The career of Swedish director Lasse Hallström gets worse from one project after another. In this slick and glossy tale based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, the king of modern tearjerkers, a young soldier falls in love with a beautiful girl only to loose her because of 911 and the wars before they can reunite years later. It's a Hollywood formula film that's packaged from A to Z including the director and its stars. It's a shame that Hallström has come to this where he could make better films in Europe if he wanted to. Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried are perfectly cast as the leads but won't do anything to their careers except for better paychecks. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Dear John
The career of Swedish director Lasse Hallström gets worse from one project after another. In this slick and glossy tale based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, the king of modern tearjerkers, a young soldier falls in love with a beautiful girl only to loose her because of 911 and the wars before they can reunite years later. It's a Hollywood formula film that's packaged from A to Z including the director and its stars. It's a shame that Hallström has come to this where he could make better films in Europe if he wanted to. Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried are perfectly cast as the leads but won't do anything to their careers except for better paychecks. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
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