In 2004, one of the most touching melodramas of our time - “The Diary of Memory” - was released on wide screens. Reviews about the film in various forums by the audience are written, as a rule, favorable. This film especially attracted the attention of fans of the work of the American writer Nicholas Sparks, since the film was shot based on one of his stories. The notebook, and this is exactly how the name of the film sounds in the original, became the third adaptation of the writer’s work of the same name.
And, judging by the numerous reviews, this particular film is considered the best. This can be evidenced by the fact that many quotes from the movie "Diary of Memory" fell in love with the audience and began to be used as winged expressions. Despite the fact that more than 10 years have passed since the premiere of the film, they can still be found on the Internet today.
Description of the film "Diary of Remembrance"
This tape can be safely attributed to the genre of classical melodrama. The “Diary of Memory” (reviews of the film are, of course, different, depending on the opinions and personal preferences of the audience) begins with a very moving scene. At the beginning of the film, the viewer is shown a nursing home where elderly people, by the will of fate, survive the rest of their lives with different fates. One of the wards of this house is a beautiful and elegant woman who all the time mysteriously stands at the window. Nothing can interest and please her, she even refuses to walk on the street. The only thing that gradually returns to her at least any interest in life is a story about a love story that a man from the same nursing home reads to her.
The main plot
The film "Diary of Remembrance" (Rachel Macadams in which he plays the main female role) tells about the love of a young man and a girl who overcomes many difficulties on her way. The protagonist of the story is a young man named Noah, who belongs to the middle working class. He works at a sawmill, his father has practically no material income, and the only thing he can do for his son is to instill in him a love of literature.
Meet the main characters
Once, after another working day, a young man sets off for an amusement park, where he sees a beautiful girl named Ellie. He does everything possible to attract her attention and persuade him to meet with him. It’s clear that Ellie is the daughter of wealthy parents. She looks gorgeous, well-dressed, her hair is laid in a fashionable hairstyle. After a closer acquaintance, it becomes clear that her days are busy with studies and various activities. In the future, she plans to go to college and all the decisions that she makes in her life are dictated to the girl by her family.
The film "Diary of Remembrance" (2004), shows how young souls are actually pure and devoid of various social prejudices. Ellie and Noah are completely not interested in the material condition and social status of their families. Having spent an unforgettable summer together, they forever fall in love with each other. But the girl’s parents do not support her choice, citing the fact that Noah is not able to provide her with a decent life. Noah becomes an accidental witness of a conversation between her beloved and her parents, after which the young people quarrel and part.
Temporary breakup
Further, the plot in The notebook (the original name of the film) develops in such a way that the girl’s family decides to move. Realizing that her beloved is no longer around, the young man begins to write to her every day for a whole year. But all these letters are received by Ally's mother, and, of course, she hides them from her daughter.
So, without waiting for an answer from her beloved, Noah decides to go to war with his friend (the Second World War is just unfolding by this time).
The life of each hero, it would seem, begins to develop in its own scenario. Ellie has a new boyfriend, whom this time her parents are happy, and she accepts his marriage proposal. Noah after the war begins to realize his old dream - restores an old house.
And by the will of fate, young people meet again. Before the feeling, which, it turns out, was mutually unforgettable, they are powerless. The fact that true and pure love has arisen between young people, finally, Ally's mother also understands. She gives her daughter the right to make independent choices, and Ellie chooses a loved one.
Unexpected denouement
The "Diary of Memory" (reviews of the film often praise this particular plot twist) has a very unexpected outcome. Over time, it becomes clear that the elderly man who read someone’s notes from a notebook to a woman-neighbor in the nursing home is Noah. And the woman herself, none other than Ellie.
It turns out that even after Ellie and Noah reunited their fates and even raised three joint children, the evil rock did not leave them alone. Having reached a certain age, Ellie falls ill with such a terrible ailment as Alzheimer's disease. Over time, memory begins to fail her, and she forgets all her loved ones. Realizing that she can not do anything about it, the woman is trying to somehow save the story of her love for Noah, a long life. She herself is the author of the story that Noah read for her and she liked it so much. A man could not abandon his beloved even in old age and on purpose, being in complete mind and health, lives with her in a specialized institution. Despite the persuasion of the children, he could not leave his beloved one and stayed with her until the last minute of his life.
"Diary of Memory": reviews of the film
As with any film, the reviews about this work are different, but to a greater extent they are positive. Negative feedback about this film, as a rule, is left by those who do not like melodrama. For them, the plot seems too sweet, boring and drawn out.
But, in fact, the theme of true love is one of the eternal. And the story of how two loving people overcome any obstacles, including an incurable disease, and, in spite of everything, remain together, few can leave anyone indifferent. Positive feedback about the film is usually left by people with a subtle perception who believe in the possibility of love for life, and this film is a kind of proof for them. Also, the film "Diary of Remembrance" (actors, the main roles in which are selected very well) is often praised for high-quality music and the presence of very beautiful landscapes. And, of course, the main performers are awarded separate praise.
Who played the role of the main characters
“The Diary of Memory” (Rachel Macadams and Ryan Gosling in which they played the main roles) are really praised for the very successful selection of actors.
Many say that Ellie, performed by Macadams and Noah, performed by Gosling, managed to live a lifetime on the screen. These actors did not just brilliantly play scenes prescribed in the script. They managed to show the transformation of a person, his views and priorities in the process of becoming and growing up. This was especially possible for Rachel Macadams, who was able to show the process of Alley's transformation from a frivolous, spoiled attention and rich girl to a girl working as a nurse in a military hospital during the war and to a woman who makes an informed, difficult choice in favor of her beloved man.
Ryan Gosling also really coped well with the embodiment of the image of an honest, pure in his thoughts, albeit sometimes youthful, quick-tempered, but until the very end devoted to his beloved man.
Thanks to Ryan and Rachel, The Memory Diary (2004) was awarded the MTV Annual Award in 2005. This couple looked so harmoniously on the screen that the actors won the nomination “Best Kiss of the Year”.
Film popular recognition
When any phrase from the film becomes winged and the audience begins to use it in everyday life, this gives the right to say with confidence that many people liked the film. Of course, in the case of The Diaries of Memory, in fairness, it is worth noting that many phrases were not originally sounded in the film itself, but were already written in the book of Nicholas Sparks. But it was precisely the fact that they were voiced from a blue screen that brought some expressions to popularity almost throughout the world.
Quotes from the movie "Diary of Memory" have become so popular that for many years they can be found on the Internet as a signature to various memes and motivators. Here are some of the most popular ones:
- “When science is powerless, God appears.”
- "As a rule, behind every big love is a big story."
- "What happens to me today, cynics would call tragedy, and romance - melodrama."