Not impressed
Added 3/22/2010
The only reason I even give this 3 stars is that I watched the whole thing.
The acting in this movie was excellent. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams are wonderful, as are the rest of the actors. However the story, which was a book that I was interested in reading, turns out to be a complete waste of time. And I can now scratch the book off my list of books to read. To call it a romance is such a joke. It's more of a frustration. It's one of those stories where the last 10-15 minutes seemed like a rush to get to the end... I wouldn't recommend this.
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I can say I read this book, and wow, the movie is just as depressing.
Added 3/21/2010
"The Time Traveler's Wife" was directed by Robert Schwentke and the screenplay was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and the novel by Audrey Niffenegger. It stars Eric Bana as Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that makes him unable to stay in one place in time and so he time travels. Rachel McAdams plays his eventual wife, Clare.
I found the premise of the book interesting and exciting seeing him pop around in time, never knowing what was going to happen next. But just as awkward as it was in the book, I have a little trouble with him showing up naked places, particularly in front of the 6 year old version of Clare. That being said, I think this script was well adapted and well ordered from the book. Starting with him as a child and covering the most important events in Henry's life made the movie easy to watch and understand, even for someone who hasn't read the book I would think. It never stops you from wondering though, how happy this couple ever truly is. Their lives are plotted out in advance seemingly without choice and one of the main conflicts is that she is always having to sit around and wait for him to come back and can't predict when he will. I think the ending of the movie is better than the ending of the book. If your friend or girlfriend really likes romantic dramas, then they will eat this up. But for me, it has to be something pretty special or I lose patience with it.
Eric Bana is always hit or miss for me. Liked him in "Troy", didn't like him in "The Incredible Hulk". I thought he did well enough in "Funny People" and "Star Trek", but I'm not a huge fan of "Munich". For this movie, he was so busy disappearing and reappearing that when he had scenes with his co-star, I didn't feel like he was THERE connecting with her very well.
Poor Rachel McAdams, first "The Notebook" and all that drama and now this, even more heartbreak. Do we as film viewers just like seeing her in romantic turmoil? She's very talented, but give the girl a break! I hope she got a good paycheck here. She's very beautiful and has a great smile and I have to admit, when her eyes well up with tears, she almost gets me. But their relationship together was never sold for me, not in the book and not on screen with these two actors.
I say avoid unless you are hanging out with your mom and a box of kleenex or something and really ready to get your emo-on.
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Time keeper's wife
Added 3/20/2010
What a great movie. If you get passed the inconsistencies as far as time travel, and all time travel movies have inconsistencies, it is well-acted, romantic, funny, witty and sad. I highly recommend the movie and seller.
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Most loved!
Added 3/19/2010
Absolutely beautiful movie, most worth the bluray upgrade! Makes you want to go get the book right away, hope you enjoy as much as I did! ;)
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A reliable cast can't save this stinker from tedious and predictable sentimentality.
Bana and the Girls spend endless hours staring into each others eyes; everyone says "I love you" ALL THE TIME; there is no conflict, just Bana constantly re-explaining why he pops in and out of different times, while the people around him make the most obvious and banal (no pun intended) comments about his inconsitent appearance and behaviour; it's called the time traveller's WIFE, but we spend most of our time folowing HIM around.
The opportunities for something smart and romantic are all over the place -- all deftly ignored in favour of the most trite eighties MOW product. In the hands of Charlie Kaufman (or even Donald Kaufman) this might have been a minor masterpiece (at least on par with Benjamin Button), but now it is just a major mediocrity -- something to put on the shelf next to "Wicker Park".
Did I say P U? It's because they wouldn't let me write "F U".
PS -- I haven't read the book and I'm not going to.
PPS -- why doesn't Amazon have a tag labelled "crap"?
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Not impressed
Added 3/22/2010
The only reason I even give this 3 stars is that I watched the whole thing.
The acting in this movie was excellent. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams are wonderful, as are the rest of the actors. However the story, which was a book that I was interested in reading, turns out to be a complete waste of time. And I can now scratch the book off my list of books to read. To call it a romance is such a joke. It's more of a frustration. It's one of those stories where the last 10-15 minutes seemed like a rush to get to the end... I wouldn't recommend this.
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I can say I read this book, and wow, the movie is just as depressing.
Added 3/21/2010
"The Time Traveler's Wife" was directed by Robert Schwentke and the screenplay was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and the novel by Audrey Niffenegger. It stars Eric Bana as Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that makes him unable to stay in one place in time and so he time travels. Rachel McAdams plays his eventual wife, Clare.
I found the premise of the book interesting and exciting seeing him pop around in time, never knowing what was going to happen next. But just as awkward as it was in the book, I have a little trouble with him showing up naked places, particularly in front of the 6 year old version of Clare. That being said, I think this script was well adapted and well ordered from the book. Starting with him as a child and covering the most important events in Henry's life made the movie easy to watch and understand, even for someone who hasn't read the book I would think. It never stops you from wondering though, how happy this couple ever truly is. Their lives are plotted out in advance seemingly without choice and one of the main conflicts is that she is always having to sit around and wait for him to come back and can't predict when he will. I think the ending of the movie is better than the ending of the book. If your friend or girlfriend really likes romantic dramas, then they will eat this up. But for me, it has to be something pretty special or I lose patience with it.
Eric Bana is always hit or miss for me. Liked him in "Troy", didn't like him in "The Incredible Hulk". I thought he did well enough in "Funny People" and "Star Trek", but I'm not a huge fan of "Munich". For this movie, he was so busy disappearing and reappearing that when he had scenes with his co-star, I didn't feel like he was THERE connecting with her very well.
Poor Rachel McAdams, first "The Notebook" and all that drama and now this, even more heartbreak. Do we as film viewers just like seeing her in romantic turmoil? She's very talented, but give the girl a break! I hope she got a good paycheck here. She's very beautiful and has a great smile and I have to admit, when her eyes well up with tears, she almost gets me. But their relationship together was never sold for me, not in the book and not on screen with these two actors.
I say avoid unless you are hanging out with your mom and a box of kleenex or something and really ready to get your emo-on.
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Time keeper's wife
Added 3/20/2010
What a great movie. If you get passed the inconsistencies as far as time travel, and all time travel movies have inconsistencies, it is well-acted, romantic, funny, witty and sad. I highly recommend the movie and seller.
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