Spoiler Alert

Sarah and I decided we should take in more films, a good decision.

We love to go see what's at the $3 theater just a few block from us, a good decision

We watched The Hurt Locker, also a good decision.

We decided to watch Dear John, a terrible decision.

What were we thinking? I blame it on the fact we had not seen any previews and occasionally like to indulge in dumb chic flicks (The Proposal, Leap Year, Legally Blond, etc.).

Because I wish to save you from experiencing Dear John, I have provided a synopsis below:

Savanna, and John fall in love over spring break. They vow to write each other constantly while he is serving in the army and she is in undergrad.

Enter 9/11. He signs up for an additional year of duty. All she has to do is wait while she is in college (what else is she going to do?).

BUT, she out and out marries someone who is her dad’s age (a family friend) because she could not wait a few more months for him (John) to get back from war.

SERIOUSLY?!?!?

Did I mention her reason for marrying the old guy (we find out later) is that he was sick with cancer and she wanted to take care of him and his autistic son?? She could not just be a neighbor and support the family friends, her solution was getting engaged to him and sending a letter to John 2 months later informing him that she was engaged and their relationship was over. Yes, silence for 2 months and then cuts him off while he is at war!

Can we say SOAP OPERA anyone??

And THEN we’re supposed to feel sorry for her because she didn’t know what she was doing and regrets it and then basically tries to cheat on her dying husband 6 years later when she sees John again (complete with a scene of her changing her shirt in front of him so he can see her goodies).

Thankfully he flees that lion’s den… Only to sell his late father’s coin collection for an enormous fortune to anonymously pay for an experimental drug to prolong her husband’s life (soap opera, soap opera).

Then he dies, she writes him yet another letter…

The movie ends when he is walking down a boardwalk (complete with a goatee and is wearing a see through linen shirt) and she is sipping a latte in a café. They meet happenstance, run and hug and credits roll.

The end!