jacknchicken

This movie has themes that almost completely differ from my own beliefs. Do you remember as a little kid the color wheel that they taught you, as if everyone in life was to become a natural painter? Well, if I was red, this movie would be a teal sort of green. A Walk to Remember features a) a high dosage of Christian faith, b) a celebration of teenage marriage, and c) Mandy Moore. I'm not sure why no one shot me before the movie started, because they should have. The only reason I didn't give this movie a 1 out of 10 is because of the inclusion of two New Radicals songs on the soundtrack. To say that Mandy Moore's acting was stiff would imply some sort of action (a derivative of emotion). Mandy Moore's acting was ... nothing. It was nothing! There is no adjective to describe how bland she was. There are also several characters who are completely unnecessary, like the ex girlfriend and Shane West's father. I don't know, maybe they're in the book or something.

You can tell that director Sean Lorton aspires to be not just a Hollywood filmmaker, but an incredibly average Hollywood filmmaker. Ghost of the Red Rose, winner of the Oklahoma Territory Film Council's annual IndieFest for 2002, is predictable at every turn. The heroine, Rachel works at a library in Tulsa and, oh no, there's a killer on the loose. Every female employee must be escorted to their car and suffer trite and typical chastising from a beefy rent-a-cop. But Rachel sees an image of a cape-wearing ghost from a couple of centuries ago who we later find out is looking for an old love, and I'm pretty sure you can figure the rest out. It does look good for something made in Oklahoma, but it sounds like it was written by, well, someone in Oklahoma.

I started watching the movie, and it moved so slowly. By the end of the movie, i was emotionally connected with the characters and i almost cried. I have never cried at a movie before (almost at Life is Beautiful, but thats another story). You just have to get out of the MTV-rapid-cutting mindset, and live with a story told from a camera located on the ground.