The Giver

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Coolin's M Hated the movie just like I hated the book Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/16/24 Full Review Croft T The Giver, a 2014 Phillip Noyce film that takes place in what seems to be a utopia. A community free of war, violence, pain and suffering due to its strict conformity of ridding the community of emotions and memories. Brenton Thwaites plays a character named Jonas, a smart and capable teenager that is selected by “the community” to be the receiver of memory, which grants him access to learn about the rest of humanity and the truth of the real world throughout history. Jeff Bridges plays a mysterious man that’s known by the community as “The Giver”, The Giver acts as a mentor to Jonas and reveals the truth of how his community came to be and all of the shady actions that must happen to keep the utopia running. The film’s plot attempts to display all the themes in a simple format but is unable to balance the story plot’s depth with a simple understanding. Despite the very interesting plot, the fast pace storytelling makes the story feel rushed. The setting is excellently portrayed throughout the film as it displays the patterned perfection of the community with a clean monochromatic aesthetic. As Jonas experiences memories of the “real world” the world slowly gains vibrance. Lastly, the character development varies from person to person. For example, The Givers character balances his wisdom and mentorship attitude with fear and melancholyness, because he knows how hurtful and powerful the memories of the real world are. Similarly with Jonas, he has an advances character arc that you see unfold, he starts with the same knowledge as every other clueless citizen but as he learns more he starts to question everything about his reality, and does a great job at displaying all the moral dilemmas with keeping the truth a secret from the community. However, for other characters like Chief Elder, played by Meryl Streep, who has significant importance throughout the climax, however, is very underly explained, leaving a gap of the story unknown. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Victor G Good movie really enjoyed it if they had the cgi that we have now bck then this movie would’ve been a hit possibly even a sequels because it just ended when he found the cabin Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Daniel T As a book adaptation, it would score lower. There are way too many differences, the producers and writers took to many liberties and important aspects are lost or seem overlooked. However, the stellar cast and the performances are to my opinion excellent. As an English teacher I tend to use this movie as a comparison with the source material, with the purpose of the students analyzing, comparing, and at times evaluating the adaptation made. So, as a movie adaptation of the book, I consider it regular, but as a vehicle for teaching and learning, I give a much higher rating. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/13/24 Full Review Mason M I usually don't do ratings this low, but I have a particular hatred for this film. It's a bad film in the first place, but it's also such a disservice to the book. The book is so amazingly done and written and this movie just takes everything that was good about the book, and just gets rid of it for some reason. The result is a quite dumb movie, without much of a purpose. I would love to see a well made adaption of The Giver, and this is not it. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Jayne H i have watched many films over my 61 years, and this one i resonated with. absolutely wonderful ❤️ Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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