Landon ( Shane West) is the typical high school jerk who hangs out with the wrong crowd and makes fun of non-popular kids like the pastor’s daughter Jamie Sullivan ( Mandy Moore). Seeing opposites attract leading to redemptive character arcs on both ends is what puts this gem at second place. Personally, I just wished they had even more time together on screen like in the book.Ģ0 years later and A Walk to Remember is worth every bit of adoration. You can see the two mending the broken bridges, and viewers might tear up with an extremely emotional soundtrack. Of course, Ronnie and Will had iconic moments together, but the father/daughter relationship is what puts this story high up on the list.

Seeing Ronnie and her dad Steve slowly rebuilding the connection they had during her childhood years is beautiful. What this film gets right is focusing on love within the family, in addition to a romantic love. As the two try to mend their broken bond over music, Ronnie also lives out a summer romance with Will Blakelee (Hemsworth). Since she is a daughter of divorced parents, a part of her still resents her father for the divorce. Ronnie (Cyrus), a rebellious teenager from New York, spends her vacation with her brother ( Bobby Coleman) and their father ( Greg Kinnear) in North Carolina. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth might have lived a complicated relationship off-screen, but when they worked together in The Last Song years back, no one could deny that they were the “it couple”. As for Gabby and Travis, there is nothing that makes them seem out of the ordinary. However, the difference between A Walk to Remember, and The Choice is that Jamie and Landon’s romance is filled with iconic dates and romantic gestures that keep you invested in them. Two opposites attract and tragedy might keep them apart, but they are still carrying on for as long as it lasts. In addition, the story seemed like it was inspired by another Sparks book: A Walk to Remember. Yet, as we already know from previous adaptations, something happens to put their relationship to the test.Įven though the ending is a bit surprising compared to other Sparks-inspired films, the lack of chemistry between the two leads makes their bond a hard idea to buy. Although the two would strike as an improbable match, fate brings them together. The film is centered on Travis Parker ( Benjamin Walker), a womanizer not eager to settle down, and his neighbor Gabby Holland ( Teresa Palmer), a charismatic medical student who seems very happy alongside her long-term boyfriend Ryan ( Tom Welling). Starting off with the least enticing of the bunch, The Choice could’ve been more than a sappy love story, but unfortunately, it didn’t go much deeper than that.

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