Spoiled.

Dear John,

This is my first letter to you. I find you (the movie) just mediocre, but you (Channing Tatum) oh so handsome. John, you yet again wow me with your shirtless scenes and your endearing smile. Your acting on the otherhand needs some improvement as evident by your work on G.I. Joe. I promise your acting abilities will not deter me or the millions of other females and their boyfriends from watching your upcoming films. I promise I will continue to swoon over you to whomever my movie-watching companion may be. I'll see you soon.

-Linda

I love brunching on Saturdays. There's nothing better than being able to wake up late, crawl out of bed, and grab coffee and food at Empire Cafe with some good friends. What better a way to kill a couple of hours before Ny's flight to NOLA than to watch a movie. Dear John, the film that was adapted from the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same title, was my ultimate choice, of course. spoilers ahead..

The movie started out with John, an army solider, wounded in battle. He speaks of his last thoughts before he blackouts. Of course knowing that this is a Nicholas Sparks' creation, we assume John is referring to his love, Amanda Seyfried or Savannah as she is dubbed in the movie. Their world-wind romance starts off sweet and awkward. Ugggh. I'm so jealous at this point. (Oh how I wish it were me that Channing was falling for!) They continue to write as John is on his tour of duty and she is attending college. But of course, all fairy tales have their troubles. Although he is torn for his love of Savannah, he reenlists to serve our country after 911. Soon after, we find out that Savannah hasn't been writing to John on a regular basis. He's devastated when he finally receives a letter from her telling him that she's moved on and soon to be married. John continues to tour all over the world to forget his heartache. He's brought back home because his father has had a stroke and is dying. (John and his dad have a strained relationship and hardly ever talk.) Before it's too late, John decides to write a letter to his father telling him everything that was unspoken betweeen them. We find out that John's thoughts after being wounded weren't about Savannah at all, but of his father! The tears I was trying to hold back are now flowing. The movie ends with John trying to resolve his friendship/relationship with an already married Savannah.

I left the movie somewhat disappointed saying I'm not a fan of Nicholas Sparks since I also feel as though "The Notebook" was just good and not great. But as I did research on the movie, I find out that Sparks wrote "The Message in the Bottle" which is one of my favorite love story-turned-movie of all time. He also wrote "Nights of Rodanthe" and "A Walk to Remember" which both made cry my face swollen. I guess I am a fan afterall. Oh boy, do I feel bad for the person that watches "Last Song" with me.