"Love Will Tear us Apart"

Watched The Time Traveler's Wife last weekend. Two of us had read the book and one hadn't. The two who had read the book agreed that the book was better, but that the movie was enjoyable and really couldn't do exactly what the book had done due to media shifts. The person who hadn't read the book liked it and wanted to read the book. As to audience complaints that it was confusing, she merely stated "the title of the movie tells you all you need to know not to be confused. If you come in thinking time travel and you still get confused then you are easily confused, and I'm sorry."

They didn't deviate much from the story, though they did cut out a bunch. I think they should have done more to show age changes, but what they did was good, I just think a little more would have been helpful sometimes. Rachel McAadams was great, Eric Bana is Australian but I forgot, and Brooklynn Proulx is a pretty good child actor with a ridiculous name. Ron Livingston deserves more work. He was a good lead in Music Within and of course he's famous for Band of Brothers and Office Space, but I think he should be more of a household name. Then again, maybe he's just a good actor, not a great actor, I don't know. I think he's great. But what do I know.

See the movie if you have the time. Read the book for sure. And watch something with Ron Livingston in it and tell a friend. The man needs some exposure.