The Notebook (DVD)

...long suspected this to be the case but there's now irrefutable proof. I didn't cry in "The Notebook" and I didn't love the movie. I mean I didn't hate it, but glancing through other reviews there seems to be nothing but glowing reports of heart wrenching, soul touching weeping over this movie. It's my flatmates favourite movie and that's why we watched it, she had been raving about it for months. Ill confess to being not much of a crier in general, ...
...it. Though I watched the movie of A Walk to Remember and wasn't that impressed despite a secret and till now unconfessed admiration for Mandy Moore that even forgives her singing the lines "Your love is as sweet as candy, Ill be forever yours, Love always, Mandy". Any girl that got to date the lovely Zach Braff wins my vote. She gets a bigger vote for breaking up with him and leaving my path clear. I would say something here like anyway, I digress ...

post-it-note 21.07.2006 (24.07.2006) · Read full review
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The Notebook, which I?m sure a lot of you will already know, is widely known as one of the most romantic films of all time & if you?ve seen this I?m sure you?ll understand why. The Notebook was released 25th June 2004 & was received a mildly reasonable response from the critics, however it did extremely well at the box office, grossing an estimated $115.6 million worldwide on a budget of $30,000,000. The notebook is rated 12 & runs for approximately ...
...written by Nicholas Sparks. The film is directed by Nick Cassavetes who ironically is the son of Gena Rowlands who plays Allie as a sick old lady. Nick has directed a few semi successful films including; Alpha Dog, She?s So Lovely & Unhook The Stars, however I?m certain that Nick Cassavetes will always be notorious for directing The Notebook. The two main leads in the film are played by Rachel McAdams who?s appeared in several films including; Mean ...

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...so glad I did. The film starts off in a nursing home for elderly sick people where a man is being introduced to an old lady and he says he has come to read to her. He stars reading from his notebook and soon we find we are being shown the story. The story is about Allie, played by Rachel McAdams, who is a rich girl from a very well to do family. She goes to spend the summer in the country where she meets Noah, played by Ryan Gosling, who is a country ...
...and Noah spend the summer together and fall in love but are soon pulled apart by Allies parents who think that Noah is no good for her daughter. Noah writes to Allie every day but she does not get the letters. The pair finally move on with their lives. Noah gets called up to serve his country and Allie completes college. Allie is soon in love with another man and Noah had finally been able to buy the run down hose he showed Allie several years before ...

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...easy number one would remain the legendary The Notebook. I would easily rate this among the greatest, most intense love stories I ever watched in my entire life. The element which touched me the most in this brilliant masterpiece would remain that, in opposition to some classic romances, this one actually ends happily- with Allie and Noah flying together in death, forever united at the end of their lives, just like they had been all throughout. Of ...
...from the very fact that they never mention death at the end of the book. Yet, what I tend to do is try and avoid any comparisons between the book and the movie. Both of them are special and unique in their own manner. Like an avid fan of romantic movies, I completely loved that part about Allie and Noah being separated and finding each other again as adults. I think it takes a great deal of pure, sincere love in order to fall in love with each other ...

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== THE NOTEBOOK == === INTRODUCTION === 'The Notebook' is based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. It is a romantic drama set in both the past and present. The film takes place mostly in the 1940's but it fast- forwards about 50 years as the two young lovers find themselves much older and attempting to cope with health problems that have caused the once effervescent young lady to lose most of the memory of her exciting past. The ...
...by Gena Rowlands) The story he is telling is that of their life together. Get the tissues out - it's a weepy. === THE STORY === We start the film as Noah reads to Allie, it then moves back to 1940 and a young Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) meet and slowly fall in love. Allison( Allie,) was the beautiful daughter of John and Annie Hamilton (David Thornton, Joan Allen), who lived in a plantation-style mansion just outside of Seabrook ...

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The Notebook is a 2004 film based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. It is a romantic film which is incredibly well presented, and be warned - it may bring a tear to your eye. The film met with mixed reviews, and it is definitely one for those who like a bit of a weepie film. In terms of emotional feeling, I class on the same level as Tuesdays With Morrie, starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The story features an old man reading a story to an old ...
...stories, as he reads it, the scene changes and the film turns into the story, with the excellent Ryan Gosling playing Noah and Rachel McAdams playing Allie in a romance tale from the past. As the film progresses, we see the love of Noah and Allie split apart by other people and war, and with the flashbacks and flashforwards in the film, we see a romance story being pieced together bit by bit. The story is very emotional. My wife and I watched it ...

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...film on Channel 4 at the weekend (I have the DVD also but just had to watch it) I've decided to review it for anyone who hasn't seen it. Although, I see that a lot of people have already seen it as the UK premier on Channel 4 attracted 1 million viewers!! The Notebook is a beautiful romance that still makes me cry after numerous viewings. It is poignant, romantic, sad, hopeful and uplifting all rolled into one. The Notebook was actually developed ...
...a hardcover best seller. The film version was released in 2004. It follows the story of Noah and Allie, childhood sweethearts who eventually find each other again after years apart. The story is very cleverly told as a flashback. It begins in a modern day nursing home with an elderly man (who we later are told is Noah - but in my opinion it is never a question whether he is Noah or not, although I guess they do disguise his name to leave it up in ...

