A first love that becomes lifelong

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2005)

One of the things about a film with intelligent, realistic dialog and superb acting is that the viewer easily becomes deeply involved in the story. The viewer, in essence, becomes part of the story. The Notebook is that kind of film. You will relive your first love in detail again. You will feel the longing, the passion the pure emotion that you felt. I'm 42 now and the story of my first love could have become the script for this film, as I'm sure could have many other viewers, but I haven't re-experienced the intensity of emotions that I felt during that period in the way that this film helped me to feel. I cried at the end of the film because of the beauty of the love story on screen and because of the sadness of our life situations. I also cried because it reminded me of the unsatisfied longing I have to experience that pure love; you see, in the script of my love story, we parted and never did rejoin. I often think about her and wonder if she feels as I still do. I will always love her.