Funny you mention that Alex Pettyfer looks like he's 27, because he was 21 when filming this when the love interest played by Dianna Agron was four years older than him.
The books go back and forth between the different characters POVs, each book focuses on a different character, the pacing of the books literally feels like a show. Making it into a movie was dumb AF.
I agree. Its could've been made into a film if it ran longer than 2 hours but it will overcomplicate things. I just feel like they should turn it into a series and cast people that look like the book description
Unfortunately, the movie suffered because the book was also weak. It was a poorly constructed teen romance that felt like it was written by a 13yo, and then the action scenes were just boring.
THE WAY I *IMMEDIATELY* CLICKED!!! This was one of my favorite movies cause of my Dianna Agron obsession and I loved Teresa Palmer too. So sad this one died on arrival
Crying shame that this flopped. Because the books are pretty good from what I remember. I read the first 3 books of memory serves correct and loved them
Yeah sophomore year of HS in 2018 I flew through the series. They’re very entertaining books and have overall have a plot that shouldn’t be difficult to adapt to film.
I always thought the books would make a better series, perhaps even animated because they'll need a lot of budget for the last couple of movies to accurately portray them
Author James Frey is a pretty controversial person as well. He's known for telling tall tales, writing a fake memoir, and using MFA students as cheap, easily exploitable ghost writers. I Am Number Four is quite possibly not even written by him. It's possible some executives figued he was much more trouble than he was worth, and that also attributed to dumping the series.
I was in journalism school when Frey was exposed for A Million Little Pieces and in an MFA program when the story about his exploitative publishing operation broke. Watching him get handed a pile of money for something so derivative that was as shrouded in deception as everything else he'd ever done, even as my classmates and I struggled to get the attention of editors for original work, was particularly galling. I had professors handing me checklists of things I needed to change about myself (lose weight, dye my hair, get eye surgery, replace my wardrobe) to be "jacket-ready" while Frey got handed zillion-dollar contracts for work he didn't even have to write himself. And of course, he's still getting deals and will probably never not be stupidly wealthy. I loathe James Frey as I loathe few other public figures.
@onbearfeet I still remember his appearance on Oprah! Talk about hitting the fraud lottery. Sorry he made writers look bad. I know how hard you guys work.
I don’t understand how you do an autopsy on this movie and you miss that - Frey wasn’t just exposed, he was publicly shamed by Oprah on her show. That may not have meant anything to a preteen audience but it definitely meant something to people in the industry
Hunger Games was probably the only good series that chased the Twilight YA trend. So many other movies tried and flopped. I am Number 4 looked so generic to me from the trailers.
@@amendezcastro ar least it didn't end like the Divergent series. The aligent book was already full of retcons and hard to follow at times but the fact we never got the final movie was just icing on the cake.
@@vicentemariani8730I hate to break it to you bud, but that just means that you have bad taste.😂 The movies aren't good and the books are ALSO not good. What about the story was compelling to you?
I saw a tiktok today saying that kids deserve good movies too and that a movie shouldn’t be excused by saying “oh but it’s intended for kids.” I feel like the same goes for teenage girls. They deserve high quality media as well. That’s why Hungers games worked so well. Also they will find a way to thirst over the main characters, doesn’t matter how the movie portrays them So the whole “oh look this male character is attractive, go watch the movie” marketing is kinda pointless. I was a teenage girl when Hannibal was big. I know what I am talking about
well that is said more about kids because the brain is developing and they can absorb a lot. teenage girls do have a degree of social awareness and can make their own choices and a lot of the time they like movies that have questionable writing like Twilight, Divergent etc there is a market and place for bad shows and that is fine not everything has to be philosophical and fine art
@@deusexmachina9776 Not sure if this was your intention, but your comment is not an argument against OP's perspective. Saying that "teenage girls deserve high quality writing" is not the same as saying "teenage girls *only* desrve high quality writing." You're right that there is a market for such movies as Twilight and what not, but the phrase "made for teenage girls" is often used in a derogatory tone as a way to brush off certain movies or books that lack quality.
Push is incomparable to this. Push is an great movie with an incredible cast, probably one of the movies I have watched the most. I wish it had got more exposure at the time.
I personally enjoy this movie more than most but I can also see why it flopped and failed to start a franchise. My point of view is not just that it tried to be alien Twilight, but also that the whole script just screams GENERIC. There's nothing unique about any character except the way they look. The handsome, troubled protagonist trying to find himself. The pretty photographer who (of course) has a history with the main bully. The nerd who gets picked on and befriends the main character. The older mentor figure. The badass chick who likes kicking ass. Nothing sets them apart from anything we've seen before and in better stuff. There was SOOO much potential for this to be good. His powers are pretty badass and the world building seemed intriguing. I would have liked to have seen where it would have gone if they continued and left it in more capable hands.
