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“My Dearest Allie. I couldn’t sleep last night because I know that it’s over between us. I’m not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I’ll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I’ll be seeing you.” – Noah, The Notebook
I can’t help, but smile as I read some of the memorable quotes on IMDb and picture the scenes that they all took place in. It was hard for me to choose a quote from what I consider to be one of the greatest love stories brought to film for my generation. Noah’s last plea to Ally is bittersweet and heartbreaking. Anyone who has seen The Notebook can remember how much of a tear jerker this scene was when Allie chooses to read the last letter in the 300ish that Noah wrote to her in the span of a year in order to win her back while contemplating suicide. I remember when the The Notebook was released in theaters and wishing I had someone to go with instead of my mom. My mother is great company, but this is the kind of movie you see with a boyfriend or a potential boyfriend.
I am definitely a sucker for a weeping romantic movie; especially one from Nicholas Sparks. While I do love a good horror or action flick, there is nothing more that gets me more girly than a romantic movie with a hot guy like Ryan Gosling. Ladies, would you not wait seven years for this hunk of beef cake. Back in the day maybe, but now a days he wouldn’t last a day being single. Romance movies like The Notebook shows us the undying true love that Noah and Allie felt and didn’t give up. True love happens once in a lifetime and to embrace it the way these two characters did shows us young adults what our parents experienced and their parents. Romance movies is not just abut the “Hot” guy it’s about two people coming together and what they believe in.
4 responses so far ↓
elizabeth griffin // Sep 18th 2012 at 1:54 pm
I love Nicholas Sparks. Strangely my favorite one is not The Notebook, I think the best one is “A Walk to Remember” with Shane West. Maybe I just like bad boys.
Vivian // Sep 18th 2012 at 3:04 pm
I’m not so much into the 100% romance genre, but in your last paragraph I can see how it might be an attractive genre. I know you gave an example of what I take is one of your favorite movies, but my question is more general. Aside from Ryan Gosling (!) really pulling you to watch a Romance flick why is Romance your favorite genre?
Brooklyn Brit // Sep 18th 2012 at 7:18 pm
I haven’t seen this film and your good description of it has me curious. But is it too much to watch with a potential boyfriend I wonder? Has anyone done this, what happened?
ra125058 // Sep 19th 2012 at 3:18 pm
The Notebook is a heart touching movie from Nicholas Sparks’s famous stories. This movie drives me into crazy weeping when I first watched it. A Walk to Remember and The Notebook both of these movies are not only about love and romance also about life, change and being unconditional.
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