Noah/Duke ?????

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2004)

Can somebody help me here? Not having read Nicholas Sparks' book (and maybe the answer's in there), why is the James Garner character's name Noah, when he's the "25 years later" version of Noah, the Ryan Gosling character? Did I miss something here? Was it actually explained during the movie?
Where was this movie filmed? The scenery was just so beautifully it almost seemed like a manufactured film set? Is there anywhere where ducks gather like that - hundreds and hundreds of them? This was such a wonderful scene.
Please somebody answer me about the Noah/Duke thingy! It's kind of annoying that you can't leave a comment here that's less than 10 lines long....I'm just raving on here to take up space, when all I really want to know is the answer to my Noah/Duke question!!