Letters To Juliet (4/10)

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[/caption]So many flaws. But for a chick flick such as this, I guess it had to be done this way.In this movie, Christopher Egan played a logical realist, or what the ladies in the movie would call (including the female audience most probably), an unromantic pessimist. And with the flaws I found here, I would be one as well.But really now, why would you travel all over, knocking on doors of strangers, looking for someone specific. What day and age are we living in? Why not just use the phone? Because it's more romantic? Or just more dramatic?Gael Garcia Bernal played an up and coming chef, opening up his first restaurant in New York city. And he got dumped because of his passion. Amanda Seyfried played the ingrate who dumped him just because he was concentrating on creating a future for the both of them. The way I see it, her character is the bad guy here.The female community should just stay away from this movie because it creates a misconception of what love is. To just run away at the first sign of trouble rather than talking things out first and understanding where the other party is coming from. To just fall completely for someone in a matter of a week and just be totally immersed in the blind stages of cloud 9. Romantic? Sure. Realistic? No. Feasible in the real world? Highly doubtful.But I do not have any complaints on the performances from the leads including a very good Vanessa Redgrave. The ending I have to say had the classical romantic speech going for it. And I liked the lines written for Egan, and how his character didn't take himself seriously in significant scenes like the final one when they were about to declare their love for each other. Furthermore, cinematography was great.However, just before the credits rolled, director Gary Winick got everyone to rush over to watch both the leads lying on the grass kissing. That was just ridiculous and unnecessary.I know with this review I risk coming off as someone bitter because of past experiences but the truth is, I haven't been in a relationship long enough to get dumped like that. So why is it that when even I can see what a relationship should be - hard work - this story got written anyway?