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Saturday, January 15, 2005 |
| The Notebook
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Based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, this movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, is about an old man who reads to a woman to help her remember her past. She suffers from a disease known as dementia where mental abilities decline especially memory. The story of her life begins in North Carolina where rich city girl Allie spends is spending her summer holiday. She meets Noah, a poor country boy, who ha fallen in love ith her at first sight. Initially she rather dislikes the guy but ends up falling for him as well. Soon they became inseperable, spending every waking moment with each other. They were two very different people. They were so different that they argued a lot but the on thing they had in common kept them together, the were madly in love. This start to change however when one day, Allie's father invites Noah over and was introduced to the family. Allie's mother dislkes Noah the most because she only wanted the best for Allie and Noah is defnitely not. One night, the couple lost track of time and Alle's parents were enraged. Noah overhearing the shouting match between Allie and her parents decides to the thing he thought best for her and told her that since she was going, it'll never last. The next day, her parents took her away, back to the city and she couldn't find Noah. She told his best friend to tell him that she loves him. When Noah got back, she was gone. He wrote to her every day for one year but her mother kept her letters, so she never got any. Noah later joins the army during World War II. Allie volunteers as a nurse and she meets a soldier who was persistantly wooing her even though he was hurt so badly that he was totally wrapped in plasters. But after he recovered,they started going out, fell in love and got engaged. Noah on the other hand came back from the war just fine and with the aid of money from the government and his father, he bought his dream house, the one which he promised to fix up for Allie. Then by chance, he sees Allie again, but he sees her with her fiancee and he became heart broken. He put up the house for sale but always found an excuse not to sell it. One day, Allie sees the advertisement he put up with a picture of him and the house, and she decides to go see him. She later finds out that he never gave up on her and they were still obviously in love with her. In the end she decided to go back to Noah... This is when the old woman came to remember her life and she recognised the man reading to her as Noah.They spend a few minutes together but then she lost her memory again. It was heartbreaking for Noah who really did not want to give up on her. One night he went to visit her in her room and by some miracle, she recognised him. The next day, the nurse in charge of looking after Allie find the two together, hand held and dead, together. It's quite a touching story really. A true love story. The movie itself was quite good, not too boring. I recommend you watch it if you are a romantic or love love stories... Cheers...
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WanTse @ 1/15/2005 12:10:00 pm
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