Nicholas Sparks sure lives up to his reputation of touching the lives of his readers and audiences with such a heartfelt story line. I don't know about the book, but the movie sure pierced my heart big time. I am sure the readers would think otherwise as the infamous comparison between the book's story line is a whole lot better than that of the movie's. Heck, I liked it. Period. No contradictions.
I guess that kilig factor (sort of like love chills) is credited to Diane Lane and Richard Gere's reunion since the Unfaithful movie. Their magic just doesn't go off on screen. Richard Gere is still as charming as ever.
The movie is pretty straight forward. Adrienne (Lane) and Paul (Gere) were both divorced and were living miserable lives, sort of - dealing with their own personal struggle. They met at an old inn in Rodanthe, South Carolina (I guess, since the initials were S.C.) where Adrienne stood in for her close friend Jean, and Paul as the only guest who had paid double the price to have him accommodated for a few days. This was basically the place where all of the good stuff happened. The movie continues on and I will stop now because I might spoil the very touching ending if I don't shut up. So things happened. And then, you should see the movie for details. - winks, winks -
Anyways, the movie's message was very clear. Love just happens when you least expect it. Love just slithers its way to the heart and works around what's left from the previous heartbreak. It amends and repairs and betters the feeling the second time.
Love deserves a second chance. Everyone does. A person might not see how important and beautiful you are, but in the eyes of a person loving, everything just tells it all. I will borrow the line from Adrienne's dialogue and it goes something like, "you deserve a love that keeps you better".
She is right. We love at certain degrees. A one-way love doesn't warrant happiness. It has to be unrequited felt by both parties. The love that sees it all. The love that keeps you smile in your trying times. A love that sees the light in the darkness. A love that is pure, untainted.
The movie just reassured me of one thing - that even a hopeless romantic like me who might have been hurt before from a previous experience is up for something bigger in the future - a love to keep me better.
Sorry for being cheesy. I am a hopeless romantic, what can you do? :P
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