We were able to spend a little more time at the theatre the past weekend. I had the opportunity to take Maddison to see The Lucky One, the latest Nicholas Sparks book to be made into a feature film. I must admit, this was not my choice of movie to go see this weekend, but I like to make the sacrifices for my babe. And I got to eat some awesome movie popcorn.
The movie stars High School Musical Alum Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, the first movie I've seen her in. The movie starts with Logan, played by Efron, fighting in the Middle East. He does a fine enough job as a soldier moving through an urban area. After a fire fight, he comes across a photo of a girl that he takes a liking to and the men he was just talking to get blown up behind him. The photo he was looking at had just saved his life. It seems to happen a couple times where he thinks he should have died but believes having the photo is a life saver.
The ex-soldier makes his way to Louisiana, the part of the state where its so nice that anyone can find love. Schilling's character Beth lives with her grandmother and run a kennel/dog training facility. A nice touch to have her an animal lover, especially since he has a tremendously well behaved dog. Beth is probably the kindest, best woman character that has been written. She is so genuine to people and runs a dog kennel and is a great mom. She did make the mistake of getting pregnant when she was young to her quarterback boyfriend.
Logan is facing some issues with watching many of his friends die next to him on the battlefield and wonders why he was spared to live. After coming to the town and starting work at Beth's dog kennel, he wonders if he should tell her about the photo he found and tell her why he really came or to just keep working and seeing where his relationship with Beth will go.
Beth's wise, sassy grandma has some opinions on their relationship through the movie. Played by Blythe Danner, she keeps pushing Beth towards finding love and becoming a happy person again. This sort of sage grandma has been done time and time again, but always seems to catch likeability with the audiences.
Beth's ex-husband and father of her son, is a local cop who is also a drunk, abusive person to be around. His jealousy rampages through the town as Logan and Beth's love becomes stronger throughout the movie.
This movie is everything you would figure to see in a Nicholas Sparks movie. The love story is so fantastic that my wife beats me afterwards and wonders why I'm not like that. It will prove to be loved by many young girls around the country, and many young men will be dragged to this movie too. The movie is very nice to look at and to go to for a date, but the story is so far fetched that it ruins it for me.
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