Why is this movie sad?

Rating: 7/10 (22 February 2005)

This is a good movie, don't get me wrong. But its not sad because its romantic. Its sad because the end of the movie revolved around watching older people's lives fall apart. I'm sure anyone who has parents can relate to the fear of knowing they have fewer days ahead then they have behind. Now take some people in their later years and show their lives falling apart, well of course people are going to cry. Its a terrible thing. Tacking on flashbacks full of a moderately interesting love story is just a con into making people think this is one of the most romantic movie of all time. It is romantic, but so are lots of other movies. THIS movie just wanted to make you cry. So I'd compare it to watching a love story, then showing someone drown a bag of puppies. That would be sad too.
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