Movies

I really thought The Longest Ride was going to be a sappy movie based on a book by Nicholas Sparks. I was mistaken. Yes, it can be sappy but turns out to be a good story. A young couple, a city girl and a cowboy go out on a date only to discover they are too different for it to work. They drive up to an accident scene and the cowboy saves the driver while the gal discovers a lot of letters. This sets a path to a past love story and sets the course for the cowboy and city girl to have a little faith in finding love even though circumstances may point elsewhere. I believe this is a good date movie or just a feel good story. Long live cowboys.

If you enjoyed other Nicolas Sparks movies, you will enjoy this one. It is heartwarming and one with integrity that depicts what it is to love someone unconditionally. It is a sweet, and sensual romance of a young couple struggling to come together while each follows their dreams. Sophia, wants to follow her passion of art, and Luke, follows his passion as the world's best bull rider. Their love story is entwined with the memories of a relationship of love long ago, told and acted by Alan Alda, who plays Ira, as he reads letters he wrote to his dear wife, Ruth. The scenery of the movie is lovely, the bull riding is exciting, the script, thoughtful and touching. Have Kleenex on hand, you will cry. At the end of this movie the audience clapped because it was good all the way through.

An absolutely magnificent film. This is what movie making should all be about.A story of parallel loves through the years is so good that words can't describe the emotions felt.Both stories are beautifully told. In a supporting performance, Alan Alda nearly steals the show, as Ira Levinson, who recounts the story of a love he nearly lost, but was saved and by what the couple endured to compensate for what they couldn't have.Our young North Carolina couple who comes upon Alda in his auto accident also have divisions that may destroy their relationship.This is a highly intelligent, thought provoking film. Life can succeed when people work to do so. Of course, the Cinderella-like ending may not be always what occurs, but it established a love to go on.