Thursday, April 12, 2012

Note #2: The Notebook

The YouTube clip of the scene from The Notebook.

In the romantic movie "The Notebook", based off of a novel by Nicholas Sparks, Noah and Allie spend a wonderful summer together and accidentally fall in love. At one point, Allie and Noah are at the beach spending time with one another and it becomes evident through actions and words that they are experiencing true love. Opening the scene, waves crashing against the shore on the average summer day lead to a blissful mood that sets up for a romantic date.  Allie screams as she gambols into the moving water, scaring a flock of birds away.  Noah quickly follows Allie into the water as if the vast ocean could suck her away at any second and he would be there to save her.  Allie is very goofy and seems to want to explore new things, since she is always stuck to her strict and powerful family.  After running out to the sea, she asks Noah if "in another life [she] could have been a bird."  Noah is very stubborn and will not return the answer she is hoping for.  Allie leaps into Noah's arms and the smiles that each of them wear suggest their passionate and inseparable feelings.  Noah tells Allie "if you're a bird, then I'm a bird." The happiness between the two is fulfilled by their eye contact and constant laughter as the scene is sealed away with a kiss.

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