Yes, I am a straight man, and yes, it is true, I love The Notebook. It is easily my favorite romantic movie and I like most of Nicholas Sparks' film adaptations (minus Dear John, don't get me started on that). That being said I was excited to get to see this film in advance so I could tell people about it before it even came out.
The Best of Me fell way short of the typical Sparks adaptations. It was so cheesy it hurt to watch. Sure this is the way most romance movies are done now, but at least most films find a way to do them more discretely. Some of the lines were so blatantly stupid that I just couldn't help but laugh, even when all of the older women around me were bawling their eyes out.
The story and acting were just okay, nothing new really, other than a few twists that were poorly executed. Maybe it didn't help that I had just seen Gone Girl the night before, but still the film was just cheesy and bland and I expected something much better.
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