LoginInitial Thought: Time to watch the final Nicholas Sparks movie I haven't seen that is available. So far it's been a pretty decent series ranging from average to excellent. I wonder where this one will fall with such a huge well known cast.
Characters/Acting: This one has several actors that didn't even realize would be in one of these films. I mean Richard Gere and Diane Lane make sense, but this also has Pablo Schreiber, Scott Glenn, and James Franco. It's definitely a wide range of interesting talent. I felt there wasn't the correct kind of chemistry between our two main characters. Sure they are good actors, but as lovers they were rather disappointing.
Story: A doctor who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn. No wonder that's a bed and breakfast. That place is huge and pretty cool in fact. The only scene I found somewhat fun here was the hurricane. I didn't care at all about the romance. It honestly felt way more unrealistic than usual and really forced. The reveal near the end would have been good for any other film except this one. It felt so out of place and unnecessary. In all actuality the whole thing was pretty lame.
Directing/Writing: Well as usual this is obviously based off of one book from Nicholas Sparks. This guy is rather popular with getting his books adapted. I mean he has ten going on eleven next year. This time it takes two to tangle with his story. Ann Peacock has done two films I really liked though being Chronicles of Narnia and The Killing Room. John Romano wrote The Lincoln Lawyer which was a pretty good film. They both have other films that I have heard of but haven't seen yet. George C. Wolfe is the director here. I have seen one of his movies that I absolutely enjoyed called You're Not You. With the talent behind this I hope to not be disappointed.
Final Thought: Despite the talent here I really couldn't get into this one. I couldn't believe in the romance. It was just way too simple. This is definitely the weakest of the Nicholas Sparks films. It's also just a pretty poorly done film in my opinion. I'd say to skip this one even if you are a Sparks fan.
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Nights in Rodanthe review
Posted : 8 years, 10 months ago on 1 July 2015 07:06
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An average movie
Posted : 12 years, 8 months ago on 26 August 2011 07:15
After ‘The Notebook’ turned out to be a box-office success, the Nicholas Sparks book adaptation became a highly popular brend. However, it still took them 4 years to actually come jup with a follow-up. Unfortunately, I can't say I enjoyed this flick and it turned out to be a massive step-down from ‘The Notebook’ which might be overrated but, at least, it was a decent romantic drama. This movie, however, was basically some kind of poor version of 'The Bridges of Madison County'. It’s too bad because Richard Gere and Diane Lane are both very charismatic and they had some decent chemistry together but, unfortunately, the story was just really contrived and seriously weak. On top of that, the whole thing was just so damned predictable, they even threw in an overly dramatic ending (a really annoying trademark that you can find in all these Nicholas Sparks book adaptations) but it only made the end-result even more underwhelming. In fact, I wish they actually made a movie about Richard Gere going to South America to reconcile with his estranged son played by James Franco. Now, that would have been an interesting story! Anyway, to conclude, it was a really average romantic drama and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of the genre.
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