(Week 5) The Lucky One

One movie that I saw just recently was "The Lucky One" based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. 

"U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive—a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm."

Logan cherishes the picture of Beth so much because he saw it lying in the dust and went to go pick it up. As he was looking at it, a mortar attack destroys the area he had been sitting in before and those who were in that area. After tirelessly asking around to try to find the owner of the picture, he keeps it for himself and regards Beth as his guardian angel.
He returns home to live with his sister in Colorado, but decides to walk all the way to Louisiana because of a local landmark shown in Beth's picture. By asking around, he finds out where Beth lives, but cannot gather the courage to tell her about the picture so she thinks that he is there to apply for a job at her dog kennel.
By working hard,being respectful, and spending time with her son Ben, Logan earns Beth's respect and the two become romantically involved, yet Logan still cannot tell her about the picture. When he is finally able to tell her about it, she develops a strong hate for Logan, but still deeply loves him.

I won't give away any more of the story line, just in case you want to see it for yourself. I love this movie so much because of Logan's character. He so hard working and honest (aside from telling Beth about the picture.) The kind of man who is gentle, quiet, and strong despite all the horrors he witnessed at war.