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I just finished watching the movie adaptation of one of Nicholas Sparks‘ novel – The Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. While there is a love story angle still, the story focuses more on Ronnie ‘s (Miley Cyrus) relationship with her father (Greg Kinnear), who took them in for the summer. Apparently, the father and daughter had a lot of rebuilding to do, as her parents’ divorce caused her to be bitter towards her father. To cut the long story short, the father eventually died with cancer. Prior to his death, he and his daughter were able to finally make amends and she finished the last piece that his father was trying to compose. Read more…
I watched A Walk to Remember in the big screen some years ago, I think more than five years ago and it’s still on the top of my list of most romantic movies. Okay, I’m a big fan of Mandy Moore so that’s a plus. But aside from that, I also like their team up. Shayne West did a great job in playing a typical jock, who later on found himself madly in love with the girl he’s least likely to fall for. Mandy Moore on the other hand was very versatile. Note that this was just her second movie, the first movie she was casted was Princess Diaries where she played the part of Anne Hathaway’s mean girl classmate. Watching her play the role of the pastor’s daughter was a breath of fresh air, very far from the image I have of her singing “Candy” and “Crush”. 