The Best of Me (2014)

It describes the relationship with man and woman. They used to love each other but now they live apart. However even so they're still attracted by one another, having a huge regret for the past. As for the editing, you will notice the unique way of it. It is usual that story goes through with the passage of the time, but in the story, initially it tells about the current circumstance of them, and as the time goes by, the past stories are inserted one by one. Therefore, you will gradually figure out their past relationship as well as the recent ones. In addition to that, it is also interesting that the story focuses on when they're grown-up rather than when they are youth. Generally speaking, most of the love stories tend to mention love in youth but this movie relies on the irregular way. To sum up, you can enjoy how their love move forward with the unusual style of description.

Arianna Roberts This week's featured film pick is a heartfelt, award winning movie from North Carolina that was brought to me by recommendations. Mixing emotional flashbacks with the fateful present, The Best of Me is one of the most romantic, heart opening movies I have ever came across. The movie "The Best of Me" was produced in 2014 by Relativity Media industry and is based on the book which was written by Nicholas Sparks. The best of me is based on two teenagers, Dawson and Amanda, whom fall in love but part their ways soon after. Approximately 20 years later Dawson and Amanda get set up by Dawson's guardian growing up, Tuck, and the two start to rekindle their love. The flashbacks that happen in The Best of Me brings the whole movie together with the emphasis on how deep their love was for each other. The dialogue also shows their love but also their problems they were faced with that they were challenged to overcome. The theme of fate and destiny was strongly put together within this movie. Amanda and Dawson's love was too strong for them to not be brought back together for another chance. The rejoicement of Amanda and Dawson was meant to happen and told them that it really was meant to be. Destiny is defined as "events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future". Tuck bringing Dawson and Amanda back together was destiny, It showed them both how they were wasting their time and they both confessed how they have always, and will always, love each other. This movie was a very good representation of fate and destiny. The Best of Me was beautifully made and put together well. This movie really did get to the best of me! I rate this film a 9/10 for a good representation of theme and a beautiful story.

The Best Of Me is the first Nicholas Sparks movie that I have watched, and after the experience that I had it is likely to be the last.Needlessly over-dramatic, I found myself rolling my eyes at the ridiculous situations that these characters got into more and more as this film went on. Nothing seems to add up in this movie, from the fact that the past versions of the two main characters looked nothing like the present versions (which was a minor area but nevertheless frustrating) to the 'plot twists' that were cringe-worthy and downright stupid. This film was poorly acted too, with clichéd and unconvincing performances from all the characters. This was unsurprising due to the awful script, which seemed lazy and boring. To sum it up, this film was one of the worst I've seen in a while-I finished it almost ashamed that I'd sat through the whole thing. If you want to see a romantic film, there are plenty of good ones out there, there is no need to waste your time on this mushy incoherent mess.

Take the Notebook, rework the script, take a secondary actor and make him the lead actor, make everything a little worse, and what you get is something like the Best of Me. I have to admit I was neither disappointed, neither surprised by the movie. I wanted to watch a movie to fall asleep and this one did just wonders. I was asleep in no time. Still to pay respect to cinema in general, I decided to watch the "rest" of the movie in the morning. Nothing too surprising. or maybe. It might not end up as you wish. But that may be the only thing not predictable about "The Best of Me". For hopeless romantic movie lovers only, or people who are really really bored!