The movie was entertaining at times, though the story was below average. In other words, if your girlfriend wants to see it, well, it's tolerable.
What jumps out at you is that this isn't really a love story. There's no love in it. There's a bit of like. No love, really. The movie is actually about loss and coping with the death of a loved one. The "love story" is less than secondary, and is practically incidental. If you get through the first 3/4 of the film, the part that is at least worthy of an average grade, you'll be upset by the end. It's largely tacked on and includes scenes that you figure were written in for the sake of having random Hollywood moments. The one I have in mind is where the character (and no this is far from a key plot point) releases a parrot "back into the wild." As an audience, we are evidently supposed to ignore the fact that a domesticated parrot is being released into the wild of Seattle. There are sooo many things wrong with that notion.
What jumps out at you is that this isn't really a love story. There's no love in it. There's a bit of like. No love, really. The movie is actually about loss and coping with the death of a loved one. The "love story" is less than secondary, and is practically incidental. If you get through the first 3/4 of the film, the part that is at least worthy of an average grade, you'll be upset by the end. It's largely tacked on and includes scenes that you figure were written in for the sake of having random Hollywood moments. The one I have in mind is where the character (and no this is far from a key plot point) releases a parrot "back into the wild." As an audience, we are evidently supposed to ignore the fact that a domesticated parrot is being released into the wild of Seattle. There are sooo many things wrong with that notion.
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