The Time Traveler's Wife *14th August*

didn't really think that much of it. i haven't read the book, but the film just didn't seem to go anywhere for a long time.

we knew he travelled through time, but the first half was just made up of scenes that seemed pretty predictable, but without any real sense of narrative. and characters he met weren't fleshed out at all, as i'd imagine they would have better been in the book.

it was only in the last half / third of the film when
his daughter came into it
that it started to have any narrative direction.

Iain
 
I think the film was sunk by the casting even more than the script. Rachel McAdams was very poor, but compared to Eric Bana an acting genius. Two total blocks of wood. Those characters were SO well drawn and fascinating in the book... surely they could find better actors than this?

All the passion and earthiness was gone too. It was just a Mills and Boon treatement of an excellent story. What a waste.
 
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