The
Best Of Me: Tears Of Joy Edition (2014/Fox Blu-ray)
Picture:
A- Sound: B Extras: A Film: B
Based
on [yet another!] one of Nicholas Spark's best sellers comes a
romantic tale that spans across the years. In Michael Hoffman's The
Best Of Me (2014), Dawson and Amanda have been in love with each
other since high school, but because of their different social status
and family backgrounds they were never able to get married. 20 years
later, they are reunited at the death of one of their friends, but
even after 20 years, they haven't forgotten each other for single
moment. Now fate seems to have given them a second chance, is it too
late to get together or will they give in what their heart truly
feels?
Dawson
comes from a poor background where his (step?) father is Southern
hillbilly drug dealer. Amanda is from a rich and well to do family.
And while Dawson (James Marsden) is smart and gifted he lives apart
from his family, but he realizes his family is still a danger to
Amanda (Michelle Monaghan). While Amanda sees Dawson's potential and
that he is not like his family, her father is not willing to risk
that. After a violence incident, Amanda's father is proven right and
Dawson and Amanda become separated for the next 20 years. 20 years
later, Dawson is still single and works as a roughneck on an oil rig
and Amanda is a married woman and mother.
We'll
leave the rest for you to see, but this is one of the more watchable
Sparks film of late... a heart touching and wrenching movie about
love, lost and true romance. While a person must consider their
social standing in a relationship, we could always like to believe
that true love can overcome anything, but reality doesn't work always
the way we plan, while we set our standards high, we usually settle
for something less.
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is as good as a
digitally-shot romantic melodrama is going to look, while the
lossless DTS-HD Master Audio (MA) 5.1 mix is on the quiet side, but
also as good as it can be for such a production. Extras include
Digital Copy, an alternate ending, interviews with Nicholas Sparks,
commentary, music video, deleted scenes, trailers and Along for the
Ride.
-
Ricky Chiang
