Archive for November 19, 2008
Can’t get enough CHICK FLICKS! Who has seen The Notebook staring Ryan Gosling?
Can’t get enough CHICK FLICKS! Who has seen The Notebook staring Ryan Gosling?
Purple Vintage Did anyone catch the The Notebook on cable a few days ago? I had already seen it a few times before and absolutely loved it. Ryan Gosling is all I have to say!
R-Y-A-N G-0-S-L-I-N-G!!!!! RYAN GOSLING!!! I could just type that over and over as my mini review of the movie and I know that y’all would understand. Last post I was all about Ed Burns. Sorry Ed, but you have been DEMOTED! It’s all about Ryan right now.
I digress though… on with talking about “The Notebook”. Ryan and his Co-star (and then girlfriend…) Rachel McAdams characters were so real and so believable. Perhaps its because they actually WERE a couple at the time. Rumor is that they have gotten back together?!?! I refuse to believe such filth stories. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Anyway, even though the end of this flick might be a bit predictable, this film lacks the typical structure of most romantic movies I’ve seen. It was interesting to see how the characters evolved and came together.
This chick flick begins with James Garner reading pages out of a notebook to alzheimer patient Gena Rowlands. As the story unfolds, we meet Allie and Noah. Allie comes from a wealthy Southern family. Noah works in the lumber yard. We see their joys as well as their struggles. Though they seem like complete opposites, they fall in love only to be torn apart when Noah leaves for World War 2 and Allie becomes engaged to another man. The horror of it all!
You will have to watch it yourself to discover the ending, but the two lovers reunite and Allie is faced with the decision of whether to keep her promise to her fiance or to go back to the man she left behind. What a decision, eh? One that I would never want to be faced with.
Cheers!
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