A Walk To Remember.....

ForeverHis177 · 08-03-2002, 09:08 PM

I loooooove this movie, to me it is one of the VERY few movies you can watch, over and over again... and not get tired of it! I have SO FAR with in a week, RENTED it 3 times! And I've watched it more than that! I was never a major Mandy Moore fan, but I think her and all the other actors and actresses did an awesome job! The story line is awesome, and I just LOVE his car!!! lol! But this is one of those movies that just made me cry!!! NOT WHEN HIS CAR CRASHED, although, I almost cried

! lol! But like the last 45 minutes of the movie I was in tears! If you haven't seen this movie you HAVE to see it! (BTW, DON'T GO SEE CROSSROADS, EW!) Oh yeah, and I LOVE the song, ONLY HOPE! That's pretty much it, sooooo lata!

Tracy · 08-03-2002, 10:06 PM

I didn't really like it, not my type of movie. Though I was snickering throughout the end because um... what'shisfacethatmarriedthegirl missed the point entirely.

SenorPapaCabasa · 08-03-2002, 10:08 PM

I liked it, good movie........ best chick flick ive seen in a long time

however there are tons of other threads on the boards about it too

Buhbuh · 08-03-2002, 10:11 PM

didn't even watch. don't plan on it. not into that.

08-03-2002, 10:14 PM

I will agree with you all that "A Walk to Remember" is a good movie - especially for the general public who tend to give a bad rap to Christians. However....I was a little bit concerned about a few things when I watched it.

Mainly, that the movie makes what I call "Missionary dating" seem to be ok. "Missionary dating" being a Christian dating a non-Christian in the hopes of winning him/her to their religion. While this wasn't said in so many words, I felt that it was implied. As a pastor's daughter, Mandy (can't think of the character she played on the movie : P) seemed to be pretty loose on giving her heart to a "bad guy". Now I'm not in any way saying that this means we as Christians should completely steer clear of non-Christians. That's what we're called to do...we're Jesus' light to the world. But I think that dating someone - getting emotionally involved, and sometimes even physically involved - with someone who doesn't share the same major passion for Christ as yourself is not the smartest move in the world. But that's just me. Did anybody else feel this? Or am I the lone ranger in this respect?

~Liz

Tracy · 08-04-2002, 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by Unregistered
Mainly, that the movie makes what I call "Missionary dating" seem to be ok. "Missionary dating" being a Christian dating a non-Christian in the hopes of winning him/her to their religion. While this wasn't said in so many words, I felt that it was implied. As a pastor's daughter, Mandy (can't think of the character she played on the movie : P) seemed to be pretty loose on giving her heart to a "bad guy". Now I'm not in any way saying that this means we as Christians should completely steer clear of non-Christians. That's what we're called to do...we're Jesus' light to the world. But I think that dating someone - getting emotionally involved, and sometimes even physically involved - with someone who doesn't share the same major passion for Christ as yourself is not the smartest move in the world. But that's just me. Did anybody else feel this? Or am I the lone ranger in this respect?

Nope, I agree with ya. Although it sometimes -does- work out, most of the time it doesn't and is just asking for trouble.

ForeverHis177 · 08-04-2002, 10:11 AM

Mainly, that the movie makes what I call "Missionary dating" seem to be ok. "Missionary dating" being a Christian dating a non-Christian in the hopes of winning him/her to their religion. While this wasn't said in so many words, I felt that it was implied.

Nope, I totally agree with you on the missionary dating thing, that was the ONE thing I didn't like about the movie, I mean IT DID WORK OUT, but that truly is correct! Anywayz!

spiffyness · 08-04-2002, 10:22 AM

i loved the movie too. a lotta it had to do with all the switchfoot songs (btw, in a interview (its been awhile, so i'm not sure which one) , Mandy Moore said that switchfoot is her new favorite band!!), but it was a pretty good storyline too. at the time when i watched it i needed a really good chick flic, and i got it. i started crying 30 mins. into the movie (throughout the rude snickering of some of the people who had seen the movie before) and couldn't stop until 30 mins. after the movie. (i know, i'm crazy) i loved it!

Insane Drummer · 08-05-2002, 08:20 PM

saw the movie... didn't like it... and i will tell you why...

first i will judge it jsut as a movie...

bad acting-
perdicible plot-
CHICK FLICK!!!!-

now i will judge on a christian standpoint

in this movie the girl dates and then marries a non-christian guy.. which is completely agianst the bible. and it makes this look all nice and ok...

2 Corinthians 6
14 (1) Do not be bound together with (2) unbelievers; for what (3) partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? "

therefore it is not only nto a good movie.. it portrays sin as ok.. and one else agree disagree wiht my standpoint

jesus_freak826 · 08-07-2002, 09:24 AM

okay i loved this movie! im sure thats because its a chick flick, but hey thats okay. i mean i thought it also had a good message. my friends and i figured out that shane west's character in this movie is what made us boy crazy.... or at least want a guy like him! just my opinion on the movie though! :ksmile:

JeSuSmUsIcMaN · 08-13-2002, 12:02 PM

That movie was incredibly sad. In the end, i was so close to crying ( and i usually laugh during sad movies). i find the movie to be very good, even though it was a chick flick. But i do have a question: Does Landan (Shane West) become a Christian in the end? It seems so because when he "talks" to himself in the end, he said that Jamie (Mandy Moore) saved his life. i would like to hear ur opinions.

God Bless!!!

superchick13 · 08-13-2002, 07:11 PM

i thought it was too sad!

barefooter · 08-14-2002, 12:45 PM

Actually, I'm a big fan of chick flicks (I love emotion and angst), but this movie--I hated.

-First off, it was a Nicholas Sparks novel, strike one.
-Second, the plot was an overused one. Very overused.
-Third. Terribly predictable. I knew that they were gonna get married in her mama's church as soon as she told him she had Lukemia. I guessed nearly every line in the last twenty minutes of the movie, nailed every piece of dialogue in the last seven minutes (in other words, the conversation between him and her father). The movie was riddled with cliche.
-Fourth. I guess this is me being morbid, but I'm wishing that they had had a death scene. Much more feeling than just saying ,"...and then she went."

Everyone around me but my pal Tiff and her boyfriend were crying, and we were laughing our booties off (mainly because we kept hitting the lines).

They thought we were creeps. Oh well.

OneWithTheMud · 08-15-2002, 07:51 AM

I liked it.

Jozeca · 08-25-2002, 03:34 PM

I agree with a lot of you. The main thing that got me was the compromise on Jamie's part. If non-christians see that, it can become what they see as a christian standard that can be easily broken. That is NOT the life I want to live!