So I saw The Giver and it was ok I guess. My initial formula (Plesantville + Hunger Games) was a little off, the formula for this movie is actually Plesantville + Divergent + (Those emotionally manipulative montages that news sites put out at the end of the year/2). I get the feeling that this will be the thinking person's "Teenagers fighting back against their utopian/dystopian society" movie. It didn't blow me away, but it wasn't really bad either. A hearty meh! Though I do enjoy when Jeff Bridges goes full Rooster Cogburn and talks like he has marbles in his mouth for no reason at all! Personally I'd suggest watching Guardians again.
Note: I'm told The Giver is a beloved work of YA fiction but it's after my time, I hadn't even really heard of it before I heard about the movie. For all I know seeing the parts of the book that you loved as a kid really adds to the movie's awesomeness, ymmv. Also, I thought Divergent was moderate at best, but at least they tried to explain why there were stormtroopers in a supposedly perfect peaceful society. They just kind of show up here :D
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