The Notebook is often regarded as one of the greatest romance films of all time. To give some context, the film was released in 2004, and it is a “love” story between Noah and Allie, who are played by Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. My opinion? Overrated. This so-called “love story” makes me mad every single time I try to watch it, hoping it’ll be better than the last time I picked up the remote. 

I’m not the only one who dislikes The Notebook, junior Abby Scully said, “I would say it’s overrated and overly dramatic.”

Aleena Hussain, a senior, said “Even though I never watched the film, I know it’s one of the most talked about romance movies which I don’t understand why, considering that the synopsis of the movie does not seem interesting at all.”

To start off, the main guy, Noah, was a psychopath. Hanging from a ferris wheel to convince a girl to date him was the first thing that made me realize that the movie was going to be a dumpster fire. When he refused to get down even after everyone was telling him to, it was my final straw. Doing all that to take a girl out is NOT romantic. If I were Allie, I would have definitely called the cops on him. 

Not only was Noah insufferable, but so was Allie. Together, they’re the most insufferable fictional couple I have ever come across, and I would probably actively avoid those two if I knew them in real life. Allie is literally the queen of being indecisive. First, she gets with Lon after not seeing Noah for a while, which I can understand because she moved on, but tell me why she went back to Noah like it was no big deal? Keep in mind, they were together for only one summer and were separated for seven years. That is more than enough time to get over someone, in my opinion. The girl had no clue what was going on the entire time, and her having absolutely no idea what she wanted made me turn off the TV for a few minutes in order to try to calm myself. Everyone always says “Oh, but Noah built her a house!” Okay? Lon would have bought her hundreds of houses if she just asked, I’m sure of it. But if I’m being honest, Noah deserves better than all that drama she was bringing into the relationship. He needs therapy, not a girlfriend, but I still think he’s a creep.

Despite the number of times I have watched the movie, I am still here writing and wondering why I should care about Noah and Allie. This was not a love story, if anything, it felt like an obsession between the two parties. 

In conclusion: Lon is the only tolerable character, and I’m going to admit that I’m most likely missing the point of the story, but I don’t care. I would rather watch The Emoji Movie on repeat than endure two hours of Allie and Noah developing attachment issues to each other.