I caught this expertly crafted romantic thriller a few tree rings after it came out (3 to be exact) but this movie has aged better than a Redwood. But it was not a moment too soon.
After years of being a journeyman carpenter I had lost my love- affair with wood. Running my fingers down the factory edge of a plank of birch just didn't send shivers up my spine like it did the first time I got behind a lathe. A friend and colleague sensed my creeping disillusionment with my trade coming on like a vicious root-rot. One day he showed up with a box handcrafted from sandalwood with the words "Safe Haven" precision-engrave using a radial saw on the front. Inside was a Blue Ray of Lasse Hallstrom's visionary adaptation of Nicholas Sparks wood-pulp consuming classic novel.
Since my Koa wood DVD player was infested with termites around the last solstice, I ended up watching this on demand instead and just acted like I used Larry (colleague) copy. Don't tell him. From the first shot of the Carolina pine at the cabin to the master crafted bubinga beams in Josh Duhamel's office, this thing shook the moths off my love of wood faster than a pallet of cedar pellets. By halfway through the second act I was tung-oiling a stool I made during act one. By the time the final credits rolled I was standing in a pile of sawdust looking at the replica I had made of David Lyon's character's wood-bead car seat cover.
I can't recommend this movie enough. Watch it and every day will feel like Arbor Day.
After years of being a journeyman carpenter I had lost my love- affair with wood. Running my fingers down the factory edge of a plank of birch just didn't send shivers up my spine like it did the first time I got behind a lathe. A friend and colleague sensed my creeping disillusionment with my trade coming on like a vicious root-rot. One day he showed up with a box handcrafted from sandalwood with the words "Safe Haven" precision-engrave using a radial saw on the front. Inside was a Blue Ray of Lasse Hallstrom's visionary adaptation of Nicholas Sparks wood-pulp consuming classic novel.
Since my Koa wood DVD player was infested with termites around the last solstice, I ended up watching this on demand instead and just acted like I used Larry (colleague) copy. Don't tell him. From the first shot of the Carolina pine at the cabin to the master crafted bubinga beams in Josh Duhamel's office, this thing shook the moths off my love of wood faster than a pallet of cedar pellets. By halfway through the second act I was tung-oiling a stool I made during act one. By the time the final credits rolled I was standing in a pile of sawdust looking at the replica I had made of David Lyon's character's wood-bead car seat cover.
I can't recommend this movie enough. Watch it and every day will feel like Arbor Day.