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Dear John, directed by Lasse Hallström, is the latest movie adapted from a novel by Nicholas Sparks and remixes many of the necessary mushy ingredients: star-crossed lovers, terminal illness, and romantic beach side gambols.
Channing Tatum plays John Tyree, a Special Forces soldier who falls in love with Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) while on leave visiting his father in North Carolina.
There love sparks and after two weeks Savannah goes back to college while John goes back to finish his tour of duty in a year so they can live happily ever after.
Terror strikes on September, 11th and John decides to reenlist.
Their relationship is unable to with stand the distance and separation, pushing Savannah right into Tim’s arms, who she later marries.
The novel was inspiring and shouldn’t have been changed when played out on screen.
The movie started off with John getting shot. This did not happen in the novel, but I did appreciate the extra scene of Channing Tatum topless as we zoomed in on his bullet scars.
This however is not the only difference between the movie and the novel.
I felt like I should be taking notes on all the differences, just to keep up with the loosely related adaptation of what I thought was a great novel.
The movie shows the strength of true love and devotion.
The ending to Dear John is more idealistic, unlike the practical ending of the novel and demonstrates the moral of the story.
Overall, the novel is more compelling and time worthy.
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