Dear John Movie

Subject: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:17 pm

The movie opens with John Tyree, a young soldier from the Army Special Forces, lying on the ground in his army gear with gunshot wounds. Coins begin to fall over him as he remembers a childhood trip to the U.S. Coin mint. He goes on to state that he is a coin in the United States of America's army, and that the last thing he thought about before he blacked out, was you.

In 2001, John is on leave when he meets Savannah Lynn Curtis, a college student on spring break. In a matter of days, Savannah and John fall in love. John meets Savannah's family as well as her neighbor Tim and Tim's autistic son, Alan, who looks up to Savannah. Savannah meets John's father, who is only interested in his coin collection, but still befriends her. John explains to Savannah that his father has always been obsessed with coins and has not been much of a father to John since John's mother left. Savannah mentions John's father may, like Alan, have autism. This upsets John, who believes Savannah is calling his father retarded. He also gets into a fight with Savannah's rich neighbor, accidentally punching Tim in the process. John apologizes to Tim the next day and leaves Savannah a note, seeking her forgiveness before his leave comes to an end. Savannah gets the note, and they spend one last day together. John returns to the army and he and Savannah begin a long distance relationship through handwritten letters. John believes that year will be his final year of enlistment, but, following the September 11 attacks, is torn between returning home and his sense of duty. He is given eighteen hours off, which he spends with Savannah and her family as well as with his father. He asks Savannah for her opinion on whether or not he should reenlist, and she tells him to do what he feels is right. Like the rest of the soldiers in his unit, John chooses to reenlist.

Over the next seven years, John faces increasingly dangerous missions and begins to live almost entirely for Savannah's letters. However, John and Savannah find themselves drifting apart. Finally, Savannah, sad but resigned, sends John a Dear John letter, informing him that she has become engaged to someone else. John is deeply depressed and frustrated by the news and believes she is engaged to her rich neighbor. On a mission, he enters a dangerous area and is shot several times by an enemy. His captain suggests that John go home and spend time with his father, but John, still upset about Savannah, chooses to reenlist again. He decides that he will make a career of the Army and stay enlisted for as long as possible. He is informed after another mission that he is being sent home, because his father has had a stroke. John spends the last few days of his father's life by his side, and writes him a letter. His father has difficulty opening it, so John reads it to him. It is then that the viewers find out that John's speech at the beginning of the film addressed his father, not Savannah. He and his father connect in a tearful moment, and his father passes. John decides to go see Savannah, and discovers she married Tim, not her rich friend. Savannah tells him Tim has cancer, and is not allowed to leave the hospital. She says that the only way he can come home is by having a operation that they cannot afford. John visits Tim in the hospital and leaves Savannah. John then sells his father's coin collection and donates the money anonymously to finance Tim's operation so that Tim may spend his last moments with his family. In the last scene of the film, John sees Savannah on the street and they embrace.

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:26 pm

Thank you pala sa wiki site...

Spoilers ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nag-re-enlist ulit si john... and savannah take good care of tim's autistic son... a soldier will always be a soldier...

I avoided this book/movie kahit noong una pang publish ito dahit medyo sensitibo sa yung topic for me...

It's like looking yourself in a mirror but not...

anyway, forget what I said! LOL

it's just sparks stories made you feel like you wished you had that kind of love, boyfriend or husband...

naiyak ako dito habang binabasa ko... papanoorin ko pa...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:44 pm

parang remake lang sia ng the notebok. Only this is different universe lang... tsaka yung the notebook nagkatuluyan sila...

eto open ending... nasa audience ang maghuhusga kung nagkatuluyan sila...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:56 pm

binago nila 'yong ending sa movie?
parang mas feel ko 'yong nasa book na sa malayo na lang nakatanaw lagi so john kapag gusto nya makita 'yong babae.at since nagkakilala ata sila na full moon eh naging significant sa kanila 'yon.

hay, i feel bad for him kasi mahal na mahal nya talaga 'yong girl.
lagi nya tinitingnan 'yong picture ni babae noong nsa Germany sya,
tapos noong napansin nyang dumadalang na ang sulat ni babae,madalas nya nang tawagan.
nagbibigay talaga sya ng effort para di mawala 'yong connection nila.
at ang pinakamasakit na part sa akin eh 'yong goodbye scene nila.