For what it's worth: I read the books way before the movie came out. It is listed as Young Adult fiction (teenagers 15+ years old), but in all honesty the writing, pacing, and even character's personalities felt more like it was made for pre-teens (9-12 years old). So when I heard the movie bombed I wasn't surprised. NOT because it wasn't good, but because it was targeted at the wrong age demographic! Studios wanted it to be a sci-fi version of "Twilight" but it wasn't. Mainly because (again) it was aimed at the wrong demographic; but this time instead of the wrong age it was the wrong sex. The romance in the book was clearly made for the perspective of pre-teen boys. Yet, it was teenage GIRLS that fueled the popularity of "Twilight." In "I Am Number 4" the romance is a subplot NOT the main plot. The main theme of the books was action (again this was made for 9~12 years old boys) not romance with action sprinkled in like "Twilight." Studios didn't know or care about any of this (honesty I doubt they even read the book), they just wanted that "Twilight" money. Which was the thing back in the 2000's. Everything was to recapture the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" craze that made everyone so rich and famous. From the clips I've seen of the movie it's clear to see that the studios changed the script drastically from the books to focus almost entirely on the romance. Something that literary took several books to develop unlike "Twilight." And the world building in the movie was rushed unlike the world of "Harry Potter."
I remember liking the film, it was more focused on the guy just wanting to be a guy, and the romance being a bit more secondary. The Lore was also okay and I liked the girl badass character the most, because she was that sort of character. It would have been more interesting if they did learn into the Lore more, however, the romance wasn't off-putting to me.
I agree with the perspectives being kind of off but the books really don't pick up until the end of the 2nd book. They really should've paced it like the star wars franchise did with its 'episodes'. The potential lore in the series is amazing ,but unfortunately they blew it
@@Want300 Bro don't you just get annoyed at how much potentially dope shows Hollywood could make...especially when you see what they actually give us instead? So frustrating.
See, it's interesting, because the first Twilight movie itself was an anomaly. They gave it to a Catherine Hardwicke, a director with a lot of indie experience and a point of view that shows in the movie itself. Then when her movie was an unexpected smash, the studio went ham trying to push the next one out as quickly as possible. She looked at the timeline and said "no". and the rest of the series was handled by other people.
a shame tbh. as awful as twilight is, I do like it. the first movie was my favorite by far, because of how it was directed. the next movies just did not capture the same vibe in my opinion.
The Maze Runner **trilogy** deserves more recognition. I kinda wish they got a resurgence in popularity after The Last of Us. They're a pretty damn decent zombie action binge
They ruined the films by giving the characters almost no depth and not following the books at all. They had good action sequences but as for the story, it was very flimsy and contradictory. They are a book series that that totally deserved a second chance to tell the story right.
@@the-berries-and-cream-dude like didnt Thomas and Theresa have this weird telepathy thing in the books that’s never even brought up in the movies I haven’t read the books for 10 years or so but I remember being upset about that watching the movies
I liked the first movie but they kinda lost me when they turned into zombie apocalypse movies. There was a certain charme and just that YA vibe in the first movie when it was just teens in a maze and for me it lost that when they make it out of the facility into the zombie ridden world.
@@ladyreverie7027 Ah damn, I messed up. It’s supposed to be thirty seven. As in Clerks. I’m so old I can’t even get my cultural references right. I suck 🤔 Poor choice of words
@@gilbertoflores7397 Oh I don't think it makes any sense to mix them up. Pretty sure they're not even similar aside from being YA and super powers. I just found it funny that, for whatever reason, Push occupies the space in my memory that I Am Number 4 should and that other people do too.
Nah it deserved failure they speed ran the books saphira flies names herself and they move forward. Should've had him spending time raising her in secret learning of the dragon she's named after and building his connection to brom.
There was a point in my life where I realised that a lot of movies are based on books. And the first movie I looked up after I discovered that little fact, was I am number 4. I loved the books, and once I had read them, I was SO disappointed in the movie...😢
Yeah the movie was so disappointing, I remember I read the first book after watching the movie and my school library and public library didn't have any of the books only the first one and the only way I could get the other books was to buy them but I didn't have any money and I mistakenly thought my parents wouldn't buy me the books so for years the only book I had read was the first one until a couple years ago when I finally started listening to audible and I saw the I Am Number Four books on there and I finally listened to all of them and I loved them
This book is one I could see being interesting in live action, but I could also see a ton of problems making it work as a movie series, but it also doesn't really have the content for a TV show. Which does feel like a recipe for those shorter length streaming shows, but I don't have all that much faith in those to be completely honest. As someone who read and enjoyed all the books(including the ones after the main series), I'd honestly say they'd feel more at home as a CW show than a blockbuster movie. Obviously, as a fan I'd rather a crew with any idea how to write and direct a good story pick it up, but it still gives me those vibes.
