If you want to like this movie, skip the book! If you want to like the book, skip the movie!

Rating: 1/10 (11 May 2010)

I recently read Dear John by Nicholas Sparks and was so excited that it was a movie. Within the first 5 minutes I could see where it was going and it was very disappointing. The movie failed to capture the sweetness, tenderness and joy of John and Savannah's relationship. It also failed to portray their characters as they were in the book. The book was so beautiful and moving that had the director chosen to stay true to the story, it could have been magical on the screen as well. They were so out of character at the ending because the movie didn't end like that. He also never broke up with her in the book, no matter how hopeless it seemed. He lived for her all the years they were apart, even across the sea at war. There were so many inconsistencies with the book. I really cannot recommend this movie. Leave it to Hollywood to take something perfect and ruin it.