[QUOTE=rey2pokey;113868]I heard the movie confusing so I don't recommend it.[/QUOTE]
How can you not recommend something you haven't seen?
Anyway, I finally saw it this afternoon, and I really enjoyed it. The book is over 500 pages long, and the movie seemed like a fast-forward version of the main events throughout. That being said, I can see why it might be confusing for someone that hasn't read the book, only because there is SO MUCH more to the story, which they obviously can't squeeze into a 90 minute movie. But, this is usually the case with a movie-from-a-book picture.
Here are a few main differences I noticed. Anything remotely spoiler-y I will use tags for.
-The time-traveling condition. The book goes into a lot more detail about what causes him to time-travel, and how Dr. Kendrick goes about trying to pinpoint what genes cause it, and how it can be fixed. And as a matter of fact, there was a huge chunk left out that I was kind of surprised by, because it made for a good part of the story. [SPOILER]In the book, Henry actually has to convince Dr. Kendrick that he is for real by giving him a letter (that he tells him to read after the birth of his child) explaining to him that Dr. Kendrick and his wife (who is pregnant, and expecting a girl) are really going to have a boy, with downs syndrome. He gives the exact time, down the the minute, of the baby's birth, including weight. THIS is what makes Dr. Kendrick hear him out. And then they do the MRI, which we see in the movie. Also, Clare and Henry have an ongoing close relationship with Dr. Kendrick and his family[/SPOILER]
Clare's family. We get to see much more of them in the book as well. They're family dynamics are really interesting and make for fun chapters to read. Also, we see a lot more of Henry and Clare's relationship before their meeting in real-time, when she is a girl growing up. [SPOILER]It's also foreshadowed much sooner how Henry is going to die. When Clare is about 12, she hears Henry calling her name and when she runs outside to see what is going on, she sees her dad and her brother in their hunting gear looking at something on the ground. She doesn't know what it is but her dad tells her it's fine and to go back in the house. This is when the reader can kind of piece together what will happen as the story goes on. :([/SPOILER]
Charisse's husband Gomez also plays a much bigger character in the book than was shown in the movie. [SPOILER]Except he's in love with Clare, and he's not always a good guy.[/SPOILER]
[SPOILER]Oh, and in the book, Clare has about 7 miscarriages. She ends up seeing a gene therapist and we realize the problem is not the fetus' disappearing from the womb (which they obviously do), but it is them coming back in, which is what causes her to bleed out and end up in the hospital every time it happens. When Henry realizes the threat to her life, this is when he gets the vasectomy. Her gene therapist then has to put her on medication to keep the fetus intact, when she does finally have a full-term pregnancy. [/SPOILER]
That's all I can think of for right now, but I highly recommend the book. It's a great read and the character development feels much less forced than it does in the movie. All in all, it's just a great story, and I adore Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana, and think they did a perfect job of portraying the characters I had imagined in my head while reading the book.
[QUOTE=tjhallow;114314]There was like one copy left, I ran for that ****! I know everybody was looking at me like I was nuts.[/QUOTE]
Gotta do what you gotta do!
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