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Review: 'The Time Traveler's Wife'

August 14th, 2009 10:15am EDT Post a comment

The Time Traveler's Wife

Full disclosure: This review is written from the point of view of someone who has not read the wildly successful book by Audrey Niffenegger. It's unknown that if that statement

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Fri Aug 14 2009 10:41:27 By: Agent Smith (

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With the sole exception of Star Trek, as soon as you tell me Bana's in a film I make plans to avoid it at all costs. He's a highly overrated actor. And I don't think that's saying much to begin with. Fortunately his role was kind of minimal in Trek, mainly because his story arc was kind of secondary to the focus on character introductions and origins.

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Fri Aug 14 2009 11:00:45 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Agent Smith: I think I've seen Bana in, what, ten films now this summer?

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Fri Aug 14 2009 11:05:14 By: inflammatorywrit (

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Sigh. The book is this really dark and complex metaphor for loss, relationships, marriage and aging etc. It seems like they distilled it into its simplest form. Bana is all wrong for the part. Henry is supposed to be dark and witty and fascinating, not buff and bland and affable. Sigh again.
Anyway, the book is worth reading. It's probably my favorite book. Nothing's ever moved me as much, I can tell you that for sure. I'm seeing it tonight and will review it on my blog - it may be called "Dear Robert Schwentke - piss up a rope", or something.

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Fri Aug 14 2009 11:09:23 By: Mike Ryan (

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@inflammatorywrit: I mean, it's OK. But, see, like I mentioned, I think fans of the book aren't going to love this. You're probably right about Bana.

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Fri Aug 14 2009 13:15:04 By: dinahshore (

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As someone who loveloveloved the book, your review confirms my scaredness in seeing the movie. To echo inflammatorywrit, in the book, the love story was so non-cheesy and both characters were well-fleshed out. I recommend everyone read the book, before you judge the movie.

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Fri Aug 14 2009 13:38:34 By: Mike Ryan (

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@dinahshore: It doesn't work that way, though. A movie should be able to stand on it's own, no? Unfortunately, none of the characters are really fleshed out for the film.

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Sat Aug 15 2009 13:30:09 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Grim: Missed you, Grim!

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Sun Aug 16 2009 16:43:27 By: dinahshore (

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@mike, that's very true.I guess I meant, "read the book before you judge the STORY." ie. the far-fetchedness of the plot. you can judge the movie all you want.

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Tue Aug 25 2009 14:28:47 By: delinan (

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I read the book, and loved it. I am very wary about seeing the film, don't think I will bother!

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