When it comes to YA, i would say The maze runner series gets often underlook, cause at least that one started and ended, maeby not on a high note, but its more than what i can i say for this movie atempt of a franchise
This one hit home, as a boy I was so down to obssed with this you wouldn't believe, Young good looking teenager, Alien, cool monsters, cool powers, neat world building, I was hooked!! I watched the trailer so many times, bugged my mum for weeks ahead of time to take me to the movie....only to be disappointed and sad :(
Push was a weird movie, but a pretty fun watch. Back when Chris Evans' Tvtropes page started with, "Chris Evans is probably the best thing about that otherwise lackluster movie you just watched." Am I a Chris Evans hyperfan? No. I just love Tvtropes THAT MUCH. 😆
If/when you get around to doing a video on the Divergent series, just to let you know, regardless of what you think about them, the second movie, insurgent literally saved my life; I was at a low point in my life where it was truly looking like things would not ever get any better on the work out well for me, and I truly felt like it was the end, and then I saw insurgent, after already loving the first one, The way that they did things in the second one truly moved, inspired and reminded me of what truly matters, and above all else, that you can forgive yourself and look past the things that you did it as long as your truly remain connected to the core of who you truly are. Not to mention that the movie also truly feel so engaging that it literally feels like you’re having a work out and you can feel it EVERY single time you watch it, even nearly a decade later. Trust me, I know that a lot of people to say the least did not like it, but if it wasn’t for that movie, I would still not be here, let alone having a true overall satisfaction in my life that I truly do. Just please keep this in mind whenever you’re talking about that series as regardless of anything, I will never ever ever ever ever forget the experience of insurgent and what it truly did for me in my life. Also, as you may have noticed, insurgent does bear a strong resemblance to deathly hallows part 2. Now, I am a major Harry Potter fan, and I can happily say that insurgent with it similarities did it way better to say the least than DH2. Not only can you actually see everything that’s going on, but everything felt way more engaging and Waymore emotionally satisfying and moving, and despite my love of the divergent series overall, I’m not really a big fan of the books, and again I’m a major Harry Potter fan and loves pretty much everything about it, And yet insurgenr truly means so much to me, and is in my top seven favourite movies of all time, way higher than literally all of the Harry Potter and wizard world movies overall except for the first fantastic beasts which is my favourite live action and my third favourite movie of all time! :-)
Feels like the divergent series should have gotten 1-2 more movies feels like they kinda rushed the storyline after the first movie honestly, last movies conclusion felt really abrupt.
as a former teenage girl and current twilight/hunger games fan, i am number four was a flop bc it wasnt trying and it didnt do anything interesting and it didnt care. trying to capture the teenage girl audience with a team that male is usually gonna flop...even the book was just something you read after you got bored of re-reading the hunger games.
I remember watching this movie on my family's old boat with my dad, and I remember this movie ruled, I wish it became a franchise. One of my favorite movies from when I was younger, and it still holds as a good movie to me. I think part of it was that the action felt better and less generic than a lot of movies of the era, as much as it would need a conceptual playing with, and better acting, I enjoy the flick.
Twilight's negative reception became worst outcome for most YA set in highschool. Most of start up franchise immediately ended like I am Number 4, Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy & Immortal Intruments But 3/4 of these found new home in tv except Beautiful Creatures
The 5th wave was a better movie than the first Twilight, Divergent, absolutely deserved a sequel. If the4e was a teen alien romance movie that flopped that you wanted to compare to, it should have been The Host
I loved these books as a teen and still get a kick of nostalgia from this movie. I know it’s not good but it’s a fun watch for me. Same goes for Push lol
Since you're starting to tackle YA adaptations, can you talk about the Divergent series? I watched the movies years after they ended and was shocked to learn that the last film was straight up cancelled. They did the thing where the last book is split into two movies but DIDN'T specify the third movie as "Part 1" so most likely a lot of people went in unprepared for it to be slower paced and resulted in a worse box office performance. After finding out that Movie 4 was never happening, I went out of my way to get the last book & read it just so I could know how it ended...and there were cool action scenes that would've been awesome to see on screen! 😭 They weren't the best movies ever but man it sucks that they were left on a cliffhanger, like there was even an attempt to get it a direct-to-home release but that got scrapped too so it was probably never finished.
The part where he runs through the woods and jumps off a waterfall was filmed near where I’m from, there are hooks in the rock where they clipped in the wires and stuff. That was very exciting for me as a kid
As an 11 year old boy back in the day I remember seeing this movie and being “Well that was neat” cool fights caught my attention but I remember feeling lost. Feeling like there was lore & info we were missing. And even as a kid I was like “Oh they were setting up for a sequel I guess there will be another movie”
Loved the books mainly because they focused on the progress and other characters as well plus the action scenes in the book vs the movie were night and day. Can you do JUMPER if you haven’t done it already
I watched this movie in the cinemas as a kid and loved it. I was actually anticipating the next release. Also grew up watching twilight cuz my parents and their friends liked it for some reason
I'm surprised you didn't mention the "writing factory" that Frey started specifically to make books with the success of Hunger Games. (Then again I was listening while doing chores, I might've just missed it).
Oh remember this? I remember at the time this movie had ridiculous marketing behind it. It was one of those movies I remembered going to watch with my friends because they made it look so good in the trailers.
Never understood why it was hated i love this movie And it got me into the books, I think people have a habit of dismantling everything in a movie instead of just turning there brain off and enjoying the ride. Shame bc there were so many good movies like this that never got sequels wish the movie push would come back
The Vampire Diaries definitively was another book adaptation that tried too hard to be Twilight. I can't speak for the show's success, bc I guess it went on for a long time, and a lot of people enjoyed it. But as someone who's read the books, they made A LOT of changes to make the tv show a Twilight copy rather than let it be its own thing. It feels like such a slap in the face to the authors of these other books who actually had something unique to their story, only to have things removed or added to make it more like Twilight.
