Yesterday night, I was browsing through movies to watch, since I was bored.
I chanced upon "A Walk To Remember". I had heard of this movie many times in the past, but never really got down to actually watching it.

Major mistake.

It was the most wondrous, most mind stimulating, most romantic, and yet, the saddest tragedy to happen.

It is not just a love story, it is more than that. It talks about life, how short it is, how beautiful it is.

It follows the unpredictable relationship in a typical high school - the popular bad boy, and the nerdy science girl. It was a chance meeting, their interactions were never expected. Just one meeting, left a mark on each other's life.

They fell in love. They did everything together. The things couples do. Romantic stuff. :)

But the tragic thing was; she did not have long to live. She knew, even before meeting him. She did not plan on falling in love. But she did. She couldn't help it. Both of them.

Even if she knew she was dying, she did not despair. She lived happily, fulfilling each day with meaningful goals.

But what invoked tears was the fact of knowing. Knowing she will die. Even through the smiles.
And expecting the bad boy to leave, without turning back, without having to face something so serious, so big.

But he didnt. She had already changed him. She had already saved him. From a life of unknowing, a life of no future.

He stayed with her, granting each and every one of her dreams and wishes. He walked with her, into the chapel, her number one wish: "Getting married at the chapel, like her parents did before her."

Right until the very last minute.

He gained more than he gave. Though he lost his ego, he felt his father again. All because of Janie.


This is one of two movies that made me shed tears deeply. Interestingly, the other was "1 Litre of Tears."

I guess I just cannot bear the pain of seeing someone suffer from an illness that doesnt just take you right there and then.

The process of knowing she will die, and yet nothing can be done to stop it, was torturing. Only waiting, for life to slip by her day by day.

Watch it. A Walk To Remember.