| Movie Review: Dear John By: Tomi Afolayan “Distance is just a test to see how far love can travel.” The book, turned motion picture “Dear John” is about the love story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a Special Forces Army Sergeant and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), a conservative college student. They meet in North Carolina where Johns lives and Savannah is volunteering for a non-profit organization. John falls in love with Savannah at first sight, while Savannah falls deeply in love with John after spending more time with him. After becoming an official couple, John must serve a 12-month enlistment and Savannah must return to college. In order to communicate regularly, Savannah decides to exchange letters with John, starting each one of her letters with Dear John. When he finally returns after his enlistment, their love for each other becomes even stronger. But things take a different turn when 9/11 happens and John re-enlists. When the movie began I was not sure what to expect. The previews I had seen of the movie are what really made me want to see it. It looked like it would be a memorable movie; but for the most part it was the typical ‘boy meets girl’ movie. It definitely had a really sweet storyline, but it was very predictable; I did not really find myself caught off guard until towards the end of the movie. Although it was predictable, the actors definitely delivered. It seems that the directors chose the perfect people to fill the roles of John and Savannah. Channing Tatum (John) has played roles similar to the one he played in “Dear John”. For example in “Step Up,” he was the somewhat ‘bad’ boy who meets the ‘nice’ girl and they end up falling for each other. Amanda Syfried (Savannah) was also a very believable character; she definitely lived up to her role. If you are into romantic movies this would be a good movie to check out; but just know that it is no ‘Notebook.’ Despite the predictability I enjoyed this for its message, because it really did show “how far love can travel.” |
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