AGREED! Whilst the show and the first spin-off The Originals was pretty enjoyable, my favorite from the franchise is Legacies for trying to re-introduce different fantasy creatures into the show and actually trying to be its own thing with a monster of the week shtick, which is why its the least loved out of all the three shows in the franchises as fans just wanted the same old vampire drama formula. It literally gave us genius combinations like Puck as in the fairy from Shakespeare's Midsommer Night as the creature of the episode where they had a school musical. I loved the show for doing stuff like that as a fantasy fangirl who not only reads but grew up loving Midsommer Night. Legacies deserved better.
I've always loved the books. They might not have been perfect, but I always loved the lore. A few of my favourite characters were only introduced in the later books, so if they ever are going to give the books another try I will probably give it a chance.
I have read 31 books of this series, I hope someone makes a series or something more close to the original material, there's good stuff there to explore
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Funny you mention that Alex Pettyfer looks like he's 27, because he was 21 when filming this when the love interest played by Dianna Agron was four years older than him.
I like how you went from your Disney next big thing era to YA book to movie flop era
I think he should do the vampire craze in the early 2000s next. Interview with the Vampire, Blade, Twilight, Vampire Diaries.
The books go back and forth between the different characters POVs, each book focuses on a different character, the pacing of the books literally feels like a show. Making it into a movie was dumb AF.
I agree. Its could've been made into a film if it ran longer than 2 hours but it will overcomplicate things. I just feel like they should turn it into a series and cast people that look like the book description
Who knows maybe one day they’ll make it into a TV show. They seem to be doing that with a lot of 2000 books these days.
It really was meant to be a show
Unfortunately, the movie suffered because the book was also weak. It was a poorly constructed teen romance that felt like it was written by a 13yo, and then the action scenes were just boring.
Yeah books were good
The main lesson from this video: The Fifth Wave was meant to be a franchise (?)
It was. The first movie ends really bad for a solo movie.
😂😂 I thought the same thing
Well all those books are series
Right??? Lol
There's multiple books.
THE WAY I *IMMEDIATELY* CLICKED!!! This was one of my favorite movies cause of my Dianna Agron obsession and I loved Teresa Palmer too. So sad this one died on arrival
teresa palmer was so good in this, very tragic ! 😮💨
I enjoyed the movie as well and Palmer was great!
Fr! Teresa has been my crush since forever. Loved her portrayal as 6 even tho she looked different in the novel lol
I liked this movie until I read the book lol I mean it's still not a bad movie but they messed up on the lore and other things from the book
You're so valid. I watched this cause of my Dianna Agron obsession too.
Crying shame that this flopped. Because the books are pretty good from what I remember. I read the first 3 books of memory serves correct and loved them
Yeah sophomore year of HS in 2018 I flew through the series. They’re very entertaining books and have overall have a plot that shouldn’t be difficult to adapt to film.
I always thought the books would make a better series, perhaps even animated because they'll need a lot of budget for the last couple of movies to accurately portray them
Oh please finish the books they got even better!! And the sequel series is great too!!
Nah, in the middle, they got really bad, I stopped on the third one, I guess.
@@pontoancora you’re missing out on some good shit I promise the last two books are probably the best ones
Yup, I am number 4, Push, and Jumper ALL blend together in my head…I liked them all though
Same
Same lol.
Jumper...wow that takes me back
all this movies are great good memories
Wow I watched jumper so many times when I was younger. Haven't seen it in years
Author James Frey is a pretty controversial person as well. He's known for telling tall tales, writing a fake memoir, and using MFA students as cheap, easily exploitable ghost writers. I Am Number Four is quite possibly not even written by him. It's possible some executives figued he was much more trouble than he was worth, and that also attributed to dumping the series.
I was in journalism school when Frey was exposed for A Million Little Pieces and in an MFA program when the story about his exploitative publishing operation broke. Watching him get handed a pile of money for something so derivative that was as shrouded in deception as everything else he'd ever done, even as my classmates and I struggled to get the attention of editors for original work, was particularly galling. I had professors handing me checklists of things I needed to change about myself (lose weight, dye my hair, get eye surgery, replace my wardrobe) to be "jacket-ready" while Frey got handed zillion-dollar contracts for work he didn't even have to write himself.
And of course, he's still getting deals and will probably never not be stupidly wealthy. I loathe James Frey as I loathe few other public figures.
@onbearfeet I still remember his appearance on Oprah! Talk about hitting the fraud lottery.
Sorry he made writers look bad. I know how hard you guys work.
@@onbearfeet I think your professor just really didn't like you
the guy behind the "little pieces" debacle????????????????? 🤯
I don’t understand how you do an autopsy on this movie and you miss that - Frey wasn’t just exposed, he was publicly shamed by Oprah on her show. That may not have meant anything to a preteen audience but it definitely meant something to people in the industry
some random YA movie made $150 million on a $50 million dollar budget, opening at #2, WITH A FEBRUARY RELEASE, is nothing to scoff at.
The scene where Number 6 burns down the beach house, while Adele was playing was seriously cool though.
Hunger Games was probably the only good series that chased the Twilight YA trend. So many other movies tried and flopped.
I am Number 4 looked so generic to me from the trailers.
Maze runner was also close enough to it, maeby it wasnt the same success, but it got close and at least it finished its trilogy
@@amendezcastro ar least it didn't end like the Divergent series. The aligent book was already full of retcons and hard to follow at times but the fact we never got the final movie was just icing on the cake.
