The Time Traveler's Wife (The Movie)

Reaction to the Film: In my opinion this movie has been a very good interpretation of the novel  even though a lot of parts from the book were cut out from the movie. The movie starts with the death of Henry's mother and Henry trying to stop the car accident from occuring.. It starts with classical music and Henry as a little kid riding in a car with his mother. This is significant because it shows that he travels back to events that are important. I liked how the music playe din the beginning shows Henry's mother passion for music. Then everything seems to move fast, especially in Henry and Clare's relationship.
        One thing I really did like about the movie was the way the scenes were "put" together. I also thought it was kind of humorous when Clare and Henry go house shopping and Henry alreaFor example, when Clare gives birth to her daughter the camera manily focuses on Clare and Henry, but only up to their waist. This medium shot demostrated the emotions that Clare and Henry were going through as Clare was giving birth to their first child. They had tried to have a child so many times, but the fetuses time traveled and eventually died. After Alba (their daughter) was born everything happened quickly. The transition of scenes were very fast. There was a a part where Alba was shown growing up into a five year old. The scenes entered in and out through the doors of their home. It can be said that the scenes faded in very quickly, but it was a problably a mix of fade in and dissolve.
       Something I wish that the director had kept in the movie was the last time Clare and Henry met. The last scene of the movie showed Henry and Clare in the meadow. It took place 4 years after Henry's death and it was Alba who saw him first and then sent Gomez's kids to call her mother. Henry and Clare embraced and were only able to talk for about a minute. Henry told Clare to stop waiting for him, because he knew that Clare was still waiting for him to come back. In the book the last time Henry and Clare meet is when Clare is an old lady and he traveled from the past into her future. The movie does not show that Clare always waited for him, but the book describes the last time they met.
       The book and movie are very different, but their both entertaining in different ways. I think that the book was better than the movie since the book is more detailed and it is told from Clare and Henry's point of view. The movie is told from a third point of view, so the audience is not really able to get in the characters' heads.