The Giver Movie Analysis

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The Giver is an inspirational movie that demonstrates the importance of memory in the human life, while encouraging the audience to be who they want to be instead of allowing other people to make decisions for them. Benton Thwaites plays Jonas, the fifteen-year-old protagonist of The Giver who is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory for his community when he turns sixteen, while the book makes Jonas an eleven-year-old boy who will be awarded at the age of twelve. Since The Giver is both a movie and a book, there are several different viewpoints on the movie. Although some people believe, the movie is or will be a total letdown compared to the astonishing book; many others think it is just another way to describe the book clearer to give …show more content…
In the movie, it is different from the book because it portrays the typical romance between young adults. The chemistry between the lead actors is very important because in the book, Jonas has “stirrings” about Fiona, while the movie allows the audience to believe a relationship is already there between the two characters. When reading the book, in every chapter, it shows how their friendship slowly turns into a love affair but the movie makes it out to look like their relationship gradually falls apart. The movie also makes the Chief Elders merciless since they are the ones enforcing the utopian society when in all reality they are doing what they consider is best for their community. Throughout the movie, there are also many spurts of doubtfulness and action that gets the audience’s attention, while the book sets a somewhat diplomatic plot. These two plots show the differences between the book and the movie because it shows how the movie is more adventurous from the …show more content…
Surprisingly, I thought the actors did a remarkable job with demonstrating lighting and music to try to go with the book. The director managed to set half of the movie in black and white, like the book, until Jonas started seeing flashes of colors. The lighting and contrast of color adds to the mood of the movie because it gives a sense of phenomenon. It makes the individuals watching wonder what the next color he is going to see or what is he going to see it on. It offers a sense of imagination. Adding music to the movie increased the suspense of the scenes because it had the audience on the edge of their seats wondering what is going to happen next.
Overall, the book, The Giver, diminished the views of the movie because they were so different in their storylines and only made the movie tolerable, if you have read the book. The movie needed to demonstrate the plot growth of the book instead of worrying about the stereotypical teenage