Divergent series were good actually they just flopped financially but I enjoyed the movies.
@@vicentemariani8730I hate to break it to you bud, but that just means that you have bad taste.😂 The movies aren't good and the books are ALSO not good. What about the story was compelling to you?
@Majin_Koolaid they shouldn't have done part 2 and 3. Part 1 was okay already and ended on a good note
I saw a tiktok today saying that kids deserve good movies too and that a movie shouldn’t be excused by saying “oh but it’s intended for kids.”
I feel like the same goes for teenage girls. They deserve high quality media as well. That’s why Hungers games worked so well. Also they will find a way to thirst over the main characters, doesn’t matter how the movie portrays them So the whole “oh look this male character is attractive, go watch the movie” marketing is kinda pointless.
I was a teenage girl when Hannibal was big. I know what I am talking about
yess ur so right!!
well that is said more about kids because the brain is developing and they can absorb a lot. teenage girls do have a degree of social awareness and can make their own choices and a lot of the time they like movies that have questionable writing like Twilight, Divergent etc there is a market and place for bad shows and that is fine not everything has to be philosophical and fine art
I remember there was a decent size amount of YA Dystopia post Hunger Games, ala Divergent
High quality like Twilight, right?
@@deusexmachina9776 Not sure if this was your intention, but your comment is not an argument against OP's perspective. Saying that "teenage girls deserve high quality writing" is not the same as saying "teenage girls *only* desrve high quality writing." You're right that there is a market for such movies as Twilight and what not, but the phrase "made for teenage girls" is often used in a derogatory tone as a way to brush off certain movies or books that lack quality.
Push is incomparable to this. Push is an great movie with an incredible cast, probably one of the movies I have watched the most. I wish it had got more exposure at the time.
I personally enjoy this movie more than most but I can also see why it flopped and failed to start a franchise. My point of view is not just that it tried to be alien Twilight, but also that the whole script just screams GENERIC. There's nothing unique about any character except the way they look. The handsome, troubled protagonist trying to find himself. The pretty photographer who (of course) has a history with the main bully. The nerd who gets picked on and befriends the main character. The older mentor figure. The badass chick who likes kicking ass. Nothing sets them apart from anything we've seen before and in better stuff. There was SOOO much potential for this to be good. His powers are pretty badass and the world building seemed intriguing. I would have liked to have seen where it would have gone if they continued and left it in more capable hands.
read the books they are well done
Yeah you need to read the books they're really good
I actually enjoyed the I Am Number Four movie. It got me interested in reading the books
Sameeeee. Could be better as a show
@@decarvalh0 Couldn’t agree more
@@decarvalh0 it definitely needs to be turned into a show
For what it's worth: I read the books way before the movie came out. It is listed as Young Adult fiction (teenagers 15+ years old), but in all honesty the writing, pacing, and even character's personalities felt more like it was made for pre-teens (9-12 years old).
So when I heard the movie bombed I wasn't surprised. NOT because it wasn't good, but because it was targeted at the wrong age demographic! Studios wanted it to be a sci-fi version of "Twilight" but it wasn't. Mainly because (again) it was aimed at the wrong demographic; but this time instead of the wrong age it was the wrong sex. The romance in the book was clearly made for the perspective of pre-teen boys. Yet, it was teenage GIRLS that fueled the popularity of "Twilight." In "I Am Number 4" the romance is a subplot NOT the main plot. The main theme of the books was action (again this was made for 9~12 years old boys) not romance with action sprinkled in like "Twilight."
Studios didn't know or care about any of this (honesty I doubt they even read the book), they just wanted that "Twilight" money. Which was the thing back in the 2000's. Everything was to recapture the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" craze that made everyone so rich and famous. From the clips I've seen of the movie it's clear to see that the studios changed the script drastically from the books to focus almost entirely on the romance. Something that literary took several books to develop unlike "Twilight." And the world building in the movie was rushed unlike the world of "Harry Potter."
I agree with your overall sentiment except that book series was definitely made for teenagers, not preteens(9-12 year olds) lol
I remember liking the film, it was more focused on the guy just wanting to be a guy, and the romance being a bit more secondary. The Lore was also okay and I liked the girl badass character the most, because she was that sort of character. It would have been more interesting if they did learn into the Lore more, however, the romance wasn't off-putting to me.
I agree with the perspectives being kind of off but the books really don't pick up until the end of the 2nd book. They really should've paced it like the star wars franchise did with its 'episodes'. The potential lore in the series is amazing ,but unfortunately they blew it
The movie was bad as well though. Watched it recently and had to drop it halfway through. Everything about it is generic and bland.
They did the series so f***ing dirty. Which sucks because I fw the books. John Smith is an absolute beast by the end of them.
Do you reckon it'd do alright as a mature/animated kinda project? I thought the powers would translate pretty cool to that concept
@@KNWBDY.important Mature Anime style for sure would be best suited for this. Especially as the power levels ramp up in the later books.
@@Want300 Bro don't you just get annoyed at how much potentially dope shows Hollywood could make...especially when you see what they actually give us instead? So frustrating.
