#1 – Yes, I know I haven’t posted in forever.
#2 – Yes, I saw Dear John.
It was 5:00 on a Friday night, and I was at work feeling depressed because I had no plans later on. Then my friend Victoria texted me begging to see this chick-flick. I asked her who was going, saying I’d only go if those people went. She said that they were going, so I agreed to tag along. I was lied to. I rode with my sister to Fairfield, only to find out that there were only like five of us going. It was fine, but all of the people in our group were movie talkers – people who just don’t know when to shut up when I’m trying to watch a movie. I don’t care what movie it is – just stop talking. So, I decided to sit next to Victoria, the best whisperer of them all.
The movie was, for the most part, pretty predictable: guy comes home from the military on spring break, meets a girl, they fall in love (in just two weeks, by the way), then he has to go back, they write letters, her love fades away, they break up, the end. What I didn’t expect, however, was for her to marry some dude that was like twenty years older than her while soldier boy was away! I literally shouted “Ew!”
This was also just way too melodramatic, giving off no laughs or moments of joy or even just a little happiness.
However, there were definitely some tear-jerking parts that were pretty well-executed. The scenery by the beach is pretty neat as well. Amanda Seyfried is a pretty good actress and played this part perfectly, even writing her own song and performing it in the movie. I think we’ll be seeing some pretty impressive things from her in the future.
Overall I’d give this a 5 / 10 just to give Amanda Seyfried the credit she deserves. Otherwise, not a movie you want to watch in order to get in a good mood.
Samstar