Dear John

I went and saw this movie when it first came out. Some of my friends had read the book before the movie came out. They all said the book was better because it gave more detail then the movie showed. I haven’t read the book so I don’t know which I like better. I thought the movie was alright. The beginning was really good then just kind of fell. I was disappointed when she got together with someone else while he was away at war. They met over a summer at the beach. They fell in love over that summer. Then, he had to go back to the military. While he was gone, they barely had any contact except some letters. She married her neighbor who was older than her because he got sick with cancer. she said he was a father figure to her so they were close. He had a son who was about 11 or 12. When he found out he was sick, he asked her to marry him because he wanted her to take care of his son if something were to happen with him because of the cancer. this part didn’t make sense to me because he could have left him to her in his will if he did die. So she told john that she had married someone else in a letter. John was crushed. When he came home he went and visited her. Then both of them went to the hospital and visited her new husband and his son. It was awkward of course but john wasn’t mad at him. A couple months later, her husband passed away from the cancer. So she and john could finally be together. There’s more detail but that’s the main point of the movie. I wasn’t expecting her to marry someone else. I didn’t like that part. But they were together in the end so I guess it was okay. Not a favorite of mine but it was an alright movie.