The Notebook
Sunday, September 05, 2004
It was Cel's birthday dinner last night. She, TJ, Riz, Bom, A and I had dinner at Haiku in Greenbelt 3. After which, we catched the 9:30 PM screening of the much awaited and raved about Nicolas Spark's The Notebook. I read the book a long time ago so I wouldn't know if the film did the book justice. A lot of people claim it is a good book but I didn't burst into tears like others did when I read it because I've read more books that made me reach for the tissue box. But I did know that it was a tear jerker and I warned A that I'd soak his shirt with my tears.
As promised, I did soak his shirt. I kept myself from bawling and at the end, I wanted to let out a good cry but the credits began rolling and the lights turned on. The girls and I looked at each other and I had the most swollen eyes, we started laughing.
One of my favorite part was when Duke said, "They didn't agree on much. In fact they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time and they challenged each other everyday... (scenes of Allie and Noah fighting and pushing each other)... But in spite their differences, they had one important thing in common, they were crazy about each other" because the fights, the love and the passion reminds me of A and I. Take the dialogue below, for instance. A somewhat similar dialogue transpired between A and I during one of our fights.
Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fightin'
Noah : Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
Allie : So what?
Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like?
Sigh. Blissful, sappy smile. So young, so passionate, so full of drive to fight for love. I just hope that just like Allie and Noah, the fire in our (A's and mine) hearts never fade until the day we die.
As promised, I did soak his shirt. I kept myself from bawling and at the end, I wanted to let out a good cry but the credits began rolling and the lights turned on. The girls and I looked at each other and I had the most swollen eyes, we started laughing.
One of my favorite part was when Duke said, "They didn't agree on much. In fact they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time and they challenged each other everyday... (scenes of Allie and Noah fighting and pushing each other)... But in spite their differences, they had one important thing in common, they were crazy about each other" because the fights, the love and the passion reminds me of A and I. Take the dialogue below, for instance. A somewhat similar dialogue transpired between A and I during one of our fights.
Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fightin'
Noah : Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
Allie : So what?
Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like?
Sigh. Blissful, sappy smile. So young, so passionate, so full of drive to fight for love. I just hope that just like Allie and Noah, the fire in our (A's and mine) hearts never fade until the day we die.
2 Comments:
That is so sweet. I love reading about how people are crazy for each other even though they drive each other crazy. Hope all that craziness keeps you young and in love for many years to come.
loved this post! i would have never thought to watch this movie, but now i think i will! hmmmm... :)
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