AS I read The Giver, it occurred to me that this is where our society is heading.
Trying to get people to give up their freedoms for promised alleged safety and security.
I heard the movie was made in color, however, and I think it would have been really effective if they had started it in black and white and moved to color as the story progressed.
They used black and white in the community, then partial color in Jonas’s scenes with The giver, and full color in the memories and in the events surrounding Jonas’s actions. Very effective.