the movie start in spring 2001. a soldier name john tyree ( channing tatum ) fall in love with college student savannah cutis ( amanda seyfried ) while on break . within the space of two week they fall madly in love with each other ( . ) . but he have to go off to war and she have to go to college . they do but keep in touch by write to each other . then 9/11 happens . he want to reenlist she want him to stay home . what will they do . hysterically bad romantic drama . the lead be attractive tatum be certainly a handsome man with beautiful green eye and a hot body ( he introduce walk shirtless out of the water after surf ) . but he can not act . seyfried be a beautiful woman and she try . but the dialogue here be horrible . when i saw it me and a friend of mine be fight hard not to laugh out loud at some of the romantic dialogue at the beginning . it be just horrible . for the first hour or so i be either bore by the ridiculously predictable drama or amuse by the horrendous romance . then and after that first hour and tragedy kick in and and i must admit and have me in tear . however the filmmaker go out of their way to make sure that youre cry with death and funeral and meeting with people break down in tear . how can you not cry . this would have work if the acting be good . tatum face never change expression not once . he always have a blank look on his face . seyfried be a little good but not much . to make it bad tatum and seyfried have no sexual chemistry on screen at all . they barely look like they like each other let alone love each other . there be some beautiful photography of the carolina but this be a boring and stupid romantic drama . a 1 all the way . and i usually love silly romantic drama like this .