7/10 - Eh

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2017)

Okay sooo... I've watched this movie because my cousin was quite sick, and she wanted to watch a romance. I gave up on my idea of listening to Hamilton the whole afternoon, but whatever.
* REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS *
How do I begin? The beginning of this movie is so Grease-ish. Summer love, and then they follow different paths. Everything alright till then. John's father was portrayed amazingly, and so was Alan. But anyways, the beginning was okay.
In the middle of the movie, is where things get interesting. I was already imagining John's father would die, and that made me cry. I was enjoying the movie a lot, and the "she found a new guy"/ "they're engaged" part, was quite cliché as well. I thought they were going to be together at the end, but we'll get to that.
When John comes back, and writes the letter to his father, we all understand he was writing to him, not Savannah. That was okay as well, but, why showing that in the beginning of the movie? I mean, I think we all thought the letter was for "the girl", but apparently it wasn't. That confused me a lot.
What made me dislike the movie a lot, was Savannah's last letter. I guess we all were like "oh damn. She's going to marry that blond dude", but when her picture with Tim showed up, I started mumbling something like "Tell me that's Tim taking her to the church. It's not what it looks like. It can't be" That Tim-Savannah relationship was quite disgusting for me.
I mean, Tim was like a father to her, it was disgusting when I found out they were married. "Tim needed me, he needed me for Alan as well, and I was alone and I didn't know what I was doing"
I'm sorry, but you're practically a grown up woman, how can you not know what you're doing? When John came back, her face was practically telling him she still loved him, but they did nothing for that love. Even John knew it, for gods' sake!
I've read one review here, and apparently, selling his dad's coins was to pay Tim some kind of thing. Why that, John? The line "If you love her, you need to let her go, even if you get hurt, because you want her to be happy", is a line that is explicit (?) in this movie. He gave Tim the time he needed to be with Savannah and Alan, but what the hell?! It was so useless!! He was about to die anyways, and he barely showed her he cared about her!! Savannah was a bit bitchy tho. She didn't even visit John's dad at the hospital, or went to his funeral, she just stopped showing up.
My point is, I didn't like the movie for this simple reason. The "SHE MARRIED TIM" plot twist was awful and completely disgusting, and the final scene is awful as well. What happens next? Are they finally together? We don't even know, because the movie didn't want us to know. Thanks a lot, Mr. Sparks. I won't even read the book. Reviews have said it was awful, and I guess I will believe it, until I finally want to find out what happens in the book that's so special.
I guess there are way more Nicholas Sparks movies that are better than this one

inescid

P.S - This is only my opinion. If anyone thinks other way, I totally respect it.