Small wonder, years later, when she learns what he’s done, that she begins to have second thoughts about the dashing and well-to-do but perhaps not quite as hopelessly romantic fiancé she’s acquired in the interim. This naturally calls for a romantic picturesque gesture, which Noah provides in grand style first by sending Allie 365 letters every day for the next year, then by obsessively restoring that manor home as a monument to his undying love for her. (You might think there was some subtle point being made here about their inappropriate intimacy precipitating deeper conflict, but I’d be willing to bet that that thought is a lot deeper than this story.)Īt this point Allie’s parents, who are from old Southern money and have never approved of dirt-poor Noah, contrive to separate the quarreling lovers. One night they decide to go all the way in a quaintly dilapidated old manor home that Noah wants to restore hours later they’re breaking up with much shouting and smacking. Allie and Noah have a very physical relationship even when Allie’s not smacking him, they can hardly keep their hands off one another.Īs their relationship progresses, Allie and Noah just keep on doing the same three things, but on an ever-increasing scale.

Getting way too forward with one another physically.Allie and Noah quarrel a lot, to the point that she starts smacking him when she gets angry enough. See Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) lie in the middle of a darkened intersection watching the traffic light change, then scramble for safety when a car comes! See Allie enjoying post-coital oil painting in the nude, wrapped in a sheet on the porch! Doing cute / stupid / romantic / picturesque things.Directed by Nick Cassavetes ( John Q) from the tearjerker by Catholic novelist Nicholas Sparks ( A Walk to Remember), The Notebook is about a couple whose budding relationship consists basically of three things: Right there is Allie and Noah in a nutshell.

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