It's never going to be as good as the book...

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2010)

Well while I didn't think this was the best movie ever, I thought it was a great tear-jerker and it was a good story.
I do think people need to quit complaining about it not being as good as the book... IT NEVER WILL BE. 2 hours is simply not enough time to develop the characters you know and love or include all the events that happen in the book. So that needs to be put aside, or you people need to not read the book before you go see it. I quit doing that mid-Harry Potter series... I realized re-reading the book right before would only add to my disappointment when I saw the movie. Why not be pleasantly surprised when you read the book after seeing the movie?
On the note of the actors, Miley has her moments in this movie, but her more tearful moments I found to be laughable. Pushing "Will" away? What was that? I do think the scenes she was good in, the scenes with Liam where she is happy, were easy for her, considering she's dating him. In my opinion, she should focus more on music, rather than her acting career. Liam did a good job, he was that cute volleyball player that every girl hopes to have a summer romance with. I didn't love the poor little rich boy approach, I feel like that is fairly overused. That isn't his fault though. The dad and the brother I LOVED. I thought the dad did a good job at being funny and being sick. The brother was that great comedic relief that the movie needed. Very cute. "Blaze" and her boyfriend couldn't have annoyed me more, I think that whole extra plot line could have been left out.
This movie is a Nicholas Sparks movie, so don't expect something happy, it's not gonna happen. However, I recommend seeing it, but don't go in with all these expectations for it being another The Notebook. It's a good movie, not great.