Good news for fans looking forward to the film production of Lois Lowry’s The Giver; The Washington Post reports Lowry has given the film adaptation of her classic dystopian novel the thumbs up.
“The movie made much more complex the character of the Chief Elder,” the head of the society, Lowry says. “And then once they cast Meryl Streep — who never would have taken the role the way I wrote it in the book — the quality of her acting, just the turn of her eyes or the way her mouth curves, it was astounding to watch her. Now I wish I could go back and write the book the way she performed it.”
The film hits screens August 15. The book is on our shelves now. (And you know we always recommend reading the book before seeing the movie.) What do you think? Were you excited before? Are you even more excited now? Will you buy a ticket to The Giver?
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I’ve seen the commercials for the movie…. I feel like they just shouldn’t have made the movie. It is an amazing book the way it is. The movie looks way too different. The book was too short to make into a film in the first place.
I saw the trailer last month in a movie theater and it’s the first trailer I’ve seen in a long time that held my interest. Cannot wait to see it!
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Exciting. I was worried about them messing this one up, but I mean, if the author likes it, I’d be stupid not to at least give it a try.
I love this book, its intriguing and complicated, its the best.