Endless Love makes me almost wish I'd loved with reckless abandon

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I’m not going to go into this review by bashing Universal Pictures’ Endless Love for being a remake of the 1981 movie of the same title. I had never really seen the original Brooke Shields movie until this week when I watched it on Netflix out of curiosity. And if you want my honest opinion, I think I actually prefer the remake because the original movie was just too bizarre and pointless with its plot for my tastes (but I’ll harp more about that later). Starring Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer as star-crossed, doey-eyed lovers Jade Butterfield and David Elliot, Endless Love is about two teens who fall madly in love with each other with the reckless abandon that can only be found in youth, much to the concern of their parents. The movie begins with the two just graduating from high school. Apparently David has been watching Jade from afar, though she never knew it because she’s been socially withdrawn since the sudden death of her older brother several years earlier. The two get to