A Walk to Remember is one of my most favorite movies, and a lot of other girls my age think it's a really good movie, so I was surprised to read a review on the film that didn't really agree with me. The review was from The New York Times (online) and written by A. O. Scott. "I'm still not sure what I did wrong, but for some reason I was sentenced to spend 97 minutes in the wholesome purgatory that is ''A Walk to Remember.'' I wish I could say that the experience left me a better person, or that, in the favored idiom of studio publicity copy, it ''changed my life forever,'' but by the end I was tempted to go off in search of some industrial scaffolding and a shallow river of my own" (Scott). I feel like that comment he made was to get laughs out of people (well obviously), but in actuality he made himself look very immature. The movie wasn't supposed to "change your life forever", but instead to inspire you, or to simply entertain you.
"No indeed. One indication of Landon's reformation is that he tunes out Missy Elliott's naughty ''Get Ur Freak On'' in favor of Christian pop. The movie's deep message seems to be that bad music is good for you" (Scott). I semi-agree with this statement. The part in the movie when Landon turns off Missy Elliot to listen to Christian music WAS an indication that he was changing but it wasn't supposed to how that bad music is good for you. I understand that the review was from his opinion, but if the writer is supposed to be giving a GOOD review and going to be recommending or not recommending movies for people, he shouldn't have been so biased.
Half way through the review, i was shaking my head in disagreement at everything the writer was saying about the movie, clearly he had missed the beauty of it, the chemistry between the characters, the flowing plot, and the touching/heart-breaking moments. Then I decided to read the comments and I came across someone who basically took the words right out of my mouth. "When I first went and saw this film at my local movie theater the first night it was out in January of 2002, my first thoughts were like "Okay, I just wasted $6 on a not worth-a-sh*t movie, I'll proabably get up and leave about halfway through, and demand my money back." But as the film progressed, I began to realize "Hey, this is one of the best movies I have ever gone to see in my life"; in fact, never before, and only one other time, since, have I ever seen such a somber audience during such a film. That's what made this movie so special, because in some places, it will break your heart, such as when Jamie reveals that she has cancer (leukemia, more specifically), and when she goes Home to be with God at the end, leaving Landon by his lonesome. But it also leaves you breathless, because it makes you see that miracles really do exist" (ericebac24).
I completely agreed with that comment made by a reader. Yes, it is a really sappy love story, and for someone doesn't like that type of movie, then thats definitely not the movie for them. But for people who are open-minded, they might be able to see the beauty of it the way, the way it breaks your heart and puts it back together in the blink of an eye. As for the review, I completely disagree with it, but by looking at the comments made me reader, I see that i'm not alone :)
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