It is always good to look at things with an unbiased and non judgemental view. In the movie The Notebook we find ourselves getting a voyeuristic look at true old fashioned, unconditional love at all its glorious stages. We first meet Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) as young teenagers just being introduced to a taste of love, then it takes us to the development and growth of love and finally to the point of blossom.
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Though this movie may be hands down one of the best love stories ever portrayed, it did take its time to address one of the most common misconceptions made in life and in love. Can people from different world's survive and sustain love? Noah and Allie prove with this passionate love story that nothing beats love.
Noah was a young labourer who worked in a lumber yard whereas Allie was the daughter of some very rich powerful parents. There was a clear and very bold line highlighting not only their socio economic backgrounds but also the experiences that shaped their personalities.
Noah was a labourer and Allie was a carefree happy go lucky typical rich teenager with no problems. The movie was set in a day way before the creation of mainstream technology so Allie's greatest concern was probably some mud on her brand new shoes. Also because Noah was of the working class he would have an appreciation for working hard to get the things that he wanted and I think this is why he pursued Allie so tirelessly.
The best part about this movie is that the actors and the script of this production make the story BELIEVABLE!!!!!! The thing that turns me off in a movie most is the fact that you cannot relate to or believe in what the actors are saying or portraying. The acting of Noah and Allie in this movie made go "Awww I wish that was me" quite a number of times.
There was one particular scene in the movie that truly touched something in me. Allie and Noah are clearly at a crossroads in their relationship. Allie is grappling with the feeling of a lost love and also a new love found with Lon (James Marsden) her Fiance' and is clearly looking for answers from Noah.
The movie really raises the bar in the way that they tell the story of Noah and Allie as it is not unfolding in front the viewers eyes but rather being retold through the memory of an old lady who is suffering from Alzheimer's. If I hadn't looked at this movie a hundred times before, I'm sure that after looking at that scene I would have been intrigued to watch more.
This movie in my view is a great example of what happens when you follow your heart wholly and solely despite all obstacles in your way. This is one of the greatest love stories ever told with two of the greatest actors to ever enter Hollywood.
THE NOTEBOOK IN ONE MINUTE
The Notebook is a romantic drama directed by Nick Cassavetes and released in 2004. The movie is told as a great love story being read by Duke (James Graner) to an elderly Alzheimer's patient Allie Calhoun (Gena Rowlands). The entire movie flashes back and forth between the early 1940's and present day in the Nursing home.
It follows the lives of two star crossed lovers Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel Mc Adams). Throughtout the entire movie we see what appears to be the life of Allie the patient and Noah; the love of her life. We see them battling odds to be together, challenging Allie's strict classist mother and even enduring time and space to be together.
The excerpts that are being read to Allie by Duke at certain points in the movie seem to jog her memory on something that once was. In the flashbacks to the years surrounding 1940 we see a young vibrant Allie both in and out of love. We see her find love with Noah, move away from the same love with Noah, find love with Lon, rediscover her love for Noah and finally give up her love for Lon to be happy with Noah forever.
Though my summary may seem to make this movie clear cut and to the point it actually is not. It engages your mind, your heart and most of your senses. It takes us on a fantastic journey that we otherwise may not would have experienced first hand.
If you want to see first hand what is undying, unwavering, persistent, till death do us part love, this is the movie for you. Definitely in my top five favourite love stories of all times.
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