The After movies have been some of my favourite Romance films in a very long time. Along with others, I have followed along Hessa's journey for 4 years. While some movies in the set are better than the other, this one should have been one of best as it is the long awaited finale.
As a fan of both Hero and Josephine, I can't help feel but let down for myself and for them.
The majority of the movie focuses on Hardin with some random side character that was NEVER mentioned before, not even once. I don't care if she was in the book or not, she was never mentioned in the films. Why am I supposed to care about her and the fact that Hardin bought her a house? Like...Okay? That character made no sense to the story. It would have been better if the Portugal portion was shortened and focused 100% on Hardin finding himself WITHOUT this random lady.
When he gets home to Landon's wedding, we have like 10-15 mins of screen time with our leading lady, Tessa, and that's it. It ended abruptly. They could have easily made a 2 hour movie that had more time with Hessa instead of this 1 hour 25 min rushed mess. It's such a slap in the face to the characters and actors. The movie started, I blinked, then it was over. I literally said out loud "that's it?...". I would have loved to have seen THEIR wedding and more of them at the end with their kids in the time jump. Or somewhere along the way had a conversation about her miscarriage.
Overall, it was nice to see Hessa again. It's just very sad that this movie was a huge disappointment after waiting 4 years to see the end. Maybe I'll try reading the books to see if we were given a better ending in those.
As a fan of both Hero and Josephine, I can't help feel but let down for myself and for them.
The majority of the movie focuses on Hardin with some random side character that was NEVER mentioned before, not even once. I don't care if she was in the book or not, she was never mentioned in the films. Why am I supposed to care about her and the fact that Hardin bought her a house? Like...Okay? That character made no sense to the story. It would have been better if the Portugal portion was shortened and focused 100% on Hardin finding himself WITHOUT this random lady.
When he gets home to Landon's wedding, we have like 10-15 mins of screen time with our leading lady, Tessa, and that's it. It ended abruptly. They could have easily made a 2 hour movie that had more time with Hessa instead of this 1 hour 25 min rushed mess. It's such a slap in the face to the characters and actors. The movie started, I blinked, then it was over. I literally said out loud "that's it?...". I would have loved to have seen THEIR wedding and more of them at the end with their kids in the time jump. Or somewhere along the way had a conversation about her miscarriage.
Overall, it was nice to see Hessa again. It's just very sad that this movie was a huge disappointment after waiting 4 years to see the end. Maybe I'll try reading the books to see if we were given a better ending in those.