Most girls went to see Dear John because they were like OMGZ CHANNING TATUM IZ SO HAWT!!
For those who actually cracked a book (like myself), and liked the song Set Fire to the Third Bar BEFORE they saw the Dear John trailer (like myself), the movie was a huge let down.
Now, like most book to movie interpretations, (Harry Potter, the Lovely Bones, etc) I try very hard to take the movie for its own entity and therefore tend to not be very critical and still enjoy them. As for Dear John, they changed character relationships (from brothers to father/son…WEIRD) and pivotal character/relationship development points. It made it much harder to enjoy.
I of course, did cry due John and his fathers relationship. They portrayed that relationship well, thank goodness. What makes that part of the book/movie so interesting was that you (and John) discover that the father has a form of autism. I believe the book may have specified it as Aspergers Syndrome. But nonetheless, they hit that nail on the head in my opinion. Actor Richard Jenkins plays John’s father and his acting was fantastic.
There was only one moment of bad acting. Amanda Seyfried, please learn how to react better when you hear the news that someone has died. Thanks.
And that is my Dear John recap: Disappointing at best!
