Dear John (2010) #2 - "When I think of you, I can't help smiling, knowing that you've completed me somehow."

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Channing and Amanda were amazing! :love:

I think I'm in the minority here because although I absolutely love the book, I think they did a really good job with the movie. Movie adaptations can't include everything that is in a book and some times changes are made for the better. But that's just my opinion :)
 
Hi Shu! love ur icon.

i think the dear john book is great. you should check it out. i think you'll enjoy it. i also like the movie though. i just hate that the J/S scenes were sorta rushed and in the book they were longer.
 
Here's 5 clips from the movie:

YouTube - Dear John - Two Weeks
YouTube - Dear John - I´m Not Scared Of You
YouTube - Dear John - I Promise
YouTube - Dear John - He Loves You
YouTube - Dear John - I Need You To Tell Me

Can't wait for Friday!!

The song by Amanda Seyfried is beautiful:love: She is very talented.
 
[sp] Well I hated the open endingness. I felt that the book was kind of a content ending. With John being able to go and give the money for Tim to survive. I mean sure I wanted John/Sav to end up together but at least the ending was content. The movie's ending. I mean it was just ugh. [/sp]
 
[sp]It's kind of depressing for me that they didn't focus on John sacrificing his happiness for her. That was the highlight, and the whole point, of the book for me. I think Tim dying and them being free to be together again just turns them into just another love story. It's sort of understandable since the book is spread over such a long time frame but when you think about it, so was the Notebook. And the movie version of the Notebook still managed to keep the integrity of the book, whereas in my opinion Dear John didn't.

My problem with Savannah stems from the fact that I can't understand where a less than platonic (and almost fatherly) relationship with Tim came from. From my understanding in the beginning they turned Tim into a fatherly figure and I just figured it'd be Randy thatd they have her with at the end. Because atleast in the book, you could understand how Tim/Savannah happened; they were best friends, and he always loved her. But in the movie I got the impression that he was always a father figure to him. They took out what was completely endearing in Savannah like why she is the way she is (the almost rape etc) and turned her into somebody that came off as almost self-righteous. I wish they'd thrown more of her backstory in there because they lost a lot of her character.[/sp]

If I hadn't loaned out my copy of the book I'd read it right now to remind myself how beautiful they truly are.
 
:lol: It's just shows how talented she is.


I found another video, they have such a great friendship:
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(I also ship Channing/Jenna Amanda/Dominic so I found this interview even more sweet)
 
The movie was okay, but after reading the book it was definitely disappointing.. and the ending change was so gay.
 
Yes Lauren, that's why I'm nervous :lol:

Spoiler tags are [*sp] [/sp] without the *
 
I think the ending was made of absolute fail. Everyone I talk to that's seen the movie but not read the book is like, "Oh yeah, the book ending would've been a lot better" after I tell them about the original ending. So, whatever audience they tested that wanted that lame, boring ending we got ... just, no.
 
[sp] Can I just tell you all I called it from the start when he said the last thing I thought of was you-was so for his dad. I was like at this point either he didn't meet Savannah yet or they had already been broken up so that wouldn't even be a thought. The letter he wrote to his dad was beautiful, I actually liked the way they did the visiting in the movie rather than the book. Don't get me wrong it was beautiful but you got to see more which I liked.[/sp]
 
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