i be talk into see this by a girlfriend . john be a good guy and sweet and sensitive and look great with no shirt on . i think it be a love story about both of them but it be mainly about his reaction to her letter . savannah be a likable character at the start of the movie but once she dump him i lose respect for her . she say it tear her apart be away from him and it be hard he be the one a million mile away and he be kill people and the only contact he get be through her letter . she do not have it hard and she have family and money and he have a tour of duty . i be so frustrated at the end when he forgive her he be too much of a sweetheart . i would have wait the 3 year and welcome him home with open arm .