Movie Review

Title: The Giver
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Philip Noyce
Year: 2014
Duration: 94 minutes
Stars:
• Jeff Bridges as The Giver
• Meryl Streep as Chief Elder
• Brenton Thwaites as Jonas
• Alexander Skarsgard as Jonas’s Father
• Katie Holmes as Jonas’s Mother
• Odeta Rush as Fiona
• Cameron Monaghan as Asher
• Taylor swift as Rosemary




Synopsis 

The Giver is the movie that was adapted from the novel that written by Lois Lowry’s, because the novel is very popular so Philip Noyce was interested to make it become a movie. The Giver is the movie that takes place in a community at some point in the indeterminate future where "Sameness" is prized above all else. In that place, they don’t have something that can showed the differences between one of them. Multiple factors have gone into creating a monochromatic world (literally, colors have been erased) where individuality is crushed, a citizen's every move is monitored from the moment of birth, natural families have been replaced by artificial "family units" and choice has vanished. A soothing voice makes passive-aggressive scolding announcements over loudspeakers. The Giver's cavernous dwelling, perched on the edge of a cliff, is a gloomy and masterful set, overlooking the clouds gathered below, making The Giver appear like Citizen Kane, holed up in his mansion surrounded by accumulated possessions and raw pain.
When the select day was coming, Jonas was surprise when he didn’t get a job at all. He is, instead selected to be the next Receiver. At the first time he didn’t understand what is Receiver, but he still coming to the training every day. Jonas has ability to see beyond so that’s why he was elected to be the next Receiver. Jeff Bridges who become The Giver, give a Jonas something new for him. He doesn’t know what is that mean. The Giver just asked his arm and hold it tight and he can something beyond. After all of the meeting with the Giver Jonas choose to try to change their world. Jonas try to across the line that made their world becomes different.

This movie is telling about Jonas a young man that elected to be The Receiver. In the Graduation day, everyone will get their job that appropriate with their passion, but Jonas no, he does not have it, he is lost. While everyone get the job in the graduation day, not for Jonas. He was skipped by the leader of the community. To be the next Receiver, Jonas can see something that not everyone can. Day by day after Jonas receiver all of the memories from The Giver, Jonas realize that something wrong in their community. They remove something, feeling, colors, and everything that can make the differences between one and each other. To be the next Receiver, Jonas can’t tell everyone about his training, and he got change to lie. After he knows that something wrong in their community, he tries to share what he got in the training to his friends Fiona. Without he realize he feels something different with her. The Feelings that make him don’t know how to say it, and its love. After all of the memories that he got, Jonas want to change his community, he wants everything to be normal. He asked The Giver and Fiona to help him to across the Line, he wants to save everyone. He wants to share about the love that he feels. While he tries to across the line, Fiona was got punishment because she help Jonas to break the rule. The Giver try to explain to the leader of the community about the reason why Jonas do that. A moment later everything change, Jonas success to break and across the line. Everything has a color right now, everyone can feeling love.

This movie is very recommended to watch. Philip Noyce as the director can make the movie looks more real. For me this story line is also interesting, this is my first time heard about the world that doesn’t have differences, everyone also doesn’t have a feeling. They don’t know how to express what they feel.  The entire thing in that world has a high technology; it seems that they have the perfect world. They can make all of the scenes and tools in this movie are real not animation. All of the actor and actress have a good acting. It’s also unique for me, because everyone has the same house, the same clothes, and everything that they have is the same.