The Notebook

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams play two teenagers from completely different worlds. They start out just having a summer fling, little do they know that this is the beginning of the most incredible love story of all time. They have their fun, but near the end of summer vacation they both go their separate ways, heartbroken, because Allie's parents didn't think they were right for each other. Allie was of a higher social class, while Noah was a simple country boy. He wrote her everyday for a year, but her mother hid the letters. As they grew up, Allie was engaged, and Noah was still the same heart broken country boy. Before getting married, Allie goes to see Noah, and realizes she's still in love with him. She ofcourse chooses Noah over her fiance, and now they live in an elderly home. Unfortunately Allie has Alzheimer's, and she doesn't even remember Noah. He sticks by her side and reads her their love story everyday just so she can remember, even if it's only for 5 minutes.

Although it's just a movie, it leaves with so much to think about. How far would you go for someone you loved, even if it just started out as a summer fling. Would you build your dream house with your other half in mind, or would you forget all about him or her because they walked out of your life years ago? Noah's character never forgets, and always had hope that Allie would come back to him. In a way he believed building that house might even bring her back, if built the blue shutters and a room overlooking the river. He did all he could because he loved her, and would have done anything he could possible think of to get that one person that meant the world to him, back. On the other hand, Allie forgot. She moved on and lived her life after a few months of being heart broken. She was almost going to get married to another man, although deep down inside she knew she still loved Noah. The only reason she remembered him was because she saw a picture in the newspaper. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure every once in a while, she would remember that summer fling, but she never did anything about it when she was old enough. There are two types of people in this story; one that does anything and everything to please someone, and the other who enjoys their time, but don't fight for what they want. This movie made me think that there's some people that just do too much for others, and should probably focus more on themselves for a while. The other needs to learn how to fight for what they believe in, and give a relationship their all, instead of leaving as soon as their told to leave. I think she didn't try hard enough; she really didn't try at all. Why didn't she ever try to contact him, but instead sat around waiting for his letters?