(furiously stomping in)
OK OK OK, this is not going to be a pretty post and so don't say I didn't warn you.
Tonight all I wanted to see was a sappy love story that would make me really hate Valentines Day (which will be a post for Sunday) more than I already do because of all the heart felt mush loveness that would pour from it. WELL......
tonight I was let down, Dear John, which from all accounts of its previews presumed to be that and much more. But was I sadly mistaken. This movie is a single woman's nightmare come to life.
In this movie we have John, gorgeous military man of a man, who in a span of two weeks, falls head over heels for this girl.....Now here's the deal, John falls for her while on leave and hence has to go back to duty for the remainder 12months overseas. While away he promises to write her as often as he can and tell her everything and I mean everything. which he does without fault! this man lives to the word devoted! OK, so shitty situation happens (and by shitty i mean 9-11) and thus causes John to (in his duty bound honor to country) re-enlist for an additional 2 years abroad. which at first it would portray that ole girl is OK with and something she can handle
pause- alright ladies....first things first, if your going to get entangled with a military man, you damn well better be ready for anything and I mean anything. It is a lifestyle not for the faint of heart or weak minded. you better come with your A-game and your head right. It takes one damn strong woman to stand by her army man!! HOORAH
resume- However as it continues on you can obviously see she is going to break and without fail BOOM it happens, miss thang drops the granddaddy of all bombs on poor ole john and to add insult to injury she does it in a letter that she waits to 2months to write. So John hasn't heard from her in 2months, when she normally writes without fail, and the letter he does get is one that says "oh sorry um im engaged now and um....yea its over" WTF
pause- ok secondly, who the hell breaks up with someone in a letter, even if they are overseas. Geez people, lets grow some balls here and handle this like and adult shall we. You would have to be some kind of heartless BIOTCH (which in this case, she was) to do that to a guy...geez and rice
resume- At this point John is pretty much heartbroken and continues on in his new CAREER in the military, so what was once a temp situation in the military , she has now caused him to retreat into a life in the military.cold blood. in the midst of it all John gets shot, ends up in the hospital and then finds out his father is very sick and has to go home.
While visiting his father he has a heart to heart moment where he breaks down about ole girl to dear old dad right before his father dies.
After the funeral John pays girly a visit. which leads to dinner and leads to a parting scene, where tearfully she reminisces on old times and hopes that John will say he loves her back. (NOT SO MUCH GIRLY) John does no such thing, he leaves the house, drives away leaving her crying at the door.
pause- isnt it like a lil skallywag to sad now that she let a guy like John get away and hope some doe eyed tears would bring him back. UH HELLO, didnt you see the good thing you had when you had the chance??? not so much
Moral of the story girls- Know when you got it good and Keep it great! and to all you heifers who arent happy with your good men...pass em this way, us single ladies will gladly take them off your hands!
