<center>The Time Traveler's Wife
Directed by
Robert Schwentke
Produced by
Brad Pitt
Nick Wechsler
Dede Gardner
Written by
Jeremy Leven
Bruce Joel Rubin
Cast
Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble
Rachel McAdams as Clare Abshire
Ron Livingston as Gomez
Jane McLeen as Charisse
Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. David Kendrick
Arliss Howard as Richard DeTamble
Brooklynn Proulx as Young Clare
Alex Ferris as Young Henry
Hailey McCann as Alba
Based on the novel by Audrey Niffeneger
Coming to Theatres August 14, 2009
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Premise (taken from wikipedia)
Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian (Eric Bana), has a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel when he is stressed. Though he disappears often for long periods of time, he tries to build a romantic relationship with Clare Abshire, an artist (Rachel McAdams).
Trailer Reaction (also from wikipedia)
The trailer for the film was released in early June 2009, and Jeremy Medina of Entertainment Weekly referred to it as The Notebook crossed with Benjamin Button. Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post wrote that the trailer "all but guarantees I'll be crying come Aug. 14." Writing for Cinema Blend, Josh Tyler compared the film to The Notebook, Back to the Future, and Ghost, and commented: "This could be really, really good. ... The Time Traveler’s Wife looks like the movie Benjamin Button should have been, and wasn’t." Charlie Jane Anders of io9 wrote that the trailer "shows the attractiveness, and horribleness, of a lover who can't stay. (Plus a nifty 'dematerialization' effect.)"
Something I Found Hilarious (yet again from wikipedia)
The film was originally planned for a fall 2008 release, but it was postponed with no official explanation from the studio. When asked about the delay, McAdams said, "We wound up doing a reshoot, and Eric was the holdup. ...He had to shave his head for a different role, for Star Trek, I think. ...We did an additional scene in the meadow, so we were also waiting on the meadow to look the way it did [the first time we shot]. So we were waiting on the seasons. Basically we were waiting on nature and Eric's hair."
albert
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I just now watched the trailer- wow, it looks AMAZING!!! I will probably want to read the book first???
And, here are some videos and such:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnoth ... 80876.html
And, here are some videos and such:
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Yesterday (Wednesday, though right now it's early Friday morning as I type this), the family visited Hollywood (well, Hollywood & Highland) where I saw the new poster for The Time Traveler's Wife...
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I fell in love with the poster immediately and began gushing about the movie and novel to my younger cousin, who came with us. He had no idea what either were, so I told him about the book and how I've read it like, four times already. We didn't get a picture with the poster, unfortunately, but I'm sure I'll try to take a picture with it before we leave California.
Later that day (this is back to Wednesday now), we were having dinner with some relatives at Sweetee Thai Cafe in Cerritos when my cousin (a different one, not the one I was gushing to earlier) tells me that her boyfriend was part of the visual effects team for the movie. I was all "NO WAY, REALLY?!?" and she was all, "Yeah!"
Today I lent my cousin my copy of the book to read in the car on our way to Huntington Beach for a bonfire (we sacrificed marshmallows!), and he enjoyed it - well, as far as he read. His older brother read some of the book too and is interested, so I'm going to buy a copy for both of them (as a grad present for one, and a general "Yay, you're reading!" for the other).
For example, a spoiler...
I read that in the movie, they cut out the character of Ingrid, the girlfriend of Henry before he met Clare. She's a minor, but somewhat important character as she represents who Henry was before he met Clare - he was a drunkard, womanizer, always having sex and always leaving girls behind, it's a wonder he and Ingrid were together as long as they were. Ingrid commits suicide in the book, and though everyone knew she was emotionally unstable, none of them knew why she finally succeeded - as she attempted suicide before. During one of Henry's time jumps, he ends up "materialising" in her apartment on the day she kills herself, and he tries to get her to not kill herself. However, the whole conversation they have that day is what prompted her to kill herself.
If you hadn't seen the trailer yet, I'd read the book first, then see the movie. But since you have and likely will already envision Henry and Clare as Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, you might as well see the movie, then read the book to get a sort of "extended" version of the movie in your head. That way you can go into the movie with a fresh and unspoiled mind, then read the book to know more about these characters (and it's a damn good read regardless
). There's a few chapters that I'm definitely sure won't be put in the movie, so the book will already be a more complete story (well, it is a complete story...).
albert
thI fell in love with the poster immediately and began gushing about the movie and novel to my younger cousin, who came with us. He had no idea what either were, so I told him about the book and how I've read it like, four times already. We didn't get a picture with the poster, unfortunately, but I'm sure I'll try to take a picture with it before we leave California.
Later that day (this is back to Wednesday now), we were having dinner with some relatives at Sweetee Thai Cafe in Cerritos when my cousin (a different one, not the one I was gushing to earlier) tells me that her boyfriend was part of the visual effects team for the movie. I was all "NO WAY, REALLY?!?" and she was all, "Yeah!"
Today I lent my cousin my copy of the book to read in the car on our way to Huntington Beach for a bonfire (we sacrificed marshmallows!), and he enjoyed it - well, as far as he read. His older brother read some of the book too and is interested, so I'm going to buy a copy for both of them (as a grad present for one, and a general "Yay, you're reading!" for the other).
