The Lake House - getting nowhere

It took me lots of courage to watch the movie, starring Sandra Bullock (the main reason) and Keanu Reeves. After their 'Speed', I couldn't bear watching another one starring the actress as I really think she looks like a witch! I had expected it to be a 'romantic' love story driving little girls with fantasy crazy about loads of cliche. Quite surprisingly, it impressed me with its storyline, telling us Cate (Bullock) and Alex (Reeves) are indeed communicating with each other in 2-year time span, one in 2006 and the other 2004.
All the way through I thought: Wow! This story was amazing - felt like time travel at times. And with all those details building up the relationship of Cate and Alex - I couldn't say it's all just cliche. Coming to the part when Cate waited for Alex in the restaurant but he didn't turn up, the scene was heartbreaking adding to her hopeless feeling of not being able to meet Alex and having a future with him. I took my breath deep later when Cate finally walks in Alex and his brother's company and having realised that her hidden passion for Alex takes over her once again, the bad news comes - Alex died in a car accident.
If the scriptwriter was a genius, s/he wouldn't alter the past. It was a wrong step that brought the great fall to the movie. At last, Cate actually ran back to the lake house, sent Alex a note, trying to avoid the accident. And of course, she succeeded. The craziest and stupidest ending no scriptwriter should ever do - altering the past without dealing with the FACT or REALITY of the present.
There were only FURY and ANNOYANCE in me I felt for it.
Next time, watch wise!

ps. by the way, 'The Lake House' was inspired by the Korean movie 'Il Mare'