<p>I saw it Friday night. This book is one of my favorite books ever. I told myself all week that movies are seldom as good as the books they’re based on. So I was prepared. But I couldn’t help thinking this movie should have been 30 minutes longer. It seems like they rushed through it. The whole story about Claire’s mother is left out and that was an important part of who she was. So if you saw it, what did you think and have you read the book?</p>
<p>I read the book a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it. Saw the movie the other night and was ready for there to be some changes. The movie is never as good as the book. However, I was not disappointed in the film. I thought that the things that were cut out probably needed to go in the interest of flow. The Gomez character - totally changed. Many things were left out, but I felt that the finished product stood on its own okay. The story seemed to have a totally different feel to it. Directors have to make some hard choices - I think I agree with this one.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I think I’ve forgotten enough details that I wouldn’t remember what’s being left out. It really disturbs me though when the flavor of the book gets completely lost (which I do remember). The English Patient for example got turned into a sappy love story in the movie, which was hardly the point of the book.</p>
<p>The movie got pretty bad reviews, but I’ll probably see it. I thought the book was just average- not one of my favorites- but most everyone else I know loved it.</p>
<p>MY DDs went to see it Friday, they said the parts that stayed true to the book were good, but they came home in an irritated huff over casting (Gomez, etc) and the parts left out (key details of frostbite)or simply made up (the ring was not an emerald like in the book, for no reason whatsoever.</p>
<p>It does speak to why Harry Potter flicks are so successful, they stuck to the book. I would struggle as an author if some one bought my wonderful story to make a movie and then changed the entire thing</p>
<p>I’m currently reading the book. I wanted to finish it, although I’m not loving it, before seeing the film. One of the actors in it is a family friend and so my Ds all went to see it the night it opened. Not all of them had read the book but all enjoyed the film anyway. I’m looking forward to seeing it, not only to see Rachel, but to see some of the location shooting here in Toronto. The estate that is her parents’ house is where one of my Ds is getting married next year, so it will be fun to see how they set it up for the wedding in the film. :)</p>
<p>I read the book when it first came out. I am a sucker for time travelling stories, and honestly, I hated, hated this book. There are actually not that many books that I don’t care for, but this one, well…didn’t do it for me. </p>
<p>I wish I wanted to see it or that I loved the book. It seems like this book and movie that would be right up my alley. </p>
<p>Hope the movie is good.</p>
<p>^^Not what I wanted to hear since it will soon be the selected book for our book club in December…</p>
<p>LOL. Time travel is not my favorite genre, but I enjoyed the book. I didn’t love, love, love it, but I liked thinking about it, and I thought that she made it work in terms of time paradoxes and all the usual issues.</p>
<p>You may love the book, laxmom. The great thing about books is that if someone doesn’t like one title, it will be someone else’s favorite book.</p>
<p>I have lots of favorite books. If you ever want a list of fun book club books, let me know.</p>
<p>TTW was one of the selections for my book group; I thought I wouldn’t care for it because I’m not a fan of science fiction or fantasy. To my surprise, I really enjoyed TTW. I’m looking forward to the movie. In most instances, I usually don’t like the movie version of a book, but the last one I saw (The Secret Life of Bees) was well done and true to the book.</p>
<p>THe Secret Life of Bees is one of my all time fave books, and yes - the movie was good, which isn’t always the case with books turning into movies.</p>
<p>The previews for this movie reminded me a lot of the Lake House, a movie I could not sit through. Also, Kate and Leopold. In fact just read an article this morning that listed a few of the time travel movies… [Time-travel</a> romances abound onscreen – latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-time-travel17-2009aug17,0,3140124.story]Time-travel”>What's a few centuries between friends?)</p>
<p>I have to say, I thought The Lake House was a stupid movie. :)</p>
<p>I thought the book of The Time Traveler’s Wife was a beautiful, subtle, and multi-layered love story with a fantastical plot.</p>
<p>I thought the movie of The Time Traveler’s Wife was pretty but shallow. They didn’t ruin the book, per se, but they certainly lost all the subtleties and subplots and most of the character development that made them three-dimensional. Too much of the book had to be sacrificed to fit it into feature-film length. </p>
<p>It didn’t help that they chose actors who are more attractive than skilled. Eric Bana has all of three facial expressions, which he recycles endlessly throughout the film. Rachel McAdams is beautiful but insipid. </p>
<p>There’s not much to love or hate about the movie.</p>
<p>I did not particularly “care for the book” myself although I did read it to the end. I’m hoping to see the movie to see how they interpret the book - perhaps this will be the rare case where I like the movie better than the book.</p>
<p>I really liked the book! Read it years ago w/book club…I haven’t read much time travel, so I thought that was an interesting aspect – plus the whole ‘love beyond time/age concept…’</p>
<p>I finished the book last night. I found it very compelling and thoughtful—although at times I felt like I needed some sort of flow chart to keep track of the “who knew what when” timeline. For those of you who have seen the movie, does it play up the tearjerker aspect? I’m afraid it might be in the same vein as “The Notebook” (another Rachel McAdams love-over-time-weeper), and as I am a complete sap, I don’t know if I have the stamina for the six-hankie ending. I could barely make it through “Marley and Me.” :)</p>
<p>Mary, let’s just say that they do not change the ending to make it happier. 'nuff said?</p>
<p>I just read somewhere that The Time Traveler’s Wife is to be made into a tv series. My first reaction is that a tv series may be able to capture the essence of the book better than a movie could - but of course it depends on whether or not the series is done well.</p>