The Time Traveler’s Wife – Coming Soon!
Wow. It has taken long enough – a film that was shot at least a year ago, and its finally been given a release date of August 14th in U.S cinemas.
If you don’t know about it, its the adapation of a sprawling epic novel by Audrey Niffennegger of a man that time travels, without a Delorean no less and without choice. It happens at the most awkward times, and he always loses his clothes when he ‘lands’. Henry has known Clare since she was little, and she meets him throughout her life, at different ages, and different stages of his own life; younger, or older. Its such an intense read, I needed to be able to put it down at times, and read something lighter, something that I needed to focus on left. Once it was finished, I was bawling my eyes out – something which happens so rarely when I read. I needed the story to continue, I needed the characters to come into existence, they are written with such tangible, and emotional description that to close the book on that last page actually felt like I was letting go of someone and something real.
This is why even the trailer, has me taking a deep breath. It is going to be a real treasure if the movie can do any part of the book justice; even if it doesn’t translate everything (which I really don’t think it can, its so intricate and at times confusing with the constant time traveling, and flash backs and flash forwards) with Eric Bana as Henry and the stunning Rachel McAdams as Clare.. I will certainly be watching this as soon as I can, opening day, a preview screening, watching this with a friend or two and embracing the notion that love can find you at any time, and any place.
Watch the trailer; see for yourself.
