The Last Song

I really wasn't expecting to like this movie as much as I did. It was perfect for a Saturday afternoon.

Every time Blaze appears, I do a double take. (It's Darlene from _Mr. Robot_.) ---- It's fine. The romance, what's happening with the parents, everything is pretty paint-by-numbers and feels like the story goes down a list of clichés checking them off one after the other. I thought the story could have moved along a bit faster, or kept the same runtime but added in some more background on other characters—Will's family, in particular. The most frustrating gap in the script, for me, was [spoiler]never even mentioning what happened with Marcus at the wedding again[/spoiler]. I would have accepted even a passing reference, but I thought that particular event deserved a little more post hoc screen time. The other thing bugging me is how [spoiler]Will's refusal to leave Ronnie alone when she repeatedly shuts him down on multiple occasions[/spoiler] gets portrayed as this grand romantic arc, when in reality that's harassment. For that reason I low-key hate that [spoiler]they end up together at the end[/spoiler]. That boy needs to listen when he's told no!