• Aug. 14, 2006
Monday's Media Pick For Stay-at-Home Moms
Movie Pick: The Notebook
(Click on the above title to go to The Notebook's official website. The photo gallery is a good place to start.)
My 2 cents: This film is a must-see if you are a romantic at heart Get ready to feel every emotion possible, grab a box of Kleenexes, and be inspired to love in a new and deeper way. This is one of my favorite movies of all time...in fact, my husband and I watched it last night. It always makes me feel so in love with my husband all over again. I'm reminded of the ups and downs of our past together, and how much we've grown closer over the 11 years we've been married. Noah, the male character of the movie, made it his life's goal to love Allie with all of his heart for her entire life... and he did. What an inspiration to all of us to overcome differences and keep that spark in marriage alive!
"Official" Movie Description
Based on the celebrated novel by Nicholas Sparks, THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of a young couple who overcome insurmountable odds to experience the true power of love. In a modern-day nursing home, a kindhearted man (James Garner) reads a tender story to another patient (Gena Rowlands). The story begins during one glorious summer in small-town South Carolina in the early 1940s. Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) is a blue-collar log mill worker who courts the wealthy and sheltered Allie Nelson (Rachel McAdams). Before long, sparks are flying and the pair is in love. But eventually Allie's snobby parents force their separation, and when World War II arrives, Noah heads overseas to serve his country. In the meantime, Allie becomes a nurse and falls for another man (James Marsden), to Noah's dismay. Nonetheless, he buys and fixes up the mansion he promised Allie he would one day restore, and when he and Allie reunite just before her wedding, their love blossoms once again. Decades later, in the nursing home, the story reaches its heartfelt conclusion. Directed with extreme sensitivity by Nick Cassavetes (son of costar Gena Rowlands), THE NOTEBOOK is aided immensely by the naturalistic performances of Gosling and McAdams, whose chemistry is palpable.
