This is not a movie review.

I feel the sudden urge to re-read “One Day”. Yes, it was pretty depressing. But no, it was not at all that bad. It was actually pretty good. Although I get why most people won’t be into it.

I saw the movie last friday. I have to say, I expected too much from this film. Kind of like when I saw the movie adaptation of “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. But.. come on, you can’t blame me. Not entirely, at least. These were great books. The films.. they just really suck. Well at least the adaptation of Water for Elephants was acceptable. This? NO.

The casting was convincing. It made me think like, “Hey, they’re not bad. I like Anne Hathaway. And Jim Sturgess. Jim can really do Dexter. That messed up guy with the most handsome features.” But after watching a bit, I had only one thing set in mind. This is not good.

What the hell is with the rush? What’s with the eagerness to change years? People will surely be confused with that one-day-a-year thing. Why only one day? After graduation, they become good friends all of a sudden. The important part here is to emphasize on the fact that they talked a lot during that night of graduation, on Emma’s bed, about the future. That part was skipped. That part was important. And what’s with July 15? Okay yeah, that was after their graduation. But do they only meet every July 15th? Why is the movie so focused on that day? What happens in between? They wrote each other the whole time. They actually meet in between those dates every year. A lot of things happen in between. But they were all just skipped. Oh. And what’s with everyone else? They did not age. Aw man, I don’t even know how to end all this ranting. Think happy Em&Dex thoughts.

“I don’t want your phone number, or letters, or postcards. I don’t want to get married to you. Definitely don’t want to have your babies. Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today.”

Okay, fine. I have a soft spot for them both anyway, Em and Dex.. Dex and Em. I loved the book so much that I believed I would forgive the film after watching that last bit (the flashback). And I did for a while. I might have to watch that scene again to feel good about it. You know what, I’m gonna end this right here. I’m going to get to it, to watching that last bit.