I honestly don't know, Ames. I mean, it's an excellent book, but like all book-to-movie adaptations, there is surely going to be things excluded in the movie that may annoy those who know the book well.Ames wrote:I will probably want to read the book first???
For example, a spoiler...
I read that in the movie, they cut out the character of Ingrid, the girlfriend of Henry before he met Clare. She's a minor, but somewhat important character as she represents who Henry was before he met Clare - he was a drunkard, womanizer, always having sex and always leaving girls behind, it's a wonder he and Ingrid were together as long as they were. Ingrid commits suicide in the book, and though everyone knew she was emotionally unstable, none of them knew why she finally succeeded - as she attempted suicide before. During one of Henry's time jumps, he ends up "materialising" in her apartment on the day she kills herself, and he tries to get her to not kill herself. However, the whole conversation they have that day is what prompted her to kill herself.
If you hadn't seen the trailer yet, I'd read the book first, then see the movie. But since you have and likely will already envision Henry and Clare as Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, you might as well see the movie, then read the book to get a sort of "extended" version of the movie in your head. That way you can go into the movie with a fresh and unspoiled mind, then read the book to know more about these characters (and it's a damn good read regardless
). There's a few chapters that I'm definitely sure won't be put in the movie, so the book will already be a more complete story (well, it is a complete story...).albert
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With Disney movies, and, heck, most movies, I read the spoilers, but with this film, I'm avoiding the spoilers you posted!!! Wow, that's like a first for me. It definitely seems my genre of book (and movie), but I doubt I'll see it in a first-run theater...I'll either wait for the cheap 2nd run theater, or, more likely, see if the library has the DVD for rental later on. I just checked prices on the book, and money is tight right now, so I should see if the library has it and order it. Yes, I think I'll do that. So, chances are, I'll read the book first.
And, I just requested it from the library (you can request items, and they'll ship them to your house- there are many branches of the Orange Country Library, so it's helpful so you don't have to drive all around the Orlando area for something).
And, I just requested it from the library (you can request items, and they'll ship them to your house- there are many branches of the Orange Country Library, so it's helpful so you don't have to drive all around the Orlando area for something).
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I saw the movie this afternoon and I wish I had written down some thoughts as I was watching, but for now, here's my thoughts. Since they're spoiler heavy, it's in white.
I still don't like how they cut out Ingrid and limited all mention of her to Clare finding a tube of lipstick and Henry saying that it was over long ago.
I understand why they changed the "first time travel" incident to the accident rather than the museum at night, but I didn't like how older Henry just left as quickly as he came (even though he revisits that moment repeatedly). Also omitted from the movie are any of the scenes of older Henry teaching young Henry survival tips (how to pick pockets, how to pick locks, the importance of running). It helps put into context the scene when wheelchair-bound Henry is teaching Alba these things later on, even though that scene itself explained it enough.
There are very few moments of Henry and young Clare. Just when she first met him and when he first met her. I'd have liked if the chess scene were included (when they talk about her liking Paul McCartney and him liking Patti Hearst). I did like how they still included young Clare's "I wish you were married to me!" (or whatever the line was).
Which brings me to another thing. They were very good at having original dialogue as well as dialogue from the book that didn't need changing. I liked that as it's a nice way of reminding people who read the book, "Yes, these are the same people you knew from the book."
I totally expected "Henry at 15 in flagrante delicto with Henry at 15" to be cut out, lol.
Henry's first Christmas with Clare's family is not in the movie, unfortunately, but it was expendable to the overall narrative.
There wasn't enough scenes of the development of Henry and Clare's relationship before they got married. I wanted them to have the scene where Henry and Clare go out to a night club (when he broke up with Ingrid), and Older Henry finds Clare, and she tells him she misses *him*. Henry then explains to her that she has to help make present-Henry become future-Henry. It was a vital scene, IMO, as it helped strengthen the fact that the two of them helped each other in their lives.
I loved the wedding scenes. Especially when Henry sees his father checking in and the two hug.
I liked how they changed the part when younger Henry makes love to Clare after their many miscarriages. In the book, Henry is asleep in bed, as he knows it will happen, and Clare simply accepts that younger Henry is having sex with her while older Henry is pretending to be asleep. In the movie, after Clare and Henry have a fight about his vasectomy, she picks up younger Henry at a parking lot, and they simply do it because Clare instigates it.
Clare's family really seems more like a cameo appearance, so we don't get Lucille dying or Mark and his knocked up girlfriend or Etta or anyone.
Even though I already expected it, Henry's death made me cry a little.
I liked the different ending. Henry tells future Clare that she doesn't have to wait anymore, thus allowing her to finally live her life (even if she has to live it without Henry). While it was sweet and poignant in the book having Old Clare waiting for Henry's visit all these years, it didn't seem appropriate for the movie, which establishes that while Clare loves when Henry's around, she's suffering from always having to wait for him. Thus, she is finally free.