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== Film Only Review of The Notebook == === Details:=== Directed By: Nick Cassavetes Release Date: 25th June 2004 Rating: 12 (UK) Runtime: 123 minutes Genre: Drama/ Romance Starring: Ryan Gosling Rachel McAdams James Garner Gene Rowlands James Marsden === Plot: === The film begins with an old lady in a residential home, a man about her age who also lives in the same home comes into her to read a story, he does this alot we soon learn, but the old ...
...and Duke the man who reads to her does so daily. He begins to tell her a story from the 40s about a young couple, Noah and Allie who meet when Allies rich parents move to the small town where Noah lived during her summer holidays. They are around 17 when they meet, and quickly fall into a passionate relationship. But when summer draws to an end, Allies parents drag her away back "home", and away from the love of her life, Noah. Noah writes to her ...

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...friend of mine gave me The Notebook to watch and I knew instantly that my fella would not want to watch it so I took the opportunity whilst he was working in Oxford to watch it. As a rule, although I do like to watch a good love story, i don;t always purchase these kind of films, however having heard so many good reviews I thought it would make a change to watch something different to the norm for me. The NOtebook is based on 2 characters, Noah ...
...and knew that she was the woman that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Allie however wasn't as easily convinced however when they were set up by their friends to go and watch a movie together, it was then when Allie became to warm to Noah and their love for each other blossomed pretty quickly, leading them to be inseperable and spending ever minute that could together. The backgrounds of the two teenagers was completely different, Noah ...

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...for this review is actually the same as the tagline for this lovely engaging film - 'The Notebook' and that'sexactly what it is - a great love story! Through reading quite a few reviews about various DVDs on Ciao! and Dooyoo, I've been building up a small collection of ones to watch. Last night it was the turn of 'The Notebook' after having read a few favourable reviews about it. I spent a couple of very enjoyable hours watching it, albeit on my ...
...else instead. It was probably the right choice for him as I do think this is a typical 'girlie' film! There actually seem to be two parallel stories in the film. It starts in the present with a couple of old people in a nursing home. The old man (James Garner) is reading a story from a note book to the old lady (Gena Rowlands) who is listening intently. Throughout the film we keep coming back to these two and their comments on the story. However ...

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== The notebook == Runtime: 118 minutes Genre: Romantic Year: 2004 Language: English Country: USA Director: Nick Cassavetes Writer: Nicholas Sparks Actors: Ryan Gossling as Noah Calhoum Rachel Mcadams as Allie Hamilton (young) Gena Rowlands as Allie Hamilton (old) Joan Allen as Anne Hamilton == The story == The story starts with an old man reading a story to an old woman from about the same age. They are both in ...
...says the story sounds familiar. The movie continues with the man reading this story and takes us back around 50 years to a small town where we meet Noah. Noah is a boy that falls in love with a girl, Allie. From that moment he is determent to do everything in his power to meet with this Allie. After a few crazy stunts Allie promises him to go on to a date with him. From that date she also falls in love with him and from that moment they are inseparable. ...

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...romance written and directed in the old-style. If you don't like 'chick flicks', 'weepies' or any film that involves hankies then don't watch this. This movie is, as are all good movies based on a novel. The novel also called 'The Notebook' was written by a guy named Nicholas Spark's. He managed to write this passionate tale of romance in about six months, it was published in 1996 and was on the bestsellers list for almost two years. Similar to ...
...straight for the heart, making it a perfect romantic novel for movie makers. The story begins with an elderly man (James Garner - Space Cowboys) called Duke reading a story which he has read many times before. This time he is reading it to an elderly lady (Gene Rowlands - The Skeleton Key) is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The story Duke is telling is about two young people (17 years of age to be exact) called Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton. ...

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The Notebook is a 2004 film based on the book with the same title by Nicholas Sparks. The film was directed by Nick Cassavetes . The film stars Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. James Marsden also makes an appearance in the movie. The film was released on June 25th 2004. Running time of the movie is 123 minutes.I bought this movie for £5 from Woolworths. The Notebook , comes under the drama and romance genre. This film received eleven awards. This ...
...has alzheimer's. In the 1940's Allie , the seventeen year old daughter of a millionnaire is at a fair with her friends when she catches the eye of Noah. Noah asks her out , but she turns him down. Later on that evening , she gives in to asking , and agrees to go out with him. The two spend all summer together , but Allie is soon set to go off to college. Will Allie go to college , or will she stay and spend the rest of her life with Noah ? * My ...

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...South Africa, but one of the girls had been raving about it, said it reduced her to tears, so I thought I'd give it a go. Now I hardly ever cry at films (Land Before Time, being the only one I can remember), even Gladiator, which is increadibly sad at the end only had me choked, but this.....left me with tears streaming down my face. At first I thought it was due to the fact that I might have been missing a certain someone, but no it would appear ...
...up in exactly the same state!! Apparently 'the most romantic movie since Titanic' The Notebook is a typical romantic film in so many ways, which of course, is bound to make it slightly predictable, but I don't see the harm in that every now and again. I think it also makes it very easy to watch, unlike if, for example, you were watching The Matrix for the first time and you have to pay attention to every little detail. The film starts with 'Duke' ...

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The Notebook is easily among the greatest love stories I ever watched! What I totally love the most about this movie is that opposed to some fantastic classic romances, this one actually ends happily. Of course, there are some major alterations from the book- the two of them do not die at the end, Allie seems somewhat more fiery in the movie, as well as some minor plot alterations. I am usually someone who loves the books more than the movies they ...
...have to admit that the movie is a tad more well-done than the actual book. In fact, both of them are wonderful- but in their own way. HERE BE SPOILERS So stop reading now if you haven't watched the movie yet!!! My very favourite scenes in the movie will always remain the scene before the kiss in the rain, where Allie asks Noah why he never wrote, and Noah replies that he wrote to Allie everyday for a year. The second scene I absolutely adore is ...

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