Amanda Seyfried steals it

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2010)

Much better than the average score given here, in my opinion, Dear John is one of the rare movies that I started watching again as soon as it was over, mainly because I couldn't get enough of looking at Amanda Seyfried. She is such an attractive young woman in every way, but she kind of sneaked up on me. I thought that she was attractive when I first saw her, but that was an under-estimation on my part. Due to her unique and ultimately stunning looks and way of acting, talking and apparently feeling, I was completely captivated by her by the end of the movie. Somehow, over the course of the movie, she came to represent everything that I want in my life, and everything that is missing. (It probably didn't hurt--or yes, it did, hurt, I suppose--that she is as similar looking and acting to my first love as probably any woman I have ever seen on the screen). Anyway, solid movie, overall, and poignant love story, but Seyried absolutely stole it, and stole my heart in the process. By the way, I didn't read the book--and have never read any Nicholas Sparks book--even though I read quite a bit.