The Giver
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Re: The Giver
Don't think I have heard of this...and can't say I'm going to be too bothered to see it. What's the pull here, Vi? 
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It is based on an amazing children's book...but adults have read it too. Looks like they changed some things, but according to what I've heard the author is happy with it because the "spirit" of the book has been preserved. I have to say I'm curious about how the book was adapted.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Giver-Lois-Lo ... =the+giver
http://www.amazon.com/The-Giver-Lois-Lo ... =the+giver
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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It was arguably the FIRST "Teen dystopia" novel of the 80's, and one of the more "legendary" of the Newbery Award books that every US kid was forced to read in fourth through sixth grade.Ben wrote:Don't think I have heard of this...and can't say I'm going to be too bothered to see it. What's the pull here, Vi?
I say "the first", because we all know what came after, and so do the producers, it sure as heck looks like. It's been in "What to do with this classic?" limbo forever, and....not hard to guess they figured out what.
(In the book, the dystopic future is a small-town that looks like something out of The Waltons, gray muted colors and no extreme/unpleasant emotions, and, unlike the movie, nobody had a crossbow or a cool Frank Lloyd Wright apartment.)
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Re: The Giver
Eric is right on. Most people will see this trailer and think it is a "me too" reaction to Hunger Games, Twilight, and Divergent, but those guys just got their movies out first.
The Giver was first by a mile. But they might fall victim to John Carter's fate.
The Giver was first by a mile. But they might fall victim to John Carter's fate.
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It's from Walden Media, whose heart is sometimes in the right place about adapting children's classics, but...sometimes, like The Dark Is Rising, they try a little TOO hard to take out the "complicated" stuff for modern audiences, and end up losing the complete literary author conceit of the book.
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Yes, I can't believe they made Jonas like 16 or 17! 
I guess it's easier portraying a teenager dealing with all those issues rather than a 12-year-old, but still. In my opinion that violates much of the book's spirit because the ceremony is the Ceremony of twelve.
I guess it's easier portraying a teenager dealing with all those issues rather than a 12-year-old, but still. In my opinion that violates much of the book's spirit because the ceremony is the Ceremony of twelve.You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!