SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Excellent, a Must See

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Just as all other Sparks' cheap harlequins, the film features a second-hand plot, shallow characters, utterly horrible writing (the film kept me smirking throughout) and a lot of manipulative strategies aimed to jerk a tear or two out of unsuspecting viewers. Not to mention abundant sexist themes which even I found downright offensive despite being quite insensitive to these as such (as they were not a part of jokes but rather a part of the universe Sparks imposes upon his readers/viewers).Must watch. Not.

Pretty descent movie....i will not say that it is one of the best movies but also not a bad one..The story of Sophia and Luke is very simple but the second one is mind blowing...yes the story of Iris and Ruth..Luke is a Bull rider and wants to be the no 1 in world..One day at a bull riding event,he accidentally meets Sophia, a student of arts...Both fall in love and give us sensual romance through out the movie.On their first date,they meet an old man called Iris..His love story has also been traced back in the movie.The essence of this movie is unconditional love.and that, you have to sacrifice for your love..In the movie,both love stories go parallel..One of Luke and Sophia. Other one of Iris and Ruth. Both Sophia and Luke are two different individuals and have their own dreams for Life..Both find themselves caught up in strange situation where they neither want to lose each other.. nor any one of them wants to give up his ambition...So,who should sacrifice and why?In the old story,unconditional love has been depicted practically.both Ruth and Iris made innumerable sacrifices for each other and even they gave up their greatest ambitions to remain as a family..and to remain together..They loved each other more than anything else in this world.The locations and scenes in the movie are breathtaking. Story is good..drama is great..Bull riding is thriller.Art is also good to watch...You will not find these things very often in any movie's story line..Besides all odds you will really enjoy the movie...

Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson) is a Wake Forest senior set to work an internship at a Manhattan gallery after graduation. She gets drag to a rodeo by Marcia (Melissa Benoist) and falls for bullrider Luke Collins (Scott Eastwood) who is trying to make a comeback after an injury. His mother Kate (Lolita Davidovich) wants him to quit fearing another life-threatening injury. Driving back from a date, the young couple encounters a crash and rescues Ira Levinson (Alan Alda) with a box from the burning wreck. The box is filled with letters. At the hospital, Sophia reads them to Ira. There are flashbacks of a young Ira (Jack Huston) and his tragic love for Ruth (Oona Chaplin).It's another Nicholas Sparks special. This one is not trying to be quite as clever which did throw me a little. I kept waiting for a family connection between Ira and one of the young lovers. It's good that he doesn't succumb to the temptation. Jack Huston and Oona Chaplin don't have quite the charisma. They are more character actors. Eastwood is really pretty but he doesn't have the intensity or the charm of his father. Robertson continues to be adorable and has charisma to spare. They are two young pretty people with limited actual chemistry. They make for a beautiful picture with little depth. Alan Alda adds weight to the proceedings. This Sparks adaptation isn't as overtly manipulative but that does not make it good. The ending doesn't make me roll my eyes and that's pretty good for Sparks lately. I simply don't feel for either romances in the two different eras.

I'm usually not a big fan of love story dramas but this movie was really something else. Disclaimer: the following part may contain minor spoilers. Through a rather fortunate turn of events the bull rider Luke who is pretty much the epitome of the classical cowboy meets Sophia and both start seeing each other. One night after one of their dates they save the life of an elderly man named Ira. Ever since that incident Sophia started visiting Ira on a regular basis to check up on his health and to read the love letters, that Ira wrote for his wife, to him. Seeing how similar her own situation with Luke was (both came from completely different walks of life just like Ira and his wife) Ira became sort of a mentor that helped Luke and Sophia to overcome their differences and make their relationship work.