Beautiful Classic Love Story

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2004)

I thought this was a wonderful love story. It was beautifully portrayed and the acting was excellent. However, I would be amiss if I didn't point out how disappointed I was that the movie was not like the book. They left out some very important parts. The fact that Noah went away and worked in NY for 7 years. I thought that would prove how much more of a man Noah was. I felt the movie made him inferior to Lon on purpose. In the book Noah & Lon were even. Noah inherited money from his former boss, but chose to invest it in fixing up the house. And Lon made a lot of money as a lawyer but chose to keep long working hours and not spend the money on Ally. The movie showed Noah as a poor guy that worked at the lumber yard and had very little of anything. I thought this was one vital missing part. Had I not read the book a year ago I probably would have loved the movie just fine, but when you see other sides it's kinda hard to ignore them.