The film's opening scenes are really good. They set out what could be a dramatic masterpiece with a perfectly stylistic setting. Then Diane Kruger leads the way and you're thinking "wow this could seriously be good, i didn't anticipate this from the film poster" and then "could this be Hero Fiennes Tiffin's revival in the romance genre? No more of After's blatant toxicity - now we get to see a good and pure relationship, right?". Well, apparently when you strip back the constant arguments, insecurity and deception (referring Tessa and Hardin of course) we have a boring picture left to doze off to. Too simple, too tame maybe. It was great to see the dichotomy between the problems faced by the older and younger generations: finance/work vs love and then love being corrupted by finance etc. But I think it took so much out of Jim and Ann's relationship and characters that it made them too implausible; 2 years go by and barely anything happened in their romantic/sex lives whilst both are in college, seriously? That's just my opinion of course. I am just disappointed, plain and simple...like this film.
Review of First Love
