Rating: PG-13
Movie Release Date: February 5, 2010
DVD Release Date: TBD
Plot 411: A summer love gets real when he's shipped overseas and she returns to school.
Review: I had so much hope for this next installment of a Nicholas Sparks-based flick, but it let me down on pretty much every level. Dear John stars Channing Tatum as John, a special forces soldier who meets a girl during his two week leave. His love interest comes in the form of Savannah (Amanda Seyfried), a college student home on Spring Break. The couple spends two glorious weeks together before they must be separated for a year. During this time they write letters back and forth, keeping their love alive despite their physical distance. I'll just leave it at that for this plot synopsis as I don't want to get more into it. It'll only anger me. First off, there's absolutely no chemistry between Tatum and Seyfried. Even their two-week love affair wasn't entirely believable for some reason. I thought this would be a good role for Tatum to expand his acting capabilities and show that he could emote. However, he didn't do so until the end . . . when I think he had a great moment but went and spoiled it by getting overly dramatic. I did enjoy Seyfried's emotion though as it seemed to be more natural. Richard Jenkins played John's father and I think he did a great job with what he was given. The ending of the film was the most disappointing aspect of all. I don't even know what to say about it.
Watch It: If you want a long, drawn out storyline that wasn't really interesting. The best thing about the film is the shots of Tatum without his shirt (he was surfing), but even then he's not as ripped as he has been in previous films.
Skip It: For a more meaningful Sparks novel-come-movie like The Notebook.
Movie Release Date: February 5, 2010
DVD Release Date: TBD
Plot 411: A summer love gets real when he's shipped overseas and she returns to school.
Review: I had so much hope for this next installment of a Nicholas Sparks-based flick, but it let me down on pretty much every level. Dear John stars Channing Tatum as John, a special forces soldier who meets a girl during his two week leave. His love interest comes in the form of Savannah (Amanda Seyfried), a college student home on Spring Break. The couple spends two glorious weeks together before they must be separated for a year. During this time they write letters back and forth, keeping their love alive despite their physical distance. I'll just leave it at that for this plot synopsis as I don't want to get more into it. It'll only anger me. First off, there's absolutely no chemistry between Tatum and Seyfried. Even their two-week love affair wasn't entirely believable for some reason. I thought this would be a good role for Tatum to expand his acting capabilities and show that he could emote. However, he didn't do so until the end . . . when I think he had a great moment but went and spoiled it by getting overly dramatic. I did enjoy Seyfried's emotion though as it seemed to be more natural. Richard Jenkins played John's father and I think he did a great job with what he was given. The ending of the film was the most disappointing aspect of all. I don't even know what to say about it.
Watch It: If you want a long, drawn out storyline that wasn't really interesting. The best thing about the film is the shots of Tatum without his shirt (he was surfing), but even then he's not as ripped as he has been in previous films.
Skip It: For a more meaningful Sparks novel-come-movie like The Notebook.
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