Added: 02-17-10
The Lovely Bones
No living person can truly understand or relate to the course of events that take place after death. Peter Jackson, the director of The Lovely Bones, expresses an interesting interpretation of heaven, and everything “in between,” in the movie adaptation of Alice Sebold’s classic.
A combination of horror and drama, The Lovely Bones was suspenseful in some parts of the film, and also pretty stirring. Overall, the movie was fairly unpredictable.
A recently murdered 14-year-old girl, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) struggles as she leads her father to her killer. She makes a conscious decision to stay connected with earth, rather than move on to heaven. She must find a medium between avenging her murderer and helping her family to let go of her death.
The story somewhat parallels the author’s life, as Sebold was also raped at a young age. Although she survived, she was forever scarred. She decided to write a book, this trauma serving as the inspiration.
Jackson wanted to portray a despairing story, and at times succeeded. But we found that the whole of the movie contained too many different moods. There wasn’t a consistent pattern to the atmosphere.
Transitions from happy family moments to horrific drama happened too quickly, and too often. There wasn’t enough time in between for the viewers to adjust to the fast-paced movie. One moment we would be smiling and laughing, and before we knew it we were on the verge of tears.
The narration text quoted directly from the book was delivered in a very cheesy manner, giving those scenes of the movie a cliché feeling.
Ronan, playing the roles of the main character and narrator, did the best she could with her script, as could be said about all the actors. We blame such a catastrophe on the director. Although the film didn’t get high ratings, the book is a top seller.
If you’re in the mood for mood swings, we recommend this movie. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a great choice. It is nothing new that most movies do not compare to the books, and this is no exception, as The Lovely Bones fell a little short of our expectations.
Director – Peter Jackson
Executive Producers- Steven Spielberg, Ken Kamins, Tessa Ross, Jim Wilson
Based on Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones
Story – centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family, and her killer, from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
A combination of horror and drama, The Lovely Bones was suspenseful in some parts of the film, and also pretty stirring. Overall, the movie was fairly unpredictable.
A recently murdered 14-year-old girl, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) struggles as she leads her father to her killer. She makes a conscious decision to stay connected with earth, rather than move on to heaven. She must find a medium between avenging her murderer and helping her family to let go of her death.
The story somewhat parallels the author’s life, as Sebold was also raped at a young age. Although she survived, she was forever scarred. She decided to write a book, this trauma serving as the inspiration.
Jackson wanted to portray a despairing story, and at times succeeded. But we found that the whole of the movie contained too many different moods. There wasn’t a consistent pattern to the atmosphere.
Transitions from happy family moments to horrific drama happened too quickly, and too often. There wasn’t enough time in between for the viewers to adjust to the fast-paced movie. One moment we would be smiling and laughing, and before we knew it we were on the verge of tears.
The narration text quoted directly from the book was delivered in a very cheesy manner, giving those scenes of the movie a cliché feeling.
Ronan, playing the roles of the main character and narrator, did the best she could with her script, as could be said about all the actors. We blame such a catastrophe on the director. Although the film didn’t get high ratings, the book is a top seller.
If you’re in the mood for mood swings, we recommend this movie. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a great choice. It is nothing new that most movies do not compare to the books, and this is no exception, as The Lovely Bones fell a little short of our expectations.
Director – Peter Jackson
Executive Producers- Steven Spielberg, Ken Kamins, Tessa Ross, Jim Wilson
Based on Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones
Story – centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family, and her killer, from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.