See, it's interesting, because the first Twilight movie itself was an anomaly. They gave it to a Catherine Hardwicke, a director with a lot of indie experience and a point of view that shows in the movie itself. Then when her movie was an unexpected smash, the studio went ham trying to push the next one out as quickly as possible. She looked at the timeline and said "no". and the rest of the series was handled by other people.
a shame tbh. as awful as twilight is, I do like it. the first movie was my favorite by far, because of how it was directed. the next movies just did not capture the same vibe in my opinion.
The Maze Runner **trilogy** deserves more recognition. I kinda wish they got a resurgence in popularity after The Last of Us. They're a pretty damn decent zombie action binge
They ruined the films by giving the characters almost no depth and not following the books at all. They had good action sequences but as for the story, it was very flimsy and contradictory. They are a book series that that totally deserved a second chance to tell the story right.
@@the-berries-and-cream-dude3rd movie I felt gave them far more depth. It's my favorite of the trilogy
@@the-berries-and-cream-dude like didnt Thomas and Theresa have this weird telepathy thing in the books that’s never even brought up in the movies
I haven’t read the books for 10 years or so but I remember being upset about that watching the movies
I liked the first movie but they kinda lost me when they turned into zombie apocalypse movies. There was a certain charme and just that YA vibe in the first movie when it was just teens in a maze and for me it lost that when they make it out of the facility into the zombie ridden world.
Umm did you watch parts 2 and 3? 😂😂
I Am Number Four? Better than being Number Seven.
Goodness, that's a reference that singles me out as being old af
Nah bro this series is literally everything to me and im not even 20 😂 Seven really had it rough, especially with Hector
Is that a BSG reference?
@@ladyreverie7027 Ah damn, I messed up. It’s supposed to be thirty seven. As in Clerks. I’m so old I can’t even get my cultural references right.
I suck
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Poor choice of words
Also got BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (2013)
No joke, when I started this video I tried to remember parts of this movie, but all I could remember was scenes from Push.
Isn't push set in China though? Would be really hard to get them mixed up
@@gilbertoflores7397 Oh I don't think it makes any sense to mix them up. Pretty sure they're not even similar aside from being YA and super powers. I just found it funny that, for whatever reason, Push occupies the space in my memory that I Am Number 4 should and that other people do too.
@@Jaghit's okay I know that makes you feel comfortable you don't have to worry
How about a video on Jumper?
This is the first movie you’ve covered that I don’t even remember an advertisement for. Wild.
The marketing was great, it used the Adele song, super catchy and I wouldn't mind watching it.
I think that books should always be adapted into a series that way the writers have time to explore either all or some of the plot points in the books
You don't have to do a 1:1 adaptation. That's way too limiting
@@stonalisa3729 true but TV series are better for books to be adapted to
I loved I am number 4
I really liked this movie when I was a kid
Thinking of Bella swan as a manic pixies dream girl is hilarious
9:55 Are you sure ?
Push was amazing and it needs to be continued.
Hay, I loved this movie, and I was hoping for its sequel
This was the one I was most disappointed in that didn’t get more movies. I love the cast and the movie.
Great movie Timothy Olyphant is a great underrated actor
I don’t know why I’m so peeved by the fact that you didn’t so much as acknowledge Timothy Olyphant ??
any way good commentary
Yeah, I should have acknowledged him. He was one of the highlights of the film
@@isenhartproductions2677 😎
Just watching your Percy Jackson video while commenting, seriously, keep up the good work 👍
@isenhartproductions2677 was a big part of it
I love how you cover movies that I recall seeing a trailer on tv for, but never actually watched the films themselves haha
i loved this film and rewatched to at least twice .... loved then ending and wanted a sequel for yrs
I'm much more disappointed by Eragon (2006) not being picked up.
Nah it deserved failure they speed ran the books saphira flies names herself and they move forward. Should've had him spending time raising her in secret learning of the dragon she's named after and building his connection to brom.
@@Sercumference They're trying to say that they are sad that it doesn't gets a second chance, which I agree with.
This was one of the better YA adaptations I remember reading in highschool. The use of Letters From The Sky is sensational. 👌
Excellent soundtrack in this movie! Some of the best alt rock songs/bands of the time
Great job on the video could you please do one on the movie jumper
There was a point in my life where I realised that a lot of movies are based on books. And the first movie I looked up after I discovered that little fact, was I am number 4. I loved the books, and once I had read them, I was SO disappointed in the movie...😢
Yeah the movie was so disappointing, I remember I read the first book after watching the movie and my school library and public library didn't have any of the books only the first one and the only way I could get the other books was to buy them but I didn't have any money and I mistakenly thought my parents wouldn't buy me the books so for years the only book I had read was the first one until a couple years ago when I finally started listening to audible and I saw the I Am Number Four books on there and I finally listened to all of them and I loved them
This movie was shot by my house. Actually when she jumps off the roof you can see my house in the background
Wow what is this like when the movie is being shot just behind your door?
I don’t see your house bro
@@ihatespringsnark1287it was fun. At one point we couldn't turn on our lights because they were shooting
@@kennethdzengedza8978lol bro did you see her jump?
@@roypalmer69 lol that was the joke bro
I could definitely see this reboot as a streaming series.
Don't follow trends! Stand out from them!
