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Sarah's avatar

you practically summed up my ted talk on why i have a hard time enjoying movies now a days. I have an "earnest" meter and rarely do "contemporary" films meet my criteria. Lovely post. :)

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

This was a perfect summary of this movie, so much so that I saved it in my inbox for the last two months and would go back to reread it sometimes, which is partly why it has taken me so long to tell you that I went to see this in the theaters when it came out, and there was a guy sitting behind me clearly on a date and clearly one of those "fine, I'll go see your stupid romcom" situations, and he FARTED LOUDLY during the quietest, most heartfelt moment with Mandy Moore in the hospital and his date was so pissed and for the sake of feminism I will say I was ALSO very annoyed at this jabroni but in the moment I was just human and so I did laugh when he farted and couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the movie.

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Kerry Winfrey's avatar

I laughed out loud reading this comment! What a perfect movie theater moment. Nicole Kidman should talk about THIS in her AMC promos!

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The Overthinkist's avatar

Oh my gosh, this brings back memories of my youth and how everyone my age was crazy over this movie. I confess I didn't like it so much because someone with intense stalker vibes towards me said he loved it to death. I was like, ugh, no thanks.

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Erin Smith's avatar

I laughed so hard reading this; perfectly encompasses this absolutely insane movie and I still love it. FWIW, 17 year old me thought the "be two places at once"/state line thing was, like, so profound and romantic 🫠

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Catherine Knight's avatar

I still think about the fact that his sister's death from breast cancer inspired this story, and his wife's grandparents inspired The Notebook. I stand by my belief that Nicholas Sparks has a jar of places/characters/plot points he pulls out to mad libs his books. Small town North Carolina, Car accident, cancer, military service, boating accident, real big storm, absent father, dead spouse, Christianity, single parent, troubled young man, etc. etc.

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Jennifer's avatar

We had a great summer and then she died??? The big question is, did she REALLY want to get married or did she just want to have sex without it being "sinful" and escape all the purity culture BS? I hope she had some decent sex at least. Honestly not trying to be too flippant re: a dying teenager but, as a teenager, I thought about sex a lot more than marriage.

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Tameka's avatar

Nothing in this movie makes any sense, yet somehow I was completely enchanted by it and it remains a favorite. 😂

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Myria Reed's avatar

I also never watched this movie back then. I can safely say I probably never will because this was such a great breakdown. ❤️

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