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The Giver - Movie Review
Director: Phillip
Noyce
Genre: Drama
Release date:
August 15, 2014 (United States)
Run Time: 97
minutes
Cast:
- Brenton Thwaites as Jonas,
- Jeff Bridges as The Giver,
- Meryl Streep as The Chief Elder,
- Cameron Monaghan as Asher,
- Alexander Skarsgård as Jonas's father,
- Katie Holmes as Jonas's mother,
- Emma Tremblay as Lilly,
- Odeya Rush as Fiona,
- Taylor Swift as Rosemary
Review:
"From the ashes of the ruins
were built communities" - explains the first frame of the movie goes on to
describe the state of affairs in a utopian society where there is no pain, no
crime or accident. Here, the laws of the basis of "equality" erase
the memories of the past.
A concept film based on the book of the same name by Lois Lowry, Philip Noyce "The Giver" remembers "divergent" by Neil Burger, which was released in April. But unlike "divergent" is a simple story, one-dimensional rebellion against the system.
The story, told by the young Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) point key issues; identity, self-realization and challenging traditions.
He, along with his friends in the fun-loving Asher (Cameron Monaghan) and kindhearted Fiona (Odeya Rush) about the next level in their community, and they are worried about their next job, which was they are provided by the Viejo community (Meryl Streep).
Unlike the rest of the group, Jonas, because of "intelligence, strength and the ability to manage pain" is selected for a receiving mysterious and isolated ad - a designated repository of memories of his position, and founders recognized that certain circumstances in which errors are prevented by the memory of past failures.
Jonas will be formed by the current sink (Jeff Bridges) who is aging. Since memory is transferred Jonas, it is called the "donor."
The training is to transfer the memories of a past, before the introduction of "equality" - that others can not even imagine in the community - which was war, hunger and disease not only but also the color, time and strong emotions.
It is during these interactions with the "Donor" Jonah comes from understanding, and hatred, the choices that had to do to create your world, and the terrible secret behind its perfection. Together, he and the "Donor" develop a plan to change the way your world works to change, but before they can perform Jonas is forced to make a decision that could destroy them all.
The disadvantage of this movie is the title. It is misleading. The "Giver" is the consultant who guides the hero and shows that the world is a complex place than he thinks. But the film is the journey of "receiver".
Jeff Bridges, if it appears in the title role, is not the hero. It is effective. It seems to age the character as described in the book, but spent portray mystical "Giver" with apt precision.
The decoupling of the film becomes more important that we can not sympathize with Jonah. Brenton Thwaites as young Jonas was expressionless. It's supposed to be stunned and traumatized be motivated, but what it offers is a slow worried look and behavior.
Meryl Streep in human and holographic appearances is false and superficial. And the rest of the cast are just characters to drag the story forward.
The film output is good. Although the look of the film often seems to be the place of production unique designer Ed Verreaux office stuck with snowflakes design radiates disaster tolerant external threat. This is the climax of the film.
Kinematics, interspersed with a few black tiles and white frames film gives a distinctive charm. In addition to images of arid and mountainous land covered with snow are attractive.
While screenwriters Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide, tried to be faithful to the book, translated by director Philip Noyce in the visual support is disappointing.
The last act of the film revolves around the absurd. Poorly edited sequence that generic images and waves of war and unrest that appear suddenly combined with scenes from the past and present exist, creates confusion.
A concept film based on the book of the same name by Lois Lowry, Philip Noyce "The Giver" remembers "divergent" by Neil Burger, which was released in April. But unlike "divergent" is a simple story, one-dimensional rebellion against the system.
The story, told by the young Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) point key issues; identity, self-realization and challenging traditions.
He, along with his friends in the fun-loving Asher (Cameron Monaghan) and kindhearted Fiona (Odeya Rush) about the next level in their community, and they are worried about their next job, which was they are provided by the Viejo community (Meryl Streep).
Unlike the rest of the group, Jonas, because of "intelligence, strength and the ability to manage pain" is selected for a receiving mysterious and isolated ad - a designated repository of memories of his position, and founders recognized that certain circumstances in which errors are prevented by the memory of past failures.
Jonas will be formed by the current sink (Jeff Bridges) who is aging. Since memory is transferred Jonas, it is called the "donor."
The training is to transfer the memories of a past, before the introduction of "equality" - that others can not even imagine in the community - which was war, hunger and disease not only but also the color, time and strong emotions.
It is during these interactions with the "Donor" Jonah comes from understanding, and hatred, the choices that had to do to create your world, and the terrible secret behind its perfection. Together, he and the "Donor" develop a plan to change the way your world works to change, but before they can perform Jonas is forced to make a decision that could destroy them all.
The disadvantage of this movie is the title. It is misleading. The "Giver" is the consultant who guides the hero and shows that the world is a complex place than he thinks. But the film is the journey of "receiver".
Jeff Bridges, if it appears in the title role, is not the hero. It is effective. It seems to age the character as described in the book, but spent portray mystical "Giver" with apt precision.
The decoupling of the film becomes more important that we can not sympathize with Jonah. Brenton Thwaites as young Jonas was expressionless. It's supposed to be stunned and traumatized be motivated, but what it offers is a slow worried look and behavior.
Meryl Streep in human and holographic appearances is false and superficial. And the rest of the cast are just characters to drag the story forward.
The film output is good. Although the look of the film often seems to be the place of production unique designer Ed Verreaux office stuck with snowflakes design radiates disaster tolerant external threat. This is the climax of the film.
Kinematics, interspersed with a few black tiles and white frames film gives a distinctive charm. In addition to images of arid and mountainous land covered with snow are attractive.
While screenwriters Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide, tried to be faithful to the book, translated by director Philip Noyce in the visual support is disappointing.
The last act of the film revolves around the absurd. Poorly edited sequence that generic images and waves of war and unrest that appear suddenly combined with scenes from the past and present exist, creates confusion.
