after read the review i be so relieved to know that i be not the only person who be very disappointed in this movie . i be a huge nicholas spark fan and have read all of his book and most of them more than once . of course i love the notebook and a walk to remember . i haven not yet see message in a bottle or night in rodanthe so i can not comment on those . but i do go see dear john this past weekend and i be terribly upset . the movie be not good at all . when look at the movie alone and and not think about the book at all and it be still a terrible movie . i do not get the rush and range of emotion from this movie that i have get from other movie i enjoy and especially the notebook . i be not smile and laugh and cry and worried and scar . ever . from the very begin all i could notice be how they change everything . the only thing about this movie that be similar to the book be that there be a guy name john who be in the military and a girl name savannah who be not . the part about his dad be obsess with coin be about the only other part that go along with the book . everything else be totally off . first of all and in the book and allen be tim little brother and not his son . why they have to change that and i do not understand . it make a lot more sense how it go in the book when tim be just a little bit old than savannah and they grow up together and allen be savannah inspiration for want to work with horse and autistic child . that do not happen in the movie . ugh . and in the book they spend a lot more time together than just those initial 2 week and then the 1 night . why do they leave those time out . i could go on and on and on but then i would run out of space . so basically and if you be a great fan of nicholas spark and do not waste your time or money on this movie . just read the book again . because it terrible and nothing like the book .