After reading the book and watching the movie The Giver in my opinion I think that the movie is kind of.. how do I say it...WAY better than the book! No offense to people that like the book better. My first reason that I think that the movie is better than the book is because of Fiona. Fiona did way more things in the movie than in the book. I really liked how they made Fiona and Jonas get together cause it puts kind of a more drama and nervousness in the movie. Also people who watched the Giver movie probably would have never suspected that there would be any type of romance involved in it and I think that romance lightens up the movie more and gives them a more visual of love and shows it more. In the movie Jonas and Fiona have more than just a friend relationship between them they have involved love and true feelings with each other in the book we only see true feelings that Jonas feel. Also with Fiona in the movie there is more action like when on the plates and sliding down the huge ill and helping Jonas escape. That involves way more action and suspense on what's gonna happen next.
My second reason why it is because we get a better visual. When I was reading the book I tried to kind of imagine what all the characters looked like but I couldn't really see it. In the movie I have a better visual of what everyone looked like and what Jonas saw in Fiona like the colors he was seeing. It let me also have a better visual of what he was thing at the same time and understanding if I was in that situation what it would be like too. Also I think just being able to see the actual visual gives me a better understanding of the story and gives me what the community actually looks like and the book ca only tell you what it looks like and you have to imagine it while the movie you can actually see what the things they were talking about are and get a better visual on those things. However some people see better when they imagine it so it could be different for most people than how I see it.
My final reason why I think the movie is better than then the book is because how much more action there is in the movie then in the book. The book progresses very slowly and I'm not a huge fan of slow I like things that are kind of a faster pace like the movie. Since in the movie they explained things quicker there was way more action, like Fiona running away from the guys, Jonas getting dropped in the water, learning about the piano and Jonas punching Asher like who knew he would do that?!? I was really surprised that he did that and that just made me want to keep on watching the movie over and over! In the book there is action but just not as much as there could have been. Also I love action which is definitely a reason why the movie is WAY better than the book. With all that action came suspension. I always wanted to know what would happen next after every part in the movie, then not as much in the book. Also one last reason is because of the cliffhanger at the end of the book. I didn't really like that at the end I like how the movie was able to show the end of what happened and when he passed the Boundary of Memory that everyone regained their memory of the world it left me with a happy feeling and the book what a mad feeling of NO What's Gonna Happen Next?!? Those my fellow friends are my spectacular three reasons why the movie is better than the book.
