The truth behind the movie "A walk to remember"
02-18-22 | Eurydice"Love is patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love take no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes". - Nicholas Sparks | A walk to remember
This line was from the movie " A walk to remember " which was written by Nicholas Sparks.
Nicholas Charles Sparks was a novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist from the United States. He has written twenty-two novels and two non-fiction books, all of which have become New York Times bestsellers, selling over 115 million copies in more than 50 languages.
One of those book was entitled A WALK TO REMEMBER. I can still remember those days where I was looking for a free PDF copy in the internet since I can't afford to buy the book. Unfortunately, I was not able to find one but I'm still happy when I found out that there was a movie about it.
As a viewer, if given a chance to rate the movie itself, I will definitely give it a 10/10. The movie doesn't just about the common love story that we can see in other movies. This movie was wonderfully made and portrayed. Aside from the amazing story plots, the casts that they chose to portray the movie were just amazing.
To my read.cash family who doesn't have an idea about this movie, here is a short synopsis.
Landon Carter remembers his senior year at Beaufort High every April, when the sea breeze mingles with the perfume of lilacs. Landon had previously dated a few of girls by 1958. He even claimed to have been in love before.
Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist preacher, was the last person he expected to fall for in town. Jamie looked satisfied to live in a world apart from the other teenagers, a quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks. She looked after her widowed father, rescued injured animals, and volunteered at a local orphanage. She had never been asked out by a boy. It was something Landon could never have imagined.
Landon Carter's life will never be the same after a twist of fate made Jamie his co-artist in a school play. Being with Jamie would teach him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a surprising decision that would set him on the path to adulthood inexorably...
Since I was hook in this movie, I tried to search for some surprising facts about it and this is what I found.
A walk to remember was inspired by Nicholas Spark's sister. In other words, it was based on true story.
According to Sparks, he was often asked of which novel is his favorite. He can't choose among his novels but if he will going to choose which novel was his favorite to write, he chose A walk to remember. In fact, he got emotional while writing the book because of the character of Jamie Sullivan (main female lead role) which was sweet and full of positivity in life.
He then disclosed the information that the character of Jamie Sullivan in the book was inspired by his sister, Danielle Sparks Lewis. Like Jamie Sullivan, his sister was sweet, she had a tremendously strong faith, she loved the church, she wasn't popular at school, she was always cheerful and all she wanted in her life was to get married.
And like Jamie, his sister was a cancer patient.
She then met Landon Carter (main male lead role) who never imagined to date a girl like her. But Landon cannot help himself but to fell in love with Jamie even if he already know that Jamie was seriously ill. In fact, he married Jamie to prove the love that he have for her.
Nicholas Sparks wanted to share to everyone the lovestory of his sister and the sacrifices of his husband for her. He wanted everyone to realize that love conquers all. Unfortunately, his sister died last June (2000) she was 33 years old that time.
After knowing that this was based on a true story, I got a little bit shocked and emotional at the same time. I wasn't expecting the truth behind it.
I'll never get tired of watching this movie because this movie gave a big impact to my life. This movie made me believe that
True love do exist.
Love can really change a person's point of views and behaviors.
Love is sacrifice.
Positivity in life helps you to achieve those things which people never expected from you.
Fall in love with a person who changes you in a better way.
To give you a quick refresh, here are the links for the best scenes in the movie.
Enjoy!!
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