I'm glad I watched it, though I almost did not bother

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2016)

The movie is wonderful and the performances are very good. It's 2016 and the plot holds together from when it was first released. I felt the pain of everyone in this movie.
(Maybe a spoiler alert). Though he is a great writer, I think him a plot master, I love the backdrop of Beaufort, NC (my favorite place on Earth), I have grown to hate Nicholas Sparks. I almost did not watch this movie for that reason. He does the same thing at the end of every one of his books.
As far as the film is concerned, it was great to watch and in the end I was glad I had, even though I knew from the beginning how it was going to end.