A Walk to Remember--Your Guilty Pleasure

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2007)

I just watched this movie the other day and all i could think while watching it was "this is so cliché". There is the usual nerdy girl- Jamie Sullivan (played by Moore) and the hot, egotistical popular bad ass- Landon Carter (played by West). At first he looks down upon her and then, magically falls in love with her defending their relationship against his friends.Yeah, like that will ever happen.
And yet, I still fell in love with the movie despite its predictability. The plot is interesting, although i felt like i was watching a daytime soap opera and any minute she was going to overlook her views of abstinence (this is before i knew that they were going to get married!) and get pregnant before she died of leukemia.
Jamie teaches Landon about faith and love, and you practically fall in love with Landon as he goes the extra mile to impress her by fulfilling some of her goals on a list of things to do before she dies. However, Landon doesn't realize how soon that will come. As they delve deeper into their relationship with some heartwarming, sappy scenes of flirt and dating, Landon finds out that Jamie doesn't have long to live since she has leukemia (i knew this was too good to be true). Then, he tries to make the time he has left with her priceless, and, you guessed it, he romantically proposes to her and they marry. And of course she just had to die, the movie just wouldn't work if she didn't.
After watching it I looked up the songs and bought them on iTunes. They are very relevant to the story, and whoever picked the actors did a great job. They were perfect for their roles and i wouldn't be surprised if they ended up dating after the movie. I would definitely watch this movie again...and i do admit that i cried at the end when the older Landon says "Our love is like the wind. I can't see it, but i can feel it." This movie is the ultimate guilty pleasure with its corny sappy lines that make you wish you were in the movie, and of course you cant get over Shane West and Mandy Moore! If this sounds like your type of movie than i suggest you see it. I know i cant wait to see it again and read the book!