
Can a once in a lifetime love, find a second chance?
I was able to watch this again and still it left me wanting more.
so Paige (Rachel McAdams), an artist, and Leo (Channing Tatum), a record studio owner, are a young attractive happily married couple in Chicago. Then a sudden car accident caused Paige a head injury and made her lose her memory of the last four years, including her marriage to Leo (lesson: do not make out in a car in the middle of the road)
She wakes up in the hospital and turns into her former self, an ultra-obedient law student in love with her ex-fiance, and her wealthy estranged parents show up and try to separate her from Leo.
So what Leo does is make her fall in love with him all over again. He asks her out on a “first date,” eating random chocolates at Cafe Mnemonic and a dip in a lake. Though they ended up making out, she still doesn’t remember him but he still waits patiently through it all. At times it looks like she might remember then at others it seems apparent she will not. This adds to the depth of the plot and the impact of the story.
I just love Leo. Channing’s potrayal just made it even better because of his charm. There are a lot of times where I just wanna hug him because he tries really hard to make his wife remember him and their love to the point that he cannot take it anymore. Rachel is the perfect Paige because she makes the character admirable even if she doesn’t always act the way you want.
I love the way they ended the film. There was no kiss or whatsoever. They just went back to the place that is important to them and asked what happened to their lives in the past 6 months. And though they had a divorce, at least we knew they still ended up with each other and made new memories.
This is one of the best romantic movies I’ve ever seen, plus the fact that it was based on a true story made this film even better.
here are my favorite quotes from the film. These are mostly from Leo since his lines are epic.
Paige: I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.
Leo: I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love.
Leo: I vow to love you, and no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other
Leo: How do you look at the woman you love, and tell yourself that its time to walk away? (God this is heartbreaking!)
Paige: I hope that one day I can love you the way you love me.
Leo: You figured it out once. You’ll do it again.
Paige: Are you trying to make me diabetic or just fat? (I just need to add this because it’s funny)