6/5/2002
10:45 pm just got home from watching A Walk To Remember. What was expected to be an awe-inspiring jaw-dropping, wonderfully riveting movie turns out as one major disappointment. Not that the cast sucked big time (that's another point), but the spirit of the book never was there. It completely taken a different identity far-off from the internationally bestselling book.I would like to quote Nicholas Sparks, "it doesn't seem to be the story we grew to love." Though this observation is good at some points, it never quite lived up to everyone's expectation. Shane West seemed the same from beginning until the end of the movie even if he stated he's a completely different person, and Mandy Moore, well, although the role called her to be timid, quiet, and as harmless as possible a baptist's daughter could be, her eyes still sparkled that coquettishglint as if inviting every onlooker to come closer. Very wrong.
Don't come to watch the movie while the entire plot of the novel is still fresh in your head. I was completely cooped up during the entire film. Nevertheless, I can never turn my back against Nicholas Sparks, so I'm giving a measly credit for having a fine ending.
