This movie mesmorzied me the first time I saw it, 13 years ago ago and to this day - nothing's changed !

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2017)

I just read a couple of the bad reviews of the people that "hated" this movie and I'm complety shocked and I just had to write my review.
The first time I watched this movie, I was maybe 12-13 years old and since then I have watched it countless times and I've still stayed memorized by this movie to this day. I am a 26 year old female and this movie is on my top 3 list of favorite movies.
I admit that there are a few flaws in this movie like the fact everything happens so fast.
First, out of the blue - Landon asks Jamie to help him with his lines even though up to that point, he ignored her and made fun of her. There's probably somebody else he can ask for help, but it just had to be Jamie - the girl that's just the complete opposite of everything he is and does.
Second - just after spending a little bit of time with her, he realizes that he loves and he's willing to fight with his friends and not speak to them because of her (even thought I applaud the way he stood up for her in the cafeteria when he punched his friend for sending half-naked pictures of Jamie around school).
And third - barely legal, Landon proposes to Jamie even though she's going to die. I mean, I understand that he loves her so much that he wants to make all her wishes come true and help her fulfil her "list" but marriage just out of high school?! Not that believable. I mean this isn't some third-world country where you get married at the age of 12.
But in-spite of the few flaws this movie has, it has so many more amazing things about it.
I loved that Landon asks Jamie's father if could take her out after Jamie told him that she wasn't allowed to date. I loved the way he helped her fulfil her list by taking her to the border and showing her that she can be in two places at once or giving her a sticker-tattoo..just simplifying everything and making her realize that things aren't as hard as she may have made them out to be.
Maybe somebody will say that this movie is corny and lame and a cliché and maybe it is but that fact that this movie shows that complete transformation of a young bad-boy who doesn't care about anything or anybody up until he his in close range with a girl he's known his entire life, but never befriended.
She shows him the simplicity of life. The believing in God. The goodness a person can have inside them in-spite of the bad that others throw at them.
This movie mesmerized me because you see a young boy transforming into a grown young man just by befriending a girl that's different from him.
She shows him all the simple, beautiful things in life and you realize that one person can make a difference in someone's life.
What would have happen to Landon if he never befriended Jamie? Would he have made up with his father? Would he have gone to college or gotten into medical school?!
I highly recommend this movie.