Now, for starters, I'm actually a fan of the book that this film was based on, which is why its a shame the film turned into total drivel. I do believe that no film on my list screams "Shitty Hollywood No Substance Piece of Fluff" louder than this one. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are two very talented actors who are left with next to nothing to work with in this horrid adaptation that basically pukes all over what Nicholas Sparks was trying to get across in his novel. It also manages to do this in grand fashion and does it for a lengthy two hours to boot...oh joy. Let's examine some of the incredible dialogue this film has to offer in a scene known as "The Kiss".....
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You know what the best part about that scene is? The comment on the YouTube page for it that says "this reminds me of the time i've never kissed a girl
((((((((((". The reason for that should be obvious, the writer there managed to entertain me more in one line than The Notebook managed to do in two hours. Seriously, I am not bagging on this simply because its a "chick flick" because as I've said before, I don't mind them. What I do mind is being downright insulted by stereotypical and maudlin stories that fail to provoke even the slightest emotion in me. The fact that people were fooled by this bullshit to the tune of a $115 million box office take would be funny if it weren't so sad.
Thankfully though, there was a great romantic film released the following year that did choose to challenge its audience and it was rewarded by earning more money than this. That film was Brokeback Mountain, certainly more deserving of praise than this garbage. If it takes two gay cowboys to wash the taste of this crap out of your mouth, you know it had to be pretty rank to start.
Next up, a musical journey.
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