The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray]

The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray]
by Robert Schwentke

The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams
Director: Robert Schwentke
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), DTS-HD High Res Audio; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), DTS-HD High Res Audio
Format: Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 1 minutes
Published: 2010-02-01
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-02-09
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line
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Lose yourself in timeless love with this gloriously romantic story of the journey of two hearts. Artist Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams of The Notebook) shares a deep emotional bond with Henry De Tamble (Eric Bana of The Other Boleyn Girl), a handsome librarian who travels involuntarily through time. Knowing they can be separated without warning, Clare and Henry treasure the moments they have togeth

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Movie Review: Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars

I just got done watching this movie. I have been a fan of the novel for years now, and I had put off seeing the film because I was worried it hadn't done one of my favorite stories justice. The film was met with mixed reviews, and I wasn't ready to see it if it was a trainwreck. Now, having seen it finally, I have to say that I was thoroughly impressed with the movie, and I would whole-heartedly recommend it to a fan of the novel. I think it should hang together very well for anyone who hasn't read it, but I honestly can't say that for 100% certain, since I just don't have that perspective as a longtime fan of the novel. I am a huge sci fi fan, and I love that this story uses a sci fi concept to drive it places very little sci fi ever bothers to go (the pure love story). It's certainly a love story first with an almost subtle sci fi element. It's also a story about family, and, as a father, I found it quite emotionally poignant.

As a person who knows the story, I found the movie faithful to the original material and the actors cast as perfectly as could be hoped for. The acting was excellent, and the decisions that had to be made to condense this story into just under a 2-hour movie were the right ones. Very little is changed from the book, but, most importantly, the main thrust of this basically tragic love story is kept intact.

I have to say, where the novel seems to me to have an almost gritty feel in a lot of places, the movie defaults to a much more beautiful, and also somber tone. Gone are the references to 70's punk rock and the more rough and bizarre nature of some of Henry's travels are not focused on so much. Even so, it worked. It still felt like the same story, and it still worked just as well--though slightly differently, on you. The settings are rich and emotions are sincere. It is a gorgeous film.

I am not sure what someone who hadn't read the book would make of it if they weren't open to a sci fi twist, however some reviews here indicate that it works very well even without having read the book. I think the film and the novel version are almost complementary. I do like them both equally well. I am dumbfounded by some of the extremely uncomplimentary reviews here calling the film ridiculous or too silly to get through. All one can assume is the sci fi element the story is built around just isn't somewhere some people's brains can go. It's a classic sci fi movie disconnect with a large chunk of the viewing public, though, and should have been expected.

Bottom line: if you have been putting off seeing this movie because of the mixed reviews, forget them and just see it.

Basically, the review ends here except for the comment below, which is a possible minor spoiler . . .

::: Possible Spoiler Alert - Don't Read Before Seeing Movie ::: There may be some who weren't sure about the way the ending was handled, but readers of the novel are still left with their, or "the real," ending by how/where the movie left things. I thought it was perfect, especially because it leaves the book's ending completely still intact, but a special thing only readers of the novel get to appreciate.

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Summary of The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray]

Lose yourself in timeless love with this gloriously romantic story of the journey of two hearts. Artist Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams of The Notebook) shares a deep emotional bond with Henry De Tamble (Eric Bana of The Other Boleyn Girl), a handsome librarian who travels involuntarily through time. Knowing they can be separated without warning, Clare and Henry treasure the moments they have together, imbuing them with the yearning and passion of two people imprisoned by time?and set free by love. Based on the #1 bestseller, The Time Traveler's Wife weaves together destiny and devotion, past and future to turn an extraordinary love into an extraordinary love story.

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