement.
cherry blossom / 35 posts
This doesn’t look like what I remember reading.
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@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - isn’t the dancing from when her and Patrick did Rocky Horror?
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It looks good! Maybe I’ll read the book.
rose / 960 posts
@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - i honestly don’t remember that. so yeah…going to read the book again XD
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Oh man oh man oh man, can’t wait to see Ezra Miller!
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Aw I remember when the kid on the left was a random SVU character. Good for him!
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Can’t wait!!!!