Am I the only one who cried for hours after watching this movie. I thought it was so sad. the letter that Adam had written to Carolyn at the end was so sweet. I just love this movie. It's one of my favorite romantic movies of all time!
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I can't say I cried but it is a very moving movie. It shows that it is important to get to know people instead of dismissing them because they are different in some way. Love doesn't even have to happen but friendship can mean so much to people who have been ostracized. The guy that everyone picks on...the girl that walks down the hall or street looking at her feet. They might like the same music, or books, or TV shows. They might even talk if for once someone gives them a reason to. Spend enough time being ignored or bullied and self preservation kicks in. If you don't make waves...
My Mother had a family of five boys pass through her class who had some congenital anomaly that kept them from speaking. They were tall, with dark hair and they were drop dead georgeous. Only the boys got this...whatever it was...The three sisters were fine. No one troubled themselves enough to find that the middle one drew great cartoons, the youngest had an incredible sense of humor - on paper. They were the "retards." Mute - yes, retarded - absolutely not but they are still unmarried and running the farm. Some girls missed out on some incredible, sweet and generous guys because they couldn't get past the thing that made them different. 15 years younger and I might have tried myself.
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i watched this when i was like 9 and i cried like a sissy
sharedebonbon, hope you're still doing okay.
I also felt very sad when the ending came. Its just that everything is leading up to the fact that he'll be alright..... that he's starting to make friends and have a great life ahead with Marisa... and they'll probably get him a heart transplant right after his birthday, but he just didn't make it.
He died on his birthday.
Thing is, he waited too long and they could have saved him. The loss of what-could-have-been is what depresses me the most. And Marisa will be alone again, perhaps her whole life.
But I guess it's a bit bittersweet, that at least what good came out of it is he died peacefully. And he was.. loved.. which was severely lacking in his life.
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I couldn't even finish the end of the movie. I was so angry that he ends up dying in the car with her. I was like..damn it..couldn't they have found a heart donor sooner?? I know if I watch the rest I'm just going to be more depressed and angry. I was really hoping for a good ending with this one.
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i remember this movie really well. at first when i saw it in the theatre i didn't seem to get the point to it. but however i had to give this movie credit for how hard these actors really tried, and how much work they put into this. the thing i really didn't get was how can he have a babooned heart? forgive me if i don't spell it right. just that i'm new with hearing that word go around.
how did he get that? can that actually happen?
I lost my virginity after watching this movie, so in my eyes...GOOD movie! ;)
shareI am crying right now and the movie has been over for half and hour. It touched some really deep chord in me and I just bawled.
I really believed the characters shared a love that was pure and sweet and free of pretense. Carolyn was opened by a dangerous situation and was able to receive Adam's love in a way she might not have have otherwise. Nothing outward (how he appeared to others, that he was poor) could dissuade from this once she was opened.
I really loved this movie and I don't even like "chick flicks".
I definitely cried, maybe not for hours but it touched me a lot. I have a real fantasy of being in love with a guy like Adam -- sweet, sensitive, needs a little nurturing and protection, etc. I have a feeling that sort of guy is very rare, unfortunately. :( I will say that the whole baboon heart thing ruined it a little for me, because he wasn't supposed to be mentally slow or anything, but it kind of made him seem that way, on top of his shyness.
Still, a beautiful movie, and the scene where he's crying while they're making out just gets to me. Why couldn't that be me in Marissa Tomei's place??
Anyone have suggestions for other movies similar to this one?