The Giver (2014) Plot: The story of The Giver centres on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the communitys memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his communitys secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realises that the stakes are higher than imagined - a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all - a challenge that no one has never succeeded at before. Review: I really wasnt feeling this film! I found the storyline long winded and it seemed like a big fuss over nothing. Basically its about a colony who only see in black and white and live by rules which can never be broken. After all of there young subjects get handed out there lifetime jobs, Jonas gets picked to take on the real memories of the world before the colony ever existed, which leads to extreme changes in Jonass way of thinking. Once he starts to feel emotions and sees some of the bad and good things that have happened in the world, he decides to escape the colony to free there mind so they can think and feel for themselves. Now you know why I thought the movie was long winded! The lead character, played by Brenton Thwaites, had this annoying lost look on his face throughout the movie and his acting seemed a bit over the top. The storyline went from one extreme to another and I thought the whole escaping the colony with a baby whilst travelling in terrible conditions, was a ridiculous idea by the director. Once everyone starts to see in colour, you dont get to see how the colony adapt to this new way of life because now they can show true emotions and feel like they never did before. Personally I didnt really take to the whole plot but I loved Jeff Bridges character, who was the guy who gave the information of the worlds past to Jonas. I was surprised that I didnt hear a big buzz in Hollywood when this movie came out but after watching it, I can understand why. Average! Round-Up: Im sure that half of the directors in Hollywood would love to have the cast that was in this movie but I cant help but feel that this director really did waste the chance to make something special. Meryl Streep put in her usual brilliant performance as the baddie who wants the colony to stay in order and Jeff Bridges played his part extremely well and I personally think that the movie wouldnt have been half as good without them. The director really over thought the storyline and he didnt think of it from the audiences point of view. A lot of time was wasted on Jonas adapting to the new information from Bridges and the ending just seemed rushed. The escape plan really want thought through properly and I couldnt understand how Meryl Streeps soldiers couldnt find Jonas because he was just riding around the colony on a bike. Anyway, I dont want to carry on picking at the sketchy storyline so Ill just say that its watchable, basically because you want to find out what happens to Jonas, but its not that great. Budget: $25million Worldwide Gross: $67million I recommend this movie to people who are into their mysterious/sci-fi/drama movies about a teenager who wants to escape his colony after learning about the worlds past. 4/10
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 02:59:47 +0000
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