Review of The Giver (2014) by Simplereviewz — 25 Aug 2014

Whether or not your a person that always says, "the book was better", book to movie adaptations will just keep coming and coming, and most of them will probably not be truly amazing. I found The Giver to be better than the average book to movie adaptation, if not a little familiar.

However, this film has some special things going for it that I just don't see very often in movies these days. While I won't spoil it here, the story of this film cleverly utilizes a black and white design on the screen (does not go on the whole film, though).

What could have been highly annoying and ugly actually turned out to be very unique and refreshing. The characters in this movie are pretty darn good. Your 2 main stars here are Brenton Thwaites and Jeff Bridges.

They are both awesome. Plus, Meryl Streep knocks it out of the park. Odeya Rush was suprisingly very good. Everybody else was basic. The story here is definitely nothing groundbreaking, but it still offers enjoyment.

Jonas is chosen to be the one who works with the Giver, and the Giver goes on to share memories of the past world that is now behind them. Watching Jonas' journey as a character finding out all of the beautiful stuff the past world had was thoroughly entertaining.

This movie also has some really great lessons behind it that left me still sitting in my seat for a few minutes after the movie was over. However, a lot of the stuff in this movie can just be average, such as the writing.

Plus, I felt the story could've used a tad bit more energy in some parts. I didn't walk out the theatre amazed, but I really did appreciate the lessons behind it and Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, and Meryl Streep.