different cast?

[funkymunky]

well, i dont think anyone should replace ryan or rachel but i do have an opinion on james and gena. no doubt they are two very talented actors but they just dont resemble ryan and rachel. it didnt bother me too much until they showed the photo album. they really dont look alike. for a noah alternative, maybe robert redford? and im not too sure on allie. opinions?

[Kwin]

i think that for the album, they should've just had ryan and rachel be in the pictures. just dress them up to look older or something.

[Chrissy]

i agree with the photo album thing....that kind of bothered me a bit....kind of takes away from the continuity of the storyline/film....but....i usually get so lost in the film that it doesnt bother me until i think about it....if that makes sense.....lol

[ThoseSummerNights]

funkymunky said:

well, i dont think anyone should replace ryan or rachel but i do have an opinion on james and gena. no doubt they are two very talented actors but they just dont resemble ryan and rachel. it didnt bother me too much until they showed the photo album. they really dont look alike. for a noah alternative, maybe robert redford? and im not too sure on allie. opinions?

I think Robert Redford would have been too well known. I liked both of James' and Gena's performances though, even if they didn't look exaclty alike. As for the photo album, it would have been nice to see some pics of Ryan and Rachel as Noah and Allie (like their wedding day or something), if ony before they showed pics of James and Gena, just to try to connect them.

[katryna]

i wanted a wedding scene and a little montage of them dancing in the kitchen...and chasing maggie around or something that would've been so cute

[April]

katryna said:

i wanted a wedding scene and a little montage of them dancing in the kitchen...and chasing maggie around or something that would've been so cute

i love how you think hahaha, that would be sooo cuutteeeeeee

[ThoseSummerNights]

katryna said:

i wanted a wedding scene and a little montage of them dancing in the kitchen...and chasing maggie around or something that would've been so cute

Yeah, that would have been really cute!

[trueloverawks]

Yea the picture album kinda bugged me as well... they should have shown pics of rachel and ryan.. it would look nicer... but still i wondered if they didnt have james and gena... they could have dressed up rachel and ryan as older people.. do you think that would have been better or james/gena? Just wondering...

[ALLIEnNOAH4ever]

To me the movie is perfect the way it is..Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams were WONDERFUL in this movie, they are were the perfect people to play Noah and Allie, they brought alot of passion and chemistry and really looked like they were head-over-heals in love with each other..James Garner and Gena Rowlands were great as Old Noah and Allie, James Marsden did a great job as well with Lon, I agree I would have liked to see photos of young Allie and Noah in the photo album, but it was great and made me cry... ..Best love story I've seen in a good long while, sorry about the long post...

[notebookfan]

I liked the movie as it was as well. The photo album was a little bothersome but like someone else said, you get too engrossed in the film to notice or care. I am also very glad that they cast Ryan and Rachel as the leads-we get to see the raw talent and true chemistry. If other well known actors were cast I think the movie would have a different feel.

[grkANGEL85]

ugh I HATED the photo album scene. That's the only scene I cannot stand. I really liked Gena and James. Plus, Robert Redford is too young to play the role. Wasn't Old Noah close to 80?

[ThoseSummerNights]

I didn't really hate the photo album part, I just thought maybe if they began with some Ryan and Rachel pics, then moved onto some James and Gena ones, then it would look like a more natural progression. But as for who played everyone, I think the cast was perfect as well!

[lindseyloo72001]

I had no problem with James Garner or Gena Rowlands...I think they're both very talented actors, and I don't think it matters that they don't look exactly like Ryan and Rachel. I mean, they did a good job with their parts, and sometimes people look a lot different when they get older. Besides, I just loved James Garner's character...and I really like James Garner in everything I've ever watched him in...but anyway...the photo album thing bothered me, too...I wanted some wedding pictures, some pictures of Allie pregnant, some pictures of them with kids...and I wanted them to feature Ryan and Rachel instead of James and Gena. It would have been much more realistic. But the only part that really, really bothered me was the part with the kids. Did anyone else think that they were kind of cheesy and not very good actors? As far as I'm concerned, that scene should have been cut completely out, or at least edited a lot. But, as you all know, I love the movie. That part just bothered me.

[Kwin]

i was watching the butterfly effect the other day and i was thinking, if rachel mcadams were not in the movie, amy smart looks like someone who would do a good job with the role of allie. in a way, she kinda looks like rachel. she seems like another person who might be able to play the role of allie, the way she looks.. really classy, a southern belle, debutante.

don't be mad guys! rachel did a perfect job in the movie. i was just trying to picture amy smart as allie and i also think that she would do a really good job.

[AznIntegra521]

katryna said:

i wanted a wedding scene and a little montage of them dancing in the kitchen...and chasing maggie around or something that would've been so cute

i love to have seen that.