"I love you, Savannah, and I always will". I breathed. "you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You were my best friend and my lover and I don't regret a single moment of it....."

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:57 pm

para sa akin di sila magkakatuluyan!ayoko! Evil or Very Mad

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:02 pm

iintrigahin ko si joyce... uyy affected o...
seriously... kaya nga minsan ina-avoid ko mag ulit ng movie ni sparks... they were too real. Either way pare-pareho tayo nakaka-relate sa pinagdaraanan ng characters niya... yung huli lang kasi ng book nag hug sa kanya si savannah noong nagkita sila sa street. Tapos iyon nga. nagsusulatan na naman sila... Binabasa ni John sulat niya...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:10 pm

wow ka2iyak naman true love talaga

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:20 pm

nakaka bwisit si sparks... kasi sobrang nakakainlove ang guys niya... yung in love na gusto mo makasama sila habang bhay...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:45 pm

oo nga kaso namn lagi naka2iyak..

ei sis cate yung movie na D LAST SONG kay sparks daw yun c miley cyrus daw ga2nap gwapo ng partner nya dun

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:42 pm

oo sis... para rin siyang a walk to remember... hindi ko pa nakikita bago leading man ni miley... pero kasi dun sa a walk to remeber, yung guy ang parang depressed at troubled child. Dito si Miley naman ang troubled child... divorce kasi parents niya...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:04 am

o parang ganun nga di ko naman feel c miley yung partner nya ang type ko..he3!!!LOL

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:49 am

oh my God! marry me channing! even though i hate miley i will still watch the last song.

Guest

sana panoorin namin ito mamaya sa get together namin..

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:46 pm

sis rinoa di ko talaga feel c miley naiinis aq sa kanya pagnagsa2lita at kumakanta xa parang may cockroach ako nari2nig na nagsa2lita ansarap apakan..he3!!! peace sa fans nya

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:58 pm

hahahaha!di pala ako nag-iisa!
hindi ko rin type si miley.
nagpipilit maging dalagang-dalaga na eh. TH sya.

nakita ko na rin 'yong book cover ng last song...
hindi ko muna binili kasi yaw ko nga kay miley.hehehe.

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:00 pm

Catey Amidala Skywalker wrote:: iintrigahin ko si joyce... uyy affected o...
seriously... kaya nga minsan ina-avoid ko mag ulit ng movie ni sparks... they were too real. Either way pare-pareho tayo nakaka-relate sa pinagdaraanan ng characters niya... yung huli lang kasi ng book nag hug sa kanya si savannah noong nagkita sila sa street. Tapos iyon nga. nagsusulatan na naman sila... Binabasa ni John sulat niya...

na-carried away lang ako sis.hehehehe.

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:36 pm

cristela wrote:: sis rinoa di ko talaga feel c miley naiinis aq sa kanya pagnagsa2lita at kumakanta xa parang may cockroach ako nari2nig na nagsa2lita ansarap apakan..he3!!! peace sa fans nya

bat kaya ganun? kung sino kinaasaran, iyon ang may break... si britney, si marian, si miley, si vanessa hudgens... LOL

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:10 pm

haha..yoko rin kay miley!!

maganda ba yung the last song??
di ko pa nabasa eh..

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:05 pm

Dear John,

Will I watch you first or read you first?

Love,
Amber

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:38 pm

I watched it first...ngayon naiintriga ako basahin. Iba daw yung ending ng book sa movie e...Mas nakakaiyak! Waaaaah!

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:49 pm

Amber wrote:: Dear John,

Will I watch you first or read you first?

Love,
Amber

watch mo muna! bago mo basahin! basta parang mas maganda yung savannah na napi-picture out ko sa isip ko... kesa movie...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:15 pm

watch muna andun c pa2 channing!!!!

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:04 am

napanood ko na 'yong trailer ng The Last Song,and I decided na basahin na lang sya!
hindi bagay si Miley doon sa lalaki!parang magkapatid lang sila eh.maiinis lang ako kay Miley.hehehe.

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:13 am

di ko feel yung last song... compare sa a walk to remember...

parang naamoy kong flop ito...

Subject: Re: Dear John Movie Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:53 am

ei sis kaya cguro c miley kinuha nila kc madami xa fans pARa di magflop ang movie..he3!!