Just found your channel
And it’s been so great watching all the why it failed videos
This book is one I could see being interesting in live action, but I could also see a ton of problems making it work as a movie series, but it also doesn't really have the content for a TV show. Which does feel like a recipe for those shorter length streaming shows, but I don't have all that much faith in those to be completely honest.
As someone who read and enjoyed all the books(including the ones after the main series), I'd honestly say they'd feel more at home as a CW show than a blockbuster movie.
Obviously, as a fan I'd rather a crew with any idea how to write and direct a good story pick it up, but it still gives me those vibes.
When Timothy Oliphants character died, I completely checked out of the movie
His character died in the book too
Yeah I get it
I watched this in a cinema and loved it. Was looking forward the sequel.
This movie sucked, which really broke my heart bc the Lorien Legacies series were some of my favorite books growing up!
When it comes to YA, i would say The maze runner series gets often underlook, cause at least that one started and ended, maeby not on a high note, but its more than what i can i say for this movie atempt of a franchise
This one hit home, as a boy I was so down to obssed with this you wouldn't believe, Young good looking teenager, Alien, cool monsters, cool powers, neat world building, I was hooked!! I watched the trailer so many times, bugged my mum for weeks ahead of time to take me to the movie....only to be disappointed and sad :(
You should of read the books, they were really good
Push was a weird movie, but a pretty fun watch. Back when Chris Evans' Tvtropes page started with, "Chris Evans is probably the best thing about that otherwise lackluster movie you just watched."
Am I a Chris Evans hyperfan? No. I just love Tvtropes THAT MUCH. 😆
If/when you get around to doing a video on the Divergent series, just to let you know, regardless of what you think about them, the second movie, insurgent literally saved my life; I was at a low point in my life where it was truly looking like things would not ever get any better on the work out well for me, and I truly felt like it was the end, and then I saw insurgent, after already loving the first one, The way that they did things in the second one truly moved, inspired and reminded me of what truly matters, and above all else, that you can forgive yourself and look past the things that you did it as long as your truly remain connected to the core of who you truly are. Not to mention that the movie also truly feel so engaging that it literally feels like you’re having a work out and you can feel it EVERY single time you watch it, even nearly a decade later. Trust me, I know that a lot of people to say the least did not like it, but if it wasn’t for that movie, I would still not be here, let alone having a true overall satisfaction in my life that I truly do. Just please keep this in mind whenever you’re talking about that series as regardless of anything, I will never ever ever ever ever forget the experience of insurgent and what it truly did for me in my life.
Also, as you may have noticed, insurgent does bear a strong resemblance to deathly hallows part 2. Now, I am a major Harry Potter fan, and I can happily say that insurgent with it similarities did it way better to say the least than DH2. Not only can you actually see everything that’s going on, but everything felt way more engaging and Waymore emotionally satisfying and moving, and despite my love of the divergent series overall, I’m not really a big fan of the books, and again I’m a major Harry Potter fan and loves pretty much everything about it, And yet insurgenr truly means so much to me, and is in my top seven favourite movies of all time, way higher than literally all of the Harry Potter and wizard world movies overall except for the first fantastic beasts which is my favourite live action and my third favourite movie of all time! :-)
Feels like the divergent series should have gotten 1-2 more movies feels like they kinda rushed the storyline after the first movie honestly, last movies conclusion felt really abrupt.
Push and jumper both deaerved franchises
I wasn't big fan of the first movie but I was HYPED to see a movie where Six appear again. Thats was the best character for me.
It reminds me of the 80's TV show 'The Powers of Matthew Star'
i actually quite enjoyed this one! probably my favorite of these failed one-hit young adult novel movies, next to chaos walking
Watching this for the first time today, I liked it. I was surprised there wasn't a sequel. Come on Netflixs re-do this series❤
as a former teenage girl and current twilight/hunger games fan, i am number four was a flop bc it wasnt trying and it didnt do anything interesting and it didnt care. trying to capture the teenage girl audience with a team that male is usually gonna flop...even the book was just something you read after you got bored of re-reading the hunger games.
I never read the book, but I did watch this movie and I can't say I was impressed by it.
The books were amazing, John Smith was a beast and everything was brutal in the books, it was a lot better series than the weird twilight shit lol
You should do Chronicle next, kinda brings me back to the Push and I Am Number Four era
I remember watching this movie on my family's old boat with my dad, and I remember this movie ruled, I wish it became a franchise. One of my favorite movies from when I was younger, and it still holds as a good movie to me. I think part of it was that the action felt better and less generic than a lot of movies of the era, as much as it would need a conceptual playing with, and better acting, I enjoy the flick.
I have never watched this movie. I did watch Push, though. I thought it was alright.
Does it count as Disney’s Next Big Thing?
It's adjacent, it distributed by Disney, but was technically made by Dreamworks
@@isenhartproductions2677 You should do a Dreamworks next big thing then
I really liked push
Twilight's negative reception became worst outcome for most YA set in highschool. Most of start up franchise immediately ended like I am Number 4, Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy & Immortal Intruments
But 3/4 of these found new home in tv except Beautiful Creatures
The 5th wave was a better movie than the first Twilight, Divergent, absolutely deserved a sequel. If the4e was a teen alien romance movie that flopped that you wanted to compare to, it should have been The Host
Push was much better than I Am Number Four, so it deserved a follow up much much more.
