Hey everyone!
I hope you are all gearing up for a wonderful Valentine’s Day and preparing to have society put far too much pressure on you to show your significant other that you care.
Oh sorry.
Let me tell you this: I am not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I like it because I like presents, and the freedom to wear red and pink together in the same outfit. That’s about it.
For some reason, TV stations have been playing commercials for the newest date night movie: Another Nicholas Sparks disaster.
So here’s my confession for this week….I really really really hate Nicholas Sparks.
The deal is this…I don’t have the best experience with him. True story, once upon a time, my first husband up and left me (everyone in unison now say WAHH WAHHH) I was depressed and just not really wanting to leave the house at all much. My good friend decided that she should bring over an array of films to cheer me up. Her selections?
- RENT (Hi, 90% of the cast DIES)
- The Notebook
Yes friends, you read that correctly….The FREAKING Notebook. Maybe not the best choice to bring your depressed friend who would only be dragged out of the house on promise of frozen yogurt.
All of his movies are depressing. I pity women who realistically think that men like his book characters exist. They don’t.
I think that the female character who left that hottie farmer guy because he’s poor or whatever is a beezy, and she didn’t deserve him to wait around, or that kiss in the rain. (Please excuse my fuzzy memory, it’s been 10 years.)
It’s not real life, folks.
I refuse to read any of his books. Or see his other gagillion movies that always happen to be released in February.
No thanks, friends. Not. For. Me.
Anyways, we all know that I much prefer a good, raunchy book anyway.
Are you a sucker for the Sparks-man?
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I love…no…LOVE…the notebook!! Sometimes I’ll be like “I’m in the mood to cry my eyes out for no real reason” and without fail, I will go straight for The Notebook. Sometimes P.S.I LOve You, mostly The Notebook…
…now you may wonder why I get in these moods, I don’t know. And they’re not frequent. But it’s good to know that I have a good tear jerker nearby (and I do cry every time I watch it nevermind that I’ve seen it 100 times)!
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I LOVE the Notebook! It’s my go-to when I need a good cry. And also Sweet November.
But in the end, I do think you’re right about them giving women unrealistic expectations – but then again, I think that goes for 95% of RomComs.
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Sorry, but I also love Nicholas Sparks books and movies. Makes for big, sloppy tears, but they are all very sweet!
Um I’m with you Megan. I’ll watch his stuff, but it just irritates me. Someone always dies. And anyone who writes a book character simply for Miley Cyrus to play (that’s what he did for The Last Song)should have his laptop taken away.
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I love The Notebook. Thing is, i DESPISED it at one time. DESPISED. Thought it was so unrealistic and stupid. Then i fell in love, got married, and at some point decided to watch it again. And oh my gosh. I loved it. I actually paused it mid-way & SOBBED because i couldn’t get over how similar it was to our story & how good God was to bring us back together.
Of his books, though, i’ve only read 3 of them. And two of them were a mix of romance/suspense. I’m reading Safe Haven now just because when i saw the preview i wanted to read the book first. It’s really good. Not “fluff” at ALL! But yeah – i always was turned off by Nicholas Sparks books before! And i haven’t seen many of his movies. Just The Notebook & the one with Mandy Moore (forgot the name of it! haha.).
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Haha, THANK YOU. The Notebook was sooo boring. I couldn’t even finish it. Romantic movies like that really do put these ridiculous ideas in our heads and can end up sabotaging our real life relationships.
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Dude! He’s the worst! When his latest movie previews started AG and I looked at each other and said, “WHY WON’T HE STOP???” I hate sappy movies like that.
I’m with you Megan- I’ve only read one book and watched The Notebook. I think they are extremely predictable and sappy.
SO. WITH. YOU. When Hubby and I were first dating, we double-dated with his best friend and his girlfriend… So we went to see Nights In Rodanthe (other chick’s choice), two days (YES, TWO DAYS) after my dad had passed away… Talk about me running out the theater freakin’ bawling my eyes out! Hate, despise Nicholas Sparks! Nuff said about that.
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Oh, Nicholas, how I loathe thee. Derek and I saw Nights in Rodanthe many years ago, thinking it would be a nice romantic evening. Kicked in the teeth by good ol Nick again. We were both so depressed after the movie that we didn’t even speak to each other the whole way home. What a prick. Who the eff likes this stuff? Obviously there’s a market for it but who the heck is demanding it? Fools. Sadists.
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Saw this…it reminded me of you. <3
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/why-the-notebook-is-the-worst-most-frustrating-movie-ever-cr