The Notebook
Description
Behind every great love is a great story. Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love during one summer together, but are tragically forced apart. When they reunite 7 years later, their passionate romance is rekindled, forcing one of them to choose between true love and class order.Amazon.com
When you consider that old-fashioned tearjerkers are an endangered species in Hollywood, a movie like The Notebook can be embraced without apology. Yes, it’s syrupy sweet and clogged with clichés, and one can only marvel at the irony of Nick Cassavetes directing a weeper that his late father John–whose own films were devoid of saccharine sentiment–would have sneered at. Still, this touchingly impassioned and great-looking adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks novel has much to recommend, including appealing young costars (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) and appealing old costars (James Garner and Gena Rowlands, the director’s mother) playing… More >> The Notebook
May 14th, 2010 at 2:09 am
This was a good love story but how can that girl from a wealthy family and lifestlye so quickly fall in love with that boy from the other side of the track, financially speaking? Also when he jumped on that ferris wheel you would have to be a very trained stuntman before pulling that off! Also I noticed the boy all of the sudden grew nice thick facial hair to make him look older. come on now, that is too obvious for my taste. Plus any boy who takes pleasure in laying on the street in the middle of the night surely has some problems upstairs which makes me curious as to why such a nice good looking girl would ever join him, on the street. A lot of people were crying during this movie, not me though because I was too upset that other people around me would think i was the one crying. I have tears to shed but not for this movie. Ok, it wasn’t a bad film but just not for me, thanks. Rating: 2 / 5
May 14th, 2010 at 2:33 am
But great for watching Rachael McAdams walk around in 1940′s C.F.M. pumps and espadrilles. It’s like cross-pollenating soft-core porn with a Metamucil commercial. Truly hideous American filth. Rating: 1 / 5
May 14th, 2010 at 4:40 am
This movie is extremely detrimental to the institution of marriage in the United States:
Jessica Simpson: ‘Notebook’ spurred divorce
CNN website, February 5, 2007
“She made that decision, she says, after watching the 2004 romance “The Notebook” on a plane ride home to Texas. “I just figured out the statement,” she says of the movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as star-crossed lovers. “It was about that moment of desperation. I needed to breathe.”" Rating: 1 / 5
May 14th, 2010 at 5:52 am
i just think this film is good because I WANT TO SEE IT BUT MY SISTER SEEN IT SO i don’t no but look at me I DON’T NEED SUBTITLES Rating: 5 / 5
May 14th, 2010 at 8:47 am
I watched this movie several times, trying to figure out what was so good about this movie. I discovered what was good about The Notebook was NOTHING. This movie did not make me think about love or anything. I found it very pathetic. Why everyone likes it, I’m not sure. However, there was a couple of things I liked about The Notebook… the previews and the credits (which confirmed it was finally over!). If you want to see a real love story go see The Titanic, go see Brokeback Mountain, even go see Superstar! But not The Notebook. You will be bored out of your mind! Guaranteed! Rating: 1 / 5