I loved these books as a teen and still get a kick of nostalgia from this movie. I know it’s not good but it’s a fun watch for me. Same goes for Push lol
Since you're starting to tackle YA adaptations, can you talk about the Divergent series? I watched the movies years after they ended and was shocked to learn that the last film was straight up cancelled. They did the thing where the last book is split into two movies but DIDN'T specify the third movie as "Part 1" so most likely a lot of people went in unprepared for it to be slower paced and resulted in a worse box office performance.
After finding out that Movie 4 was never happening, I went out of my way to get the last book & read it just so I could know how it ended...and there were cool action scenes that would've been awesome to see on screen! 😭
They weren't the best movies ever but man it sucks that they were left on a cliffhanger, like there was even an attempt to get it a direct-to-home release but that got scrapped too so it was probably never finished.
The part where he runs through the woods and jumps off a waterfall was filmed near where I’m from, there are hooks in the rock where they clipped in the wires and stuff. That was very exciting for me as a kid
Ah Push and its sister film, Jumper.
As an 11 year old boy back in the day I remember seeing this movie and being “Well that was neat” cool fights caught my attention but I remember feeling lost. Feeling like there was lore & info we were missing. And even as a kid I was like “Oh they were setting up for a sequel I guess there will be another movie”
The movie left out and changed a lot of lore and world building that the books had set up, the books were 10 times better than the movie
Justice for Push please
I actually liked this movie on it's time, yes it was a little predictable, but the lore and the world they tried to set up seemed interesting
Loved the books mainly because they focused on the progress and other characters as well plus the action scenes in the book vs the movie were night and day. Can you do JUMPER if you haven’t done it already
I don't mean to be rude but I don't know what touchstone is, rip i guess
I remember I had to watch this when I worked at a theater back in the day and did not like but can't remember why i didn't.
I watched this movie in the cinemas as a kid and loved it. I was actually anticipating the next release. Also grew up watching twilight cuz my parents and their friends liked it for some reason
Doh! More proof I must just like horrible movies. I enjoyed I am Number Four and The Covenant. Those are guilty pleasures of mine.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the "writing factory" that Frey started specifically to make books with the success of Hunger Games. (Then again I was listening while doing chores, I might've just missed it).
I’ve never heard of this movie so this was really interesting. You should do a video on a series of unfortunate events movie
I was a huge fan of those books but never really liked the movie. The Netflix series was pretty solid tho
Push and Jump are the 2 that i always get confussed for each other
Oh remember this? I remember at the time this movie had ridiculous marketing behind it. It was one of those movies I remembered going to watch with my friends because they made it look so good in the trailers.
I watched this movie so many times when I was in college, I loved the fashion and tried to copy Diana’s outfits in it
Never understood why it was hated i love this movie
And it got me into the books, I think people have a habit of dismantling everything in a movie instead of just turning there brain off and enjoying the ride. Shame bc there were so many good movies like this that never got sequels wish the movie push would come back
They could definitely make another one and nail it!
I too was expecting to see a young Chris Evans in this video essay 😂
To each his/her own...love this movie. So disappointed no sequel.
I haven't seen it since it was in theatres but I remember liking the movie at the time.
I didn't see it because I hadn't seen the first three "I Am" movies. But seriously, I've never heard of this movie before.
I saw that in a theater... It was okay. Even looking back now I don't think it's worth a revisit. However I did like Eragon.
Push was awesome!!
I loved the 5th wave but couldn't be a franchise because was only 1 book. I loved this series.
I honestly think if this movie were to release today it'd be huge and we could get the rest of the books adaptations
I actually loved this movie, i watched it more than i can count.. i wish they remake it
This is my favorite book series of all time and I wish they would make it into a tv series in Amazon or HBO because it has the makings of greatness
The Vampire Diaries definitively was another book adaptation that tried too hard to be Twilight. I can't speak for the show's success, bc I guess it went on for a long time, and a lot of people enjoyed it. But as someone who's read the books, they made A LOT of changes to make the tv show a Twilight copy rather than let it be its own thing. It feels like such a slap in the face to the authors of these other books who actually had something unique to their story, only to have things removed or added to make it more like Twilight.
AGREED! Whilst the show and the first spin-off The Originals was pretty enjoyable, my favorite from the franchise is Legacies for trying to re-introduce different fantasy creatures into the show and actually trying to be its own thing with a monster of the week shtick, which is why its the least loved out of all the three shows in the franchises as fans just wanted the same old vampire drama formula. It literally gave us genius combinations like Puck as in the fairy from Shakespeare's Midsommer Night as the creature of the episode where they had a school musical. I loved the show for doing stuff like that as a fantasy fangirl who not only reads but grew up loving Midsommer Night. Legacies deserved better.
I myself strongly feel, the (I AM NUMBER FOUR) stories, should be made into a show series.
I liked the explosions.....Parkour!
I've always loved the books. They might not have been perfect, but I always loved the lore. A few of my favourite characters were only introduced in the later books, so if they ever are going to give the books another try I will probably give it a chance.
I have read 31 books of this series, I hope someone makes a series or something more close to the original material, there's good stuff there to explore