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a bit late for "Dear John"



" Dear John is a 2010 American romantic drama-war film starring Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum. It was released theatrically in North America on February 5, 2010. The film was directed by Lasse Hallström, and it is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name. It follows the life of a soldier (Channing Tatum) after he falls in love with a young woman (Amanda Seyfried). They decide to exchange letters to each other after he is deployed to the war. The movie was filmed in 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina. "


Again, this is definitely not a book review nor a movie review. This is just my random thoughts after reading the book last week and watching the movie yesterday. 


I know I am bit late for this, as this movie was released two years ago and the book was released last 2006. I really want to read it years ago but for some reasons it's just a few days ago that I finally took time to read it.  And I'm glad I made it!.. :)


I was really touched on how the story goes. It doesn't dwell only to the love story of John and Savannah, but also to the father and son relationship between John and his father. Nicholas Sparks is really good in writing novels like this. I felt the emotions of the characters. I actually cried while reading it. Every pages of it is really a must read, that you can't stop yourself reading every detail of it. There was never a dull moment in each chapter. I was able to finish reading it for two nights only after arriving at home from work. :)


After reading it, I decided to watch it's movie more seriously. It's not because I wanted to compare the difference between the book and the movie. (Although, most of the time there's always a difference between the book versions and movie versions, and the book versions are much better than movies.) I'm just curious.. since, I haven't watch it before. Yes, I have watched some scenes of it, but the not the full movie. 


Honestly, I like the book of Dear John than it's movie. As I said, books are better than movies. :)


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