What a sad, great movie!

Ugh, man! That ending just killed it for me; so sad. I read all these negative reviews and, yeah some scenes are over drawn out and pointless but I thought the movie overall was great. The movie added so much to the dramatization of Neal(Dean) and it really shows how I'm sure his real life was. What a great 'effin movie.

I read this book senior year in High School in '07 and it changed my life. College was all about my kicks and meeting as many people as possible, with as many miles I could get. I related to it, my heart raced(still does!) but.. I never knew the truth of how it was for my heroes. They traveled and expereinced great things, but we never got to see a 'real' Dean. What a great movie and really showed how things were for him, and how he really was. A man tortured with his own inner-demons and inability to cope, relate and show love to another(My girlfrind can attest to that one, lord knows why she stays).

We all at one time or another idolized Cassady, I sure as hell know I did. This movie did such a well job showing how he really was and his constant need for movememnt. Movement gives people like him(and perhaps me) no time to slow down and think about his mistakes; keep moving you won't think.. Just so sad at the ending, tore my heart out. That actor Garrett "whoever" did a hell of a great job. I couldn't have been happier with this movie.

I still sense romanticism in this movie, and of course the book; but it is an honest portrayal of people many, including myself, have made out to be bigger than they were. It should inspire someone to hit the road(got my motorcycle ready for RT 66 this summer with some buddies to CA and back to IL) and also to be honest about what it can do to you.

I loved it!