I'd love if the novel was told on the screen in its entirety, but it wouldn't work as a movie. Maybe like, a 12-part miniseries like War and Remembrance. But as a less-than-two-hour movie, a lot is removed.
Overall, the movie stays fairly close to the narrative of the novel, though they change several notable things, re-order some things, and omit a lot that would be expendable to a movie of its length. I can't really say whether or not I really like it until I see it a couple more times, hopefully from a perspective of how it works as a movie, and not as an adaptation of a novel.
albert
I still don't like how they cut out Ingrid and limited all mention of her to Clare finding a tube of lipstick and Henry saying that it was over long ago.
I understand why they changed the "first time travel" incident to the accident rather than the museum at night, but I didn't like how older Henry just left as quickly as he came (even though he revisits that moment repeatedly). Also omitted from the movie are any of the scenes of older Henry teaching young Henry survival tips (how to pick pockets, how to pick locks, the importance of running). It helps put into context the scene when wheelchair-bound Henry is teaching Alba these things later on, even though that scene itself explained it enough.
There are very few moments of Henry and young Clare. Just when she first met him and when he first met her. I'd have liked if the chess scene were included (when they talk about her liking Paul McCartney and him liking Patti Hearst). I did like how they still included young Clare's "I wish you were married to me!" (or whatever the line was).
Which brings me to another thing. They were very good at having original dialogue as well as dialogue from the book that didn't need changing. I liked that as it's a nice way of reminding people who read the book, "Yes, these are the same people you knew from the book."
I totally expected "Henry at 15 in flagrante delicto with Henry at 15" to be cut out, lol.
Henry's first Christmas with Clare's family is not in the movie, unfortunately, but it was expendable to the overall narrative.
There wasn't enough scenes of the development of Henry and Clare's relationship before they got married. I wanted them to have the scene where Henry and Clare go out to a night club (when he broke up with Ingrid), and Older Henry finds Clare, and she tells him she misses *him*. Henry then explains to her that she has to help make present-Henry become future-Henry. It was a vital scene, IMO, as it helped strengthen the fact that the two of them helped each other in their lives.
I loved the wedding scenes. Especially when Henry sees his father checking in and the two hug.
I liked how they changed the part when younger Henry makes love to Clare after their many miscarriages. In the book, Henry is asleep in bed, as he knows it will happen, and Clare simply accepts that younger Henry is having sex with her while older Henry is pretending to be asleep. In the movie, after Clare and Henry have a fight about his vasectomy, she picks up younger Henry at a parking lot, and they simply do it because Clare instigates it.
Clare's family really seems more like a cameo appearance, so we don't get Lucille dying or Mark and his knocked up girlfriend or Etta or anyone.
Even though I already expected it, Henry's death made me cry a little.
I liked the different ending. Henry tells future Clare that she doesn't have to wait anymore, thus allowing her to finally live her life (even if she has to live it without Henry). While it was sweet and poignant in the book having Old Clare waiting for Henry's visit all these years, it didn't seem appropriate for the movie, which establishes that while Clare loves when Henry's around, she's suffering from always having to wait for him. Thus, she is finally free.
I'd love if the novel was told on the screen in its entirety, but it wouldn't work as a movie. Maybe like, a 12-part miniseries like War and Remembrance. But as a less-than-two-hour movie, a lot is removed.
Overall, the movie stays fairly close to the narrative of the novel, though they change several notable things, re-order some things, and omit a lot that would be expendable to a movie of its length. I can't really say whether or not I really like it until I see it a couple more times, hopefully from a perspective of how it works as a movie, and not as an adaptation of a novel.
albert
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Never read the book, but I thought the movie was too episodic and didn't really have any direction. The characters also lacked motivation, as if they do everything because they think they're just supposed to (I think Rachel McAdam's character even makes a self-referencial comment about that. Eric Bana tells someone "I guess you're going to be my friend so I better introduce myself").
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From DVDTimes, DVD & Blu-Ray coming February 9
I'm a bit upset that there's no commentary or trailer, but the film really didn't well enough to merit that kind of home video treatment.
Oh well, at least it's not one of those ridiculous "barebones DVD, Special Edition Blu-Ray".
I may have to break my "Don't Buy Blu-Ray until The Ten Commandments hits Blu" and get this, as it'll come with the DVD too!
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- Warner Home Video have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of The Time Traveler’s Wife on 9th February 2010. Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana star in this romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.
Priced at $28.98 SRP on DVD and $35.99 SRP on Blu-ray Disc, extras include:
* Love Beyond Words – Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, director Robert Schwentke and screenwriter Bruce Joel Robin recount this popular tale’s journey
* BD Exclusive: Unconventional Love Story – Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana explore defining moments in their characters’ relationship
The Blu-ray is listed as a Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy combo pack.
I'm a bit upset that there's no commentary or trailer, but the film really didn't well enough to merit that kind of home video treatment.
Oh well, at least it's not one of those ridiculous "barebones DVD, Special Edition Blu-Ray".I may have to break my "Don't Buy Blu-Ray until The Ten Commandments hits Blu" and get this, as it'll come with the DVD too!
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