A Walk to Remember

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Summary: A tearjerker
Review: This movie is somewhat of chick flick and there's nothing extra spectacular or special about it but it's a great movie. It's really down to earth, sympathetic and makes you want to be a better person. Shane West and Mandy Moore go so well together and it's a good movie for Christians.

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Summary: amazing, but a tear jerker
Review: Wow. This movie was an amazing one, and I absolutely loved it. While I did not read the book first, I would recomend doing so. The movie may be based on the book, but there are many differences, and the book was slightly better. But movies are rarely as good as the book, but this one would have to be the closest. As a fair warning, though, this movie will make you cry. And I never cry in movies (I was the girl who saw Titanic, and laughed at all the crying people at the end), but I cried in this movie. Part of it was that it touched close to home (I had a family member going through the same thing as Jamie Sulivan), but mostly it was the story, and how well it was told. The movie captures your heart from the beginning, and it takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. I highly recomend it to anyone. Enjoy!

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Summary: I'm a guy and I love this movie
Review: I expected this movie to be a bad teen movie or a bad chick flick. I was pleasantly suprised, because it's moving, sad, and charming. I could just see myself in the characters. In high school, I was alot like Jamie in which I did my own thing and avoided the rebellious Landon-types. I could also see myself with Landon's troubled relationship with his father. The soundtrack is great!! The movie also promotes the values of forgiveness, character, and courage. A must see!!

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Summary: mandy moore rocks
Review: a walk to remember is a sweet sad touching movie
and mandy moore is really good at acting so is
shane west so this movies perfect

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Summary: Beautiful...a Classic in the Making
Review: I agree with the reviewer in Texas. The only thing I'd like to add is a question...does this come in a DVD format of "Fullscreen"? Everywhere I look, it is in widescreen format and I hate to zoom in because it cuts some off.

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Summary: Mandy Moore and Shane West Get Two Thumbs Way Up!
Review: Now I'm not a huge chick flick watcher, but this movie is quite an acception. I was with my Grandfather in the Ramada Suites and I was flipping the channels for a good movie to watch. I looked at the TV Guide and saw that "A Walk to Remember" was on. Now previously my friend Maddie had recommended it to me, during a discussion in English class. Now I usually dont like to watch a movie before I read the book, but I had no time to decide. I just flipped to the channel and began to watch.

I began the movie about fifteen minutes in and well from what I gathered there was a cocky badass jock (Shane West) and a pure and good hearted christian girl (Mandy Moore) From what it looked Shane was tired of the same old hotties and preppy girls and was looking for a pure relationship. But then he met a girl (Mandy Moore) and at first Shane West really doesn't think that much of her but as time goes on he begins to like her, but it's the opposite for her she thinks he is a very nice guy who could be a friend but as time goes on she see's him as a little full of himself.

Shane West and Mandy Moore star in a play one night where they both share a kiss, where they both realize that they are destined for each other (they dont admit it but they know it) Then when Shane West asks Mandy Moore out, her father who is the Pastor of a church doesn't allow her to date (very typical) But when Shane West asks for permission he changes his mind. As time goes on the couple date and have a few controversial episodes together, but of course they work them out. When it all comes to, Mandy Moore and Shane West get married, but there is one problem. A month before the wedding Mandy Moore confesses that she had been diagnosed with cancer. So, the ending is very sad.

I liked this movie because although its typical it is very good. I recommend it to everyone that wants to watch it. It's good for all ages, some innuendo but nothing bad.

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Summary: An Incredible Unforgettable movie
Review: After read some reviews of some brainless critics taking this movie as an inferior intent to put a pop singer in the shoes of a real actress, almost blind (just knowing the cast)I watch it and I found something very different from all what I heard.
I'm not a fan of Mandy Moore even when I have seen her videos and in some way the like me cos she have not the mediocrity of other pop singers like britney, simpson and carey. (when you heard the first word from one song of britney the rest comes to your mind in less time than the whole song).
So watch her acting with some good actors like Peter Coyote, Daryl Hanna and Shane West, in a different role from her work as singer(even when she sings some songs in the movie) reminds me some good stories I had read years ago.
The acting is great in every actor so the script, the only failure is the music (not the songs of Mandy), is not so good as it could be(the credits from the beginning with the breeders song makes feels the movie like anything less a drama).

