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Remember how I was talking about Ender's Game last week and how it tried to stay true to the book but in the end could not reach that level because of the limitations of a movie versus a novel?

Yeah, well clearly The Giver is not going to have that "staying true to the book" problem. I've read this book, that trailer is NOT for the book I read.

Wow, this really looks like a studio exec went into a box, found the rights to the book and said "Hey, make this into Hunger Games for me" to some random intern.

Stephanie pointed out that Jonas is 12 in the book. TWELVE. Looks like they have aged him up a bit JUST so they can give him a bit of romance drama. Also, that last scene of the trailer is VERY SPOILERY WTF!!!!!!!

I don't think the power of Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep can save this one.

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Date: 2014-03-22 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poniesandphotos.livejournal.com
Well.

Um.

What?

I ended up reading this book several times (moved several times in the general age range that schools read this book). That trailer does not go well with my remembrance of the book. Also why was it in color?

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Date: 2014-03-23 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhoda-rants.livejournal.com
The first problem I see is it should have been filmed in black and white. That's the only in you get that his perception is changing--he starts seeing the color red. So that's A. Beyond that, what you said.

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Date: 2014-03-23 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nagasasu.livejournal.com
Agreeing with everyone else. Why the heck is this movie in color??

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Date: 2014-03-23 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ekaterin24.livejournal.com
I agree with everything above (except that I read the book only once, as an adult, because I'm old) Even without seeing the trailer, the movie is clearly full of WTFery.

Can't trust Hollywood with a beloved book.

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Date: 2014-03-23 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] touchofgr3y.livejournal.com
Oh, yikes. I can't even bring myself to watch the trailer o_0

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Date: 2014-03-23 02:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] domluver.livejournal.com
I had a feeling that they would mess up this book once the movie came out. Just seeing some stuff about it I was like "Uhm yeah I don't remember that." The Giver would be such an awesome movie to stick with the book about. Why the hell ruin it?

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Date: 2014-03-23 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] girlwhowaited.livejournal.com
The movie should be doing a Pleasantville type of feel with it being grey with splashes of color being introduced when Jonas begins to be exposed to the images The Giver gives him. It feels like it's the same director as The Host. I hope not ugh.

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