Stephen Spielberg directed a classic romantic movie with Tom Cruise as a leader

For the better or worse, the 2004 Nick Casavits movie remains a “notebook” that resonates with the fans. More than 20 years have passed since this adaptation to Nicholas Sparks for the first time, and since then many people have been considered this One of the wonderful romance films at all. It is also surprising; The film got lukewarm reviews and was a respectable success at the box office when it was released, as he got a lot in the way of criticism for the extremism of the melodrami and his tendency to soup in the cliches of the type.

After 20 years, these criticisms still carry water, as the “notebook” seems to be a clumsy invasion in the emotion of drunk and lacks the innate sincerity that the most persuasive love stories adopt. Before you are ready for you, I must admit that Cassavetes knows how to win you even when you are aware of its disadvantages, thanks to the amazing pioneering shows that make it worth it. Both Rachel Mcadams and Ryan Gosling are electricians such as Allie and NOAH, and they help raise a very love story and Maudlin so that it is difficult not to feel Something By the time the credits are roll. Regardless of my feeling “The notebook”, its legacy lives, and inspires a thousand copies This yearning to become unforgettable romances themselves.

In 2024, NPR Monica Castillo, the great programmer of films at the Jacob Burns Film Center, who spoke at length about the influence of the film and how helped form our expectations for a romantic drama. Castillo saw that the “notebook” might be a product of its time, but it is also characterized by immortal moments that are still accredited:

“He still works as a photography of chaotic human relations. People make mistakes (…), but, as you know, this movie is the product of his time. It is the product of his moment. It was clear that he was trying to capture something in the times (… …) but I think there are other parts of the movie, just as there are genes of genes. This feels very immortal.”

Looking at the eternity of the “notebook”, it is easy to take its presence as a Muslim by it. But what if I told you that an alternative version of this movie can pass – one with a very different and male director? Let’s look at it.

According to diverse A report dated March 1999, the director and playwright Jim Sheridan was short in talks to “The Notebook”, based on the scenario of Jeremy Levin (“My Sister Guard”). Sparks’s novel was selling loved at the time, so Hollywood’s great adaptation was inevitable. (Louis Mandocky’s adaptation to “Sparks Message in a Bottle” was already a box office in 1999.) Before Sheridan was involved, although Stephen Spielberg was holding conversations to direct him, and he imagined even Tom Cruz as a leadership, Noah Calmon. Apparently, Spielberg was very interested in the text His commitment to the next artificial intelligence at the time (A scientific movie is still welcomed as one of the most exciting Spielberg works).

As you already know, Sheridan ended with the separation of roads with the project, which was eventually captured by Cassavetes in 2004. Spielberg’s participation could have led to a completely different movie, which could branch away from Sparks in one way or another. Although Cruise may seem like an unconventional option for Noah, the actor has already proven his amazing scope by that stage of his career. (I remember that he made incredibly difficult shows in 1999 alone between “Eyes Wide Shot” and “Magnolia”.) It was not a far -fetch idea for a person like Cruise to play an emotional and romantic role, but Cassavetes’s decision to go with Gosling (who had barely started his career).

How does Sparks feel about the “notebook” and its legacy, which was tested at the time? Description of the adaptation as “creative” in 2024, he spoke with Entertainment weekly About its overwhelming success and situation as an essential element in pop culture:

“This (the success of the film) was really fun because, yes, what I remember (from time) was (” “the notebook”) a moderately successful movie, but you are now looking back, and it is creative. It may be one of the most remembered films of that year. And the answer to “The Notebook” is no, he will love you anyway. “

If you want to reconsider the 2004 romantic drama and try it through new eyes, “Note Irrigation” is currently available to broadcast on the main video.