Some scenes are unforgettable even for someone who is not a fan of love stories, specially when Mandy sings "Only Hope".
This is the kind of film you want to never ends, no matter how sad can it be in some scenes. More than A walk to remember it's A movie to remember.

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Summary: People who HAVE read the book
Review: Oh my goodness, if you have read the book I can sum up the film in one word -- DISAPPOINTMENT! The title of the book refers to a very important event that DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN IN THE MOVIE! The whole reason it's called "A Walk to Remember" is because the main character was in a wheelchair and managed to walk down the aisle to get married -- that's why it was a walk to remember! But, gee, I guess we can't have people in wheelchairs in movies....seeing this movie and hearing that it got good reviews made me sooo MAD! Save your money, buy the book instead!

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Summary: left a mark in my heart
Review: this was an amazing movie...it touched me so much. its a sad but heart-warming movie that you will remember. i can't tell you anything because any detail would kill the movie for you!

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Summary: Poignant, Sensitive Story
Review: Another Amazon reviewer who has consistently given me good recommendations, directed me to this movie. I'm glad he did because had he not, I might never have watched because this movie appears to be just another maudlin teen movie. Instead I found the story to be sensitive and compelling.

We are introduced to Landon Carter (Shane West) at the very beginning of the movie. Landon is one of the "popular" crowd, and he and several other teenagers have challenged another teenager to jump into a pool of water, where he immediately becomes injured. I quickly disliked Landon and had him pegged as shallow with too much time on his hands; his only goal was to have fun. During the initial portion of the movie I struggled to keep watching because Landon's character was too stereotypical and too shallow. Landon is the kind of person I avoided in high school.

Soon we meet Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore). Jamie is everything that Landon is not. She is serious and focused. She is involved and has goals. It's also immediately apparent that Jamie is considered a geek and is about as far from being popular as a high school person can be. Yet, I found Jamie to be far more interesting than Landon, and once she was introduced I started to become interested in the story.

At first I thought that Landon was going to spend a fair amount of time trying to have sex with Jamie. He started his relationship in just that way. Jamie has a healthy dose of skepticism for the motives of "popular" males and sees his advances for what they are. Jamie intrigues Landon. She is everything he is not. Landon likes her self-assurance, her goals for the future. In spite of his background, he finds himself falling for her.

Jamie, on the other hand, is the daughter of Reverend Sullivan, played by Peter Coyote. Initially it appeared that the Reverend was a very restrictive father, particularly since Jamie is not allowed to date. Eventually Landon talks with Reverend Sullivan and asks him if Jamie can go to dinner with him. While Reverend Sullivan is at first reluctant, he senses Landon's sincerity and relents, with strict admonition regarding the time that Jamie must be home.

We are soon deeply involved in the romance between Jamie and Landon. Jamie shares her goals with Landon, some of which he tries to make come true. One of my favorites was Jamie's goal of being in two places at once. Landon figures a cool way of making it happen. Jamie has a lengthy list of goals, a number of which Landon makes come true.

Eventually we find that Jamie has a secret that she reluctantly must share with Landon. Rather than pushing Landon away, Jamie's secret causes Landon to fall so deeply in love with Jamie that the rest of the movie is incredibly, wonderfully beautiful and poignant.

I puzzled for much of the first part of the movie to figure out what this movie was really about. Was it about Landon? Was it about Jamie? Was it about the two of them together? It took me until the end of the movie to realize that the central character was always Landon. Jamie remains the same person from the beginning to the end, a beautiful soul. Landon starts the film as a shallow person, but changes his life to one of purpose by his exposure to Jamie. We see Jamie fill Landon with a sense of resolve that will carry him through the rest of his life.

After having seen so many awful teen movies, it was wonderful to find one that treated teenagers as people with hopes, dreams and goals. Jamie's secret is profound and sad, but Jamie's secret was but one step in Landon becoming a sensitive man with goals of his own. Therein lays the beauty of this movie. It recognizes that all things beautiful require evolution, and the love that Jamie and Landon share evolves naturally versus a single event that pushes the two toward love. I strongly recommend this movie for teenagers and older family members, avoiding the younger members of the family due to some of the situations and profanity. Just be sure to have a box of tissues handy.