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Post by katryna on Jul 23, 2004 12:13:41 GMT -5
I've been wondering...Allie and Noah's children (when they appeared at the nursing home) looked pretty young...considering the story was supposedly taking place in the present time. since i'm such a geek, i was trying to calculate this out, haha.
I thought this is the OLDEST each of the kids could pass for...
Maggie: 42 (maybe even younger)
Mary Ellen: 38
Edmund: 40
So they would've been pretty old when they were having kids...wouldn't they? unless the story is supposed to take place in 1996, like the book...or even earlier. i dunno...
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Post by trueloverawks on Jul 23, 2004 12:18:06 GMT -5
I was curious about that too.. but the book had different names for the kids.. like umm Jane... was the oldest one of allie and noahs children.. i forget the other childrens names but they should have included jane... because you know she was a main character in the wedding.. doesnt make sense at all.. oh well..
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Post by katryna on Jul 23, 2004 14:11:29 GMT -5
well, i think that the wedding was probably published after they even made the movie...because they made the movie in 2002. but i thought it was pointless to change the names of the children, too.
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Post by SweetKisses on Jul 23, 2004 16:55:39 GMT -5
i have a question that doesnt really tie in with this but it has to do with the book and the movie and the differences so i mite as well ask. in the book allies last name is nelson but as you know in the movie its hamilton. so i was wondering what you think of why they changed it? nelson's not a bad last n ???ame!
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Post by katryna on Jul 27, 2004 0:23:54 GMT -5
i don't know...i think that maybe "hamilton" sounded more distinguished? and hamilton does flow nicely...nicer than "alison nelson" i think.
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Post by Kwin on Jul 27, 2004 15:34:40 GMT -5
allison nelson sounds way too much alike. maybe that's why they changed it? also, in the book, when noah was retelling the story of their love (him and allie) to his children, how old were they supposed to be? because i took it that they were only teenagers and that was when allie was diagnosed with alzheimer's. i probably read it wrong  |
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Post by katryna on Jul 28, 2004 11:33:52 GMT -5
hmm, i got the interpretation that they had already moved out of the house and everything...
Allie and Noah would've gotten married in 1947...if they'd been married, as Noah says, for 49 years in what would be 1996 (year the book was published). Allie was pregnant by their first anniversary, which makes it 1948, the year that kate (i think she was the first) is probably born in.
In their 10th year of marriage, 1957 (the book says "39 years ago") Kate's probably about 9 or 10, which would make her about 48 in the book. so all of their kids are probably aged within 10 years of each other.
sorry for the long reply...haha.
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Post by grkANGEL85 on Jul 29, 2004 9:39:19 GMT -5
I've been wondering...Allie and Noah's children (when they appeared at the nursing home) looked pretty young...considering the story was supposedly taking place in the present time. since i'm such a geek, i was trying to calculate this out, haha. I thought this is the OLDEST each of the kids could pass for... Maggie: 42 (maybe even younger) Mary Ellen: 38 Edmund: 40 So they would've been pretty old when they were having kids...wouldn't they? unless the story is supposed to take place in 1996, like the book...or even earlier. i dunno... Do we know when they actually got married in the movie? I don't remember that part being mentioned. Maybe that has something to do with the young aged children. Also, about the names. Weren't they not supposed to use their real names when talking with Allie? Isn't that why Noah was referred to as Duke? Because it would like confuse her or something? That's what I always thought. My friend and I were talking about this after the movie: Doesn't it suck that their children lost both their parents at the same time?  |
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Post by ALLIEnNOAH4ever on Jul 29, 2004 11:49:03 GMT -5
I was thinking that too about how they both lost their parents at the same time, it's sad for them, but isn't that the way we want it to end? Noah would die if Allie had past away before him, so I like a perfect( also,  very sad) ending to a perfect story..Noah needs Allie & Allie needs Noah..plain and simple.... ;D |
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Post by katryna on Jul 29, 2004 21:35:11 GMT -5
Do we know when they actually got married in the movie? I don't remember that part being mentioned. Maybe that has something to do with the young aged children. Yeah, they got married, because in the notebook Allie wrote, she signed it "The story of our lives- by Alison Hamilton- Calhoun"  |
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Post by grkANGEL85 on Jul 29, 2004 23:41:00 GMT -5
Yeah, they got married, because in the notebook Allie wrote, she signed it "The story of our lives- by Alison Hamilton- Calhoun" I know that they got married, I'm asking WHEN did they get married. that wasn't specified in the film. |
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Post by trueloverawks on Jul 30, 2004 0:50:05 GMT -5
Wow.. a lot of figuring out here... Uh... Yea the movie and the book had its differences... but i liked how they put the movie together.. it looks good... Um.. yea i love that scene when noah is flipping through the photo albums of them and their family.. and flipped through the notebook it said The Story of Our Lives - By Allison Hamilton-Calhoun.. To My Love Noah, Read this to me and I'll remember... Something like that I can't remember but that phrase always stuck in my mind.. its so sweet... makes my heart melt now.. But i remember when i saw that part in the movie i kept crying.. i couldnt stop... it was just a good touch to the movie... |
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Post by grkANGEL85 on Jul 30, 2004 9:04:52 GMT -5
Um.. yea i love that scene when noah is flipping through the photo albums of them and their family.. and flipped through the notebook it said The Story of Our Lives - By Allison Hamilton-Calhoun.. To My Love Noah, Read this to me and I'll remember... Something like that I can't remember but that phrase always stuck in my mind.. its so sweet... makes my heart melt now.. That was when I cried real hard. I thought it was so sad. I didn't know until then that she had wrote it. I think this is what it said exactly: The Story of Our Lives by Allison Hamilton Calhoun. Read this to me and I'll come back to you. |
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Post by katryna on Jul 30, 2004 19:14:10 GMT -5
I know that they got married, I'm asking WHEN did they get married. that wasn't specified in the film. sorry...i interpreted what you were saying differently  I would've liked more pictures of Rachel and Ryan in that photo album...none of the pictures of James even looked remotely close to Ryan. At least Gena and Rachel look somewhat alike, so their pictures fit to be more believable. |
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Post by Kwin on Jul 30, 2004 22:50:55 GMT -5
wouldn't it be nice if they added a quick wedding scene in the movie? not like a 5 minutes thing, but maybe like a quick flashback. if they did that and showed the year or something in the scrapbook, it would make it a bit easier to calculate. i guess we're supposed to believe that their children are in their late 30s-early 40s.. or that's how i thought of it in the movie  |
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