Book = 5 stars, Movie = -29 stars :-(

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2002)

I read A Walk to Remember about 2 years ago, and thought, "Hey, this would make a good movie if they thought about it." When I heard they were making a movie, I was very excited. When I heard Mandy Moore was in it, my excitement dropped by about 20%. When I saw the previews for it, my excitement dropped to about 25%. I knew it had to be bad because, while it is supposed to be set in the 50's, Jamie is carrying a JanSport backpack!!! While I contained a large resentment for the crap-tastic film being made, I still had the desire to see how well they managed to butcher the book. "Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks". Where have I heard this? Oh, I remember. It was during the previews for the movie which raped and pillaged the novel by Nicholas Sparks. Let us get some things straight. The opening scene is entirely incorrect, the time period is incorrect, the casting was incorrect, the play was incorrect, the "quote" for the movie (she was misunderstood, blah, blah, blah) was incorrect. Is there anything in this movie that is correct. Let's try...the names of the characters and the disease she is dying from. The book A Walk to Remember was served a great injustice.