see you soon

Eryn 2022-03-24 09:01:42

I read the novel before looking for this movie to watch. In order to prepare for the CET-6 exam, I specially purchased Dear John's original English book to read it. Of course, it was very slow, which also caused the first third to be very boring. It wasn't until Savannah's breakup letter came along that novels suddenly had a fascination with me. I shed a lot of tears for the episode that followed.
I believe that many people will feel similar to me, that is, when a book you like is made into a film and television drama, it always feels that it is not as good as you think. At the very least I would expect the director to respect the original. The director of this movie is very honest in front, but not kind in the back. Maybe he liked Savannah too much and was reluctant to let her be a woman who changed her mind, so in the movie, she transformed herself into a female bodhisattva dedicated to her friends. Unfortunately, the reason was too far-fetched. Could it be that only marrying Tim can save him? Besides, this "help" is still under the premise of hurting John. Maybe he liked John too much to let him die alone, so he killed Tim and gave Savannah back to John.
The director tried so hard to give everyone a happy ending, but unfortunately it was not as genuinely moving as the original. But in all fairness, except for a few superfluous adaptations, the overall effect is still OK. The most tear-jerking scenes, I think, should be the reading of the letter by my father's bedside, and the other is when Savannah said "see you soon", but John refused to say anything back. "Good bye" made Savannah miserable and made me cry too. . .
“When I say see you soon, you shoud say it, too. Remember?”

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Extended Reading
  • Wilford 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    It's a little bit worse than the novel~

  • Scarlett 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    How important it is to find a man who cares about you, at least you can live with hope.

Dear John quotes

  • John Tyree: You're starting to make me a little nervous.

    Savannah Curtis: Why am I starting to make you nervous?

    John Tyree: Because I'm starting to think you might be too good of a person for me.

    Savannah Curtis: Oh. No, I'm not that good of a person.

    John Tyree: You're sneaking off every day to do manual labor on a house for charity. On your spring break.

    Savannah Curtis: Yeah, you're right. It's selfish, really, me being this generous.

    John Tyree: But no, seriously. You don't drink, you don't smoke.

    Savannah Curtis: Nope. Nope.

    John Tyree: You probably don't sleep around.

    Savannah Curtis: Absolutely not.

    John Tyree: Okay, look, you gotta have a fault.

    Savannah Curtis: I do.

    John Tyree: Okay, care to enlighten me?

    Savannah Curtis: I curse.

    John Tyree: No, you don't.

    Savannah Curtis: Yes, I do.

    John Tyree: I haven't heard you.

    Savannah Curtis: Well, that's because it's in my mind. There's a never-ending stream of curse words that I'm thinking at all times.

    John Tyree: Okay, fine, just say one then.

    Savannah Curtis: No, I can't tell you because it's filthy.

    John Tyree: Right.

    Savannah Curtis: Yeah.

    John Tyree: Okay, all right. Fair enough.

    Savannah Curtis: No, I have faults, John. Trust me, I have plenty of them. You'll see.

    Savannah Curtis: I hope so.

  • Savannah Curtis: The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.