Worst adaptation ever

Rating: 3/10 (3 February 2006)

Wow ... could be the absolute worst adaptation ever. The movie itself, was probably OK, but only if you could get by the fact that the story was totally different. Characters' personalities were changed, essential plot elements were changed ... In fact, it should have been called "Not the Notebook." Noah went from a shy, hardworking southern gentleman to I don't know what. He did nothing to "earn" Allie's love in this movie. Allie went from a somewhat ignored, sympathetic fiancée to a plain and simple pathetic cheater. Geez, what a disappointment. What about what made the lovers special? Where's that in this movie? The screenplay removed every single piece of motivation possible. And what was up with changing the nature of Noah's relationship with his father, not to mention the father's character entirely? This was one instance they should have left the book alone and written the screenplay from it completely. It didn't need changing, much less ruining.
Adaptation? How about remarkably bad re-write instead?