My Thoughts:
- I finally watched this and I was very disappointed.
- I liked how color was introduced. That was cool.
- Jeff Bridges gave a great performance as the giver. I was a little skeptical about him in the role, but he did good.
- Some of those memory frame rates were pretty crappy.
- I hate how Jonas was able to give memories to Gabe! It bugged me SO bad! Once you give those memories away, you don't have them anymore! Idiot!
- I like how they called an elephant a hippo. That made me laugh.
- The jump off the edge was SO dumb! The whole ending just dragged, and it was WAY too long. I felt like it would never end. It was dumb!
- They strayed so far from the book. The subtly that made the book wondrous and beautiful was taken away. Instead the movie was intensified and more dramatic. I hated that!
- The characters were good, but they strayed from the feeling and essence of the book/story.
I haven't read the book, so I wasn't sure how it did compared to it. I liked the movie for what it was. I didn't understand everything that happened because I didn't have the background from the book.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the book yet either but the movie didn't leave a lasting impression. I don't know why Hollywood tries sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the book. I'm not sure how much I'd like the movie.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a review for this book, too. Yeah I was upset that they didn't clarify that Jonas was literally giving away good memories to Gabe. It's that sacrifice which is so moving in the novel.
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