A walk I'll remember....

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2003)

This movie is a movie that is thrashed upon by many, and loved by the rest. I am on the fence. I love to hate this movie and I hate to love it. I own both the VHS and the DVD of this movie, but that could just be my obsession for Mandy Moore. Plus, they were both gifts to me. I have seen this movie countless times now and I can say after viewing it that many times, the movie has many flaws. To the viewers who see this for the first time it is an amazing tale that is (yes) highly predictable. Mandy Moore's performance in the movie is one that couldnt be done better by anyone else (maybe my obsession for her once again), but she did such a great job in this movie and the chemistry between her and Shane West was incredible. The scene where she comes back and says "to death" when Landon (West) asks her if she is scared gets me everytime. The emotion displayed by both leads (Moore and West) is not overdone nor underdone, but perfect. The plot, for a movie, is great, but realistically no. When you sit down for a movie, unless you are planning on reviewing it you never look at it with a selective eye. You like the movie or you don't, and there are no IN DEPTH real reasons why we do or we don't---we just do. So, as a NON-avid reviewer, I liked this movie and I'm a guy...I've seen it as I said countless times and I will probably watch it again. I do not recommend seeing it 7000 times, but I recommend seeing it at least once. And everyone who hated it---watch it with the perspective of you being Shane West. Wouldnt you be the luckiest guy in the world?? :) The movie rates a 9/10 in my book. Because it is predictible and nothing really new out there, I had to slash off a point. The cast was great and the movie was great. Read the book too....