Eine wie Alaska

Had the children not been so terribly aware and quoting famous philosophers, this series might have made it to five stars. It features great acting performances and even though I don’t know the source book, I think that Alaska must be a femme fatale for every adolescent boy. The perfect theme revolves around a field trip, throws a bit of youthful recklessness into the mix and completes it with the punchline you have been waiting for the entire time. So I admit to binge-watching this. Afterwards, it took me a while to get the blood in my legs flowing again, but it was definitely worth it. (06.12.2019)

Purely teenage series are almost no longer produced. In order for something to be created in this genre, it is necessary to add either a detective storyline or an important social issue of the day. Looking for Alaska does not need any of this. It contains burning questions, but it was not created because of them. It was created for the same reason as the previous adaptations of John Green's works – because it is a fantastic story and a fantastic book about the vulnerability of adolescence. The adaptation does not change the essence, does not change the personalities of the characters, does not forget the most essential quotes, one of which repeatedly hits me directly in the heart and clouds my vision ("If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane"). It even surpasses the source material in the moment when it reduces part of it to the necessary minimum, because the book later revolved in constant cycles from which, due to the nature of the situation, there was no way out. The transformation of the boy into a man is even more readable, more nostalgic, and more hopeless in a romantic sense. The main heroine is simply precious, and anyone can be captivated by her, whether their ideal type of girl is like her or completely opposite. Kristine Froseth carries her inscrutability, fiery nature, and almost unbearable qualities, and the viewer wants to forgive her almost anything in the role of Alaska. I got completely lost in this "foreign" memory, especially because the soundtrack perfectly corresponds to the extra strong musical side of the 2000s, in which the story takes place. And although I may not have found my Great Perhaps in Creek (and I've always been more inclined towards the heroes in Paper Towns), I felt exactly as if I had experienced both the good and the bad in it, and my heart was breaking. (22.04.2020)