That specific line is very accurate for the plot of the new adaptation directed by Shana Feste and top-billed by Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde. The ensemble consists of Robert Patrick, Rhys Wakefield, Bruce Greenwood and Joely Richardson.
The central theme of the story revolves around the passionate love between two young teenagers fresh off high school living under different situations, a modern day Romeo and Juliet perhaps. Alex plays David, a boy who had a violent past but has changed since then and continues to help his family by taking jobs including a valet parker and a mechanic at his father's (Patrick) garage shop. He falls in love with one of the most beautiful and smartest girl in his batch, Jade, played by Gabriella. Unlike David, Jade lives a very comfortable life under the roof of her successful and wealthy family, with a writer and a doctor as her parents, played by Greenwood and Richardson. However, her life has not been easy with the loss of her brother Keith in her teen years which has affected not only her social life but her entire family including her other brother, Chris (Wakefield).
David and Jade crosses paths right after graduation and the romance sparks from there. Though there romance face tough challenges, they find a way to make it work but their families continue to become a huge road block in their love story.
The story is your typical romantic movie that has been done over and over again in most movies but if you're looking for a sweet movie this Valentine's day with your partner, then this may be your only option as there's no other romance-themed movies out this week.
One thing that I love about this movie is its soundtrack. I even had to look up the songs right after I arrived home to download them. The casting had a bunch of good actors but Alex may be a miscast. It's a bit hard to see him play these roles as he seem to be more fit as a villain but I can see why they would cast him, just to attract the female audience.
Despite the recycled storyline, they still tried to make some changes to make it different than the original adaptation. I have not seen the original nor knew this was taken from a novel but the first one apparently did well in the music department, with its theme song garnering some nominations at the Grammys.
If you enjoy young love movies, then you'll have to watch this for sure.
Shout-out to Pinoyexchange for giving me free tickets for the advance screening of this movie last night after winning one of their contests!
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