Beautiful Story and Well Acted

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2010)

I thought this movie was amazing. I saw it when it first came out and just rewatched it now. I looked up the reviews it received, more curious about those the second time around as I admit I was part of its targeted teen audience the first time around, and was shocked by how badly received it was by critics! These guys must go around eating puppies. Sure, parts were a little sappy but I wouldn't say that they were Cheesy. And yeah, there were Christian undertones but not the kind that don't transcend the religion. The only piece of scripture I noticed that they drew reference to was the scripture about love from Corinthians. I'm not even Christian (although I'm not Against Christianity) and I have this quote framed on my wall. It's beautiful and evolved. For those who want to turn their nose up on anything Christian, you're missing out on some pretty advanced thinking in some instances in my opinion. I read a lot of criticism that the movie is unrealistic to how a male would really act by a lot of jaded, cynical women and I wonder if they know that this is based off of a novel by a Man - Nicholas Sparks - who based it off of a True story involving his own sister. If you're content finding happiness in buying things, wallowing in the shallow, bashing anything with heart and somehow acting like those things are evolved than this movie probably isn't for you. No, you don't have to be a Conservative or a Christian to enjoy this movie. Just a believer in love and the human spirit, a believer that we are more than consumers, physical pleasure obsessed animals or individuals with aloof power complexes whose purpose is nothing more than to outsnob others. Mandy Moore was truly amazing in this piece as well. I think it was altogether wonderfully inspirational. Inspiration doesn't usually come from the mediocre, it comes from the extraordinary beliefs of great people who see what could be. Who cares if this probably wouldn't happen Usually in real life. It was a piece about a "miracle."