| Show Dear John proves distance and relationship make for M li R j wI w wi good drama r I 1 o i Loren Teryl Movie Reviewer H How w often do we look at a movie poster or watch a a trailer and jump to a conclusion of how the movie will be Im I'm shallow enough to admit that every trailer or poster I see forces my feelings in one direction or another When I saw the movie poster for Dear John months before the movie was set for release I believe my eyes couldn't roll back far enough Channing Tatum GI Joe starring in new new movie based on t 1 h b t 11 no v e 1 l UJ e lI es 3 Ing uv y by Nicolas Sparks The i Notebook perfect Now I know that I am prone to this instinctual reaction to save myself from wasting two hours of my life from banal torture so I decided to watch with fresh eyes and not w worry worry rry about how situation the plot may be Well Vell I was surprise When I saw that Richard Jenkins The Visitor would have havea a supporting role I was actually interested in seeing this film Admitting to my peers that I was going to this film was probably the hardest thing I had to swallow in my experience of reviewing it When I got to the tl the e energy in the th theater ater rt 1 was like that of a premier for a long awaited action blockbuster This female heavy audience was excited They were dying to see Channing walking on the beach with his shirt off and lose themselves in the love story They knew knew wh what t they were coming to see much like I had my feelings of what was to come The movie opens with a scene where John Tyree Tatum has just been shot while I Ion on a mission His voice over is I reading a letter I he has written to someone he loves i iback back home It was wasa wasI I a little too perfect perfect- I of a setting but butI I couldn't help i t but notice I was I drawn in n Lassa T H P i u Hallstrom's directing style tends to be to soft for the dangers of military battles and conflicts but is just right for the love story that unfolds In North Carolina John meets Savannah Curtis Amanda while on leave The attraction between the two characters is is' quick isquick and very apparent Its It's not hard for one to understand why John falls in love with Savannah Her beauty grace and comforting nature are all open openly y invited to John Casting could not have been more perfect in this film has always had an ability to dive into a ach ch character and and- embody embody- it to the point that you believe her to b be be- naturally of that personality Tatum has a little more difficulty in this film He plays a character that is in transition and is trying to find the person he heis heis heis is meant to be This is more than likely better described in the book but can come TO jrr nr ai i j 1 j f th thI to I ti i i DEAR O t across in the movie that Tatum is constantly lost a difficult role to pull off Its It's not until you see Tatum paired up with Richard Jenkins who plays John Tyrees Tyree's father that you begin to understand Johns John's obscure personality Jenkins portrayal of Johns John's autistic father is spot on The chemistry between the two characters gives the whole story a supporting foundation that would almost seem too flimsy As John and Savannah two week romance serves as the starting point to a along along along long distant relationship that seems to have no end Their letters to each other give one one another strength and prolong their feelings that probably would have dwindled with time Sprinkled with the events of 9 11 autism and being torn tom between love and personal duty this film has plenty of tension to keep those who enjoy a romantic epic enthralled |
