7/23/2007 Movie Blog (The Notebook)

The movie The Notebook has a very romantic plotline. The story takes place in the form of a story, which is read to an elderly woman by an older man. In this movie, two kids fall in love at a young age. However, the girl’s family forbids their love, because she comes from wealth, and the boy (Noah) does not. Allie’s parents randomly decide to move back to New York earlier than they originally planned and informed her the evening before. After she left town, Noah wrote her one letter everyday for an entire year, but her mother hid the letters, since she did not approve of Noah and Allie’s relationship. While away from Noah, Allie becomes engaged to a wealthy soldier named Lon, who, of course, her parents love. Meanwhile, Noah was away at war.
As a teenager, Noah promised Allie that he would one day fix up an old plantation house for the two of them. He decides to do just that once he discovers that she is engaged, and he hopes this will bring her back to him. Allie sees a story in the local newspaper about his finished house, and she decides to visit him and they fall back in love. Oddly enough, the old man is Noah, and the woman is Allie, who has suffered from memory loss. Noah visits Allie everyday and reads her his story, hoping that she would remember. At the end of the movie, she finally remembers, but soon forgets again and Noah is a tragically a complete stranger once again. Noah ends up having a heart attack, and he visits Allie in the hospital. Surprisingly, she remembers who he is, and they embrace and die in each other’s arms.
My favorite scene is the final scene. I liked this scene because it was probably the most romantic scene in the movie. After a long, hard life of chasing love, Allie and Noah are finally able to spend time together in which they are familiar with one another. Although Allie suffers from memory loss, I liked the fact that they were finally able to be together eternally, in death. This plotline reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, with Allie parallel to Snow White in her deep sleep. Noah is her prince that saves her from a life of loneliness. This plot is different from other plots because eternal true love was actually fulfilled in the end through their dying together. It is very similar to others due to the boundaries created between the two lovers by differences in class and background.