Good but not amazing

Rating: 5/10 (4 January 2014)

I read the book, and absolutely loved it as I do all of Nicholas Sparks books. I think my favourite character in the book was Will because of his charm and for just how lovely and caring he was and although I do think Liam Hemsworth was well suited to the part, there were tiny details about Will that needed to be added from the book to make viewers see how lovely he is and not some ladies man like he is shown to be in the film. I am not a fan of Miley Cyrus but she didn't play an awful part, I still felt emotional with the film as I did with the book but she was very much angry. The film was rushed, one minute she hated her dad then the next minute she loved him and wanted to talk with him, in the book it takes Ronnie such a long time to let someone in, so that irritated me. Also Miley isn't the best actress she didn't play the part brilliantly in my opinion, she was moody yes but she wasn't great at playing the caring daughter. I believe that Gregg Kinnear played a good role and added humour to the film, as Steve was funny in the book, however it did annoy me when he shouted at Ronnie because he never shouted in the book, he was such an amazing dad and I don't think this is portrayed as well in the film. The character which annoyed me the most in the film was Marcus, and he's not suppose to annoy me, he's suppose to be a sociopath and Ronnie is terrified of him, there was no indication of this at all. Such as him stalking her, trying it on with her, a lot and when Blaze caught fire and he just ran off, it was will and Ronnie who saved her. In addition throughout the book Ronnie is worried about her court date for which Blaze is to blame, it never showed Blaze visiting the police and telling the police what she did and how Marcus was the one who started the fire not Scott. This then led a false sense of why Ronnie was angry with Will and dumped him, she was angry because Pastor Harris (who's not even in the film and plays a large role in the book) was injured in the fire. Lastly I believe the actor playing Jonah was very much well suited to his role, very much how I imagined him in the book. However Ronnie's mum Kim I wasn't so keen on in the book, it never revealed that the reason her parents divorced was because she had an affair and then lied to her children saying that Steve left and had another woman, Kim was to blame for Ronnie not talking to her Dad for 3 years. Overall it is a good film, the book's better, but they always are. I love how they added the stain glass window into the film as that is a very special moment. However they mixed things up, such as portraying Will as a ladies man when he wasn't, he was with Ashley for 2 years and how fast they fall in love doesn't reveal small details of why Will loves her. The film was great and it does have a teary end, but as does the book which I would definitely recommend.