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| Reviewed by: Chris Burton 28 Jan 2009 Notebook, The
| |  The Notebook is one of those 13 year old girl movies. They won’t stop talking about them. My niece is like that. I don’t know if its specifically The Notebook, but she won’t ever stop talking about the damn Jonas brothers.
The film unfolds in two time frames featuring the same characters. In the modern day scenes, Noah is played by James Garner and Allie by Gena Rowlands (the director's mother). In the sequences that transpire around World War II, the leads are Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. It turns out that Allie is suffering from dementia, so, to stir her memories, Noah reads from a notebook that recounts their tumultuous, improbable romance. They met as teenagers in pre-WWII America. For Noah, it was love at first sight, but it took him a while to convince Allie. Almost immediately, the disparity of their social classes became an issue - she came from money and he was a laborer. The disapproval of Allie's mother (Joan Allen) led to their break-up. But fate brought them together after the war, and before Allie married her soldier beau (James Marsden).
Its actually a good movie. Its like Titanic, and I’m a sap for a decent love story. Does it have some corny moments? Yes. But sometimes thirteen year old girls are right.
The Blu-ray is presented in 2.40:1 widescreen and encoded at 1080p. This is another mind blower. Its an absolutely fantastic transfer. The colors are vibrant, the image always crisp and clear. The audio is Uncompressed 5.1 surround and its pretty incredible for a movie without the biggest budget in the world.
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