Behind every great love is a great story.
This movie seems to be postcard perfect, a lesson straight out of the
director's guide to romantic movies. Boy meets girl at a carnival, love
from the other side of the tracks, a date by the water, etc. And yet
the wonderful thing about this movie is that it takes what seems like a
story you've heard already (at least in bits and pieces) and still
moves you deeply. It really speaks about love in a way that most
romantic movies miss by speaking in cliché or over shoot by adding in
numerous complications to dramatize things. There have been other great
movies to comment on love in recent years (Eternal Sunshine, Lost In
Translation jump to mind) but this movie fills a need that those other
movies miss: the need for a straight, sweep you off your feet romance.
Too bad there can't be movies like this every year.
Memorable quotes
Young Noah:
So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna
have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you.
I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.
Allie:
Now, say you're a bird.
Noah:
If you're a bird, I'm a bird.
