A Walk to Remember
rewind back to the year 2002 where a 1999 novel by Nicholas Spark "A Walk to Remember" was turned into a screenplay by Karen Janszen. The movie about a girl, Jamie Sullivan and a boy Landon Carter met in a hig-school setting and pass thorough their daily concindence and found out each others' individuality and personality.
Within a theatrical matter, Landon has trouble learning his lines, he asks Jamie for help. She agrees to help him if he promises not to fall in love with her. Landon laughs off the strange remark, believing Jamie to be the last person with whom he would ever fall in love. After all, Landon has access to the prettiest and most popular girls in town; and between her shy demeanor and old-fashioned wardrobe, Jamie doesn't exactly fall into that category.
During the play, Jamie astounds Landon and the entire audience with her beauty and voice. Landon kisses Jamie during the play, which was not in the script, and Landon tries to get close to Jamie, but she repeatedly rejects him.
Landon wonders.
Jamie finally tells Landon that she has terminal leukemia and has stopped responding to treatments. Landon gets upset at first. Jamie tells him the reason why she didn't tell him because she was moving on with her life and using the time she left but then Landon happened and she fell in love with him. Jamie starts to break down as she says to Landon "I do not need a reason to be angry with God." and she flees.
At the end, all the romanticism and lovelike relationship was set up in a kind of daily drama and romantic setting. What I love about this movie is the sweet arrogancy of Jamie who forbids Landon to fall in love with her. Also the high arrogancy of Landon by accepting that. They finally were in love with each other.
How pathetic a love is when you really want to make someone happy yet about to leave that person. Jamie wants to love Landon at the same time she doesn't have the heart to hurt him by leaving him. There was no accusation of Landon falling in love with Jamie just because he thought Jamie was not 'that' girl for him.
I do believe that arrogancy helps the growth of love between two people, although it may end up with deep sadness about leaving and loving. "Find out who you are and do it on purpose"
Jamie Sullivan - Mandy Moore
Landon Carter - Shane West
Adam Shankman - DIRECTOR
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