Never Let Me Go

my mom got it off of redbox... we watched it together and halfway through it... I wanted to go upstairs and punch my brother in the face... just for excitement. I'm sorry to say that I thought it was boring to the core. I mean I understood the whole donor thing and at how at the third donation they died... but wheres the actual excitement? nothing really happened...

Hmm...this movie was, well, depressing to say the least. It starts off with 3 kids, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy. They're at this school called Hailsham, which is where they're required to live, and take really good care of themselves, for a reason unknown to them at the time. A new teacher/guardian comes and feels obligated to tell them their purpose in life; to be an organ donor. She tells them that they will go through 3 or 4 donations, and will "complete", or in other words, die, all depending on how strong their body is. Since they were this age, Kathy has always been in love with Tommy, but Ruth decided that she was "in love" with Tommy too. Ruth and Tommy got together, and this completes the first of 3 parts in the movie. The second part starts off with them at age 18 going to "The Cottages" where they will stay until their first donation. Tommy and Ruth are still together, and "happily" in love. In "The Cottages" they meet up with this other couple, who have heard about a deferal. They said it was a program that couples who were truly in love could apply for to set back their first donation date in order to be with each other a few years in the real world. Ruth, Kathy, and Tommy, said they'd never heard about it, and that it was probably just a rumor. After a couple more months, Kathy decides to be a caretaker. A caretaker is a person that is assigned a patient, and cares for them until they "complete". She leaves The Cottages, and for 10 years, is a caretaker. She is about to leave to go back to her apartment on day, when she sees an old friend on the computer screen. One whom she hasn't seen in ten years, one who has already given two donations, and isn't recovering well; Ruth. She goes to see her, and she looks very, very ill. They talk for a while, and Ruth brings up going on a vacation before her last donation, and suggests they take Tommy, who has also been through 2 donations, but is instead recovering well. They go to the beach where Ruth confesses that she is sorry for keeping Kathy and Tommy apart, when she knew they were truly meant to be. To make things right, she gives them the address to the place where they might be able to get the deferral, and be together for a couple of years. When they get back from their vacation, Ruth goes into her final surgery, and dies on the operating table. (Very depressing scene I might add) Next, Tommy and Kathy go to the address Ruth gave them, and they are told that there is no deferral program. A dramatic scene follows with Tommy throwing a fit in result of finding out about the deferrals. I won't tell you the rest, although you may be able to guess anyway.