I saw the movie and read the book. The book is excellent and one of my favorites, but the movie was subpar at best. I think they changed things that didn't really needed to be changed. And it also seems like they were doing the status quo of today. Which is turning popular young adult fiction into movies. What are your thoughts?

I haven't watched the movie, but I've read The Giver, The Messenger and Gathering Blue.

They're all fantastic books in that series and I absolutely loved them all.

Is the movie worth seeing at all even if its subpar?

That depends. I thought it was okay. If you do end up watching it you'll be surprise by how many useless changes they made. Like having 150 newborns a year instead of 50. And it didn't make sense why they changed Asher and Fiona's jobs. It's not worth seeing in my opinion and if you're a true fan of the book then you won't like how they did things.