Not Just Another Chick Flick

  Being a girl, I have to admit I love watching "chick flicks".  Recently I watched The Notebook, for what must have been the billionth time I have seen it.  Most chick flicks have the same story and are beyond predictable.  What I like the most about The Notebook is how the story is told in a way you would not predict.  It is a story that takes place "back in the day" about a young, hardworking man and a wealthy, spoiled girl who fall in love despite their differences... blah blah blah.  What is neat, though, is throughout the movie it cuts to "present day" where an older man reads a story to an older woman.  The story the man reads is the story of the boy and girl.  Spoiler Alert: (although anyone who would want to see this movie probably has by now), at the end we find that the elderly man and woman are the young boy and girl from the story.  The old man tries to remind his lady (who has Alzheimer's) of the story of how they fell in love, in hopes of bringing her back.  The cuts between present day and the "story", along with the old man's voice in the background of the "story" make the movie unique and gives it a twist in the end, creating the classic, ever-popular love story.