第一篇：《分手信》影评 孙雪晴 10级经管学院财务管理2班 201040540212
Review of Dear John
10级经管学院财务管理2班 孙雪晴 201040540212
At first ,let’s make it clear that what is a Dear John Letter.A Dear John Letter is a letter written to a husband or a boyfriend to inform him their relationship is over, usually because the author has found another lover.So we say this kind of letter, Dear John Letter.What’s more the movie is based on the American famous writter Nicholas Sparks’s novel.So why do the lovers in Nicholas Sparks's internationally acclaimed stories have such a hard time staying together? The bestselling
peddler of heartbreaking Harlequin prose has used war, debilitating diseases, and natural disasters as roadblocks to romance in novels like The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Nights In Rodanthe.There are no hurricanes in Dear John, the latest tearjerker adapted from a Sparks book, but military conflicts and life-threatening illness do play a part in separating John and Savannah.The star-crossed lovers meet while John--a soldier in the Army's Special Forces--is home on leave.They enjoy a summer fling reminiscent of Danny and Sandy's Grease getaway, but put their hearts on hold when Savannah returns to college and John ventures overseas for a year to complete his designated tour.Since the story is set in the early part of this decade, John and Savannah don't have Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and other
contemporary means of communication and social networking at their disposal.They presumably have e-mail, of course, but they choose to stay in touch via handwritten letters--the first of many nods to simpler times laced through Dear John by director Lasse Hallstrom and screenwriter Jamie Linden.But major events gradually threaten the temporary tranquility to which John and Savannah cling.A family friend with an autistic son appeals to Savannah for assistance.John's father, a reclusive coin collector, suffers setbacks.And the World Trade Center is attacked by terrorists on Sept.11, 2001, prompting John to consider re-enlisting alongside his Special Forces colleagues.The challenging emotional conflicts of the film's second half resuscitate Dear John from its melodramatic coma of unconvincing puppy love--a self-inflicted wound that can be blamed on Sparks's archetypal plotting and execution.Tatum and Seyfried don't seem interested in the requisite thunderstorm smooches and fistfights with former flames, so why on earth should we invest in obstacles that don't add up to much?
But Dear John demands its characters make difficult choices as it develops, and it's during these messy conflicts that the film's heart--
and the actors' abilities--is revealed.The carefree couple from the film's earliest scenes are long gone by the end of John.Life has forced them to mature, and the movie benefits immensely from their
individual growth.By the time we reach a pivotal moment explaining the meaning of a letter John wrote regarding the value of his father's coin collection, Hallstrom's film surprises with a worthy payoff.It's worth noting, however, that the final scene of Dear John doesn't fit--and there's a reason.It was a last-minute reshoot, a poor attempt to deliver a happy ending.However, I think it’s not a good scene that ruin a tragic ending or turn a sadness into a happpiness.Because the beauty of incomplete is just good enough.I love it!
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