The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson)

[Kid_Eternity]

I thought it was ok, touching in places, quite harrowing in others. Not amazing though athough Stan Tucci's performance was great. Oh and I'm an atheist and totally dug the way the afterlife was portrayed, I liked the abstract sense of existing in the same space yet on different planes...

 

[embree]

Agreed, Tucci's performance was fantastic.

Still struggling to understand why you'd have to be a believer in the afterlife to buy into the film. I'm not that literal minded, it's make believe

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Peter Jackson knows how to put a trailer together

o.

Shame he couldnt put a good film about hobbits and all that together.

 

[Iguana]

I've tried twice but I can only manage to watch the first 20 minutes or so of this movie before getting really bored and switching it off. I'm utterly uncaptivated by it.

I kind of enjoyed the book, I read it a couple of years ago just after my grandmother died and while I don't believe in an afterlife I found the experience of reading a book where an afterlife does exist extremely comforting. And I did cry at the dog scene. But I suspect that if I'd read the book at any other time I'd have been far less interested. And the sister's romance was shockingly unconvincing. Susie got murdered on the 6th of December but by Christmas day her sister is excited to be kissing a boy and her mother is amused by it all. I know life goes on, but that was ridiculous.

The movie just seemed so bloody mawkish and ponderous. I'll probably give it another try at some point, maybe I'll save it on my hard drive until the next time I'm bereaved.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Agreed, Tucci's performance was fantastic.

Still struggling to understand why you'd have to be a believer in the afterlife to buy into the film. I'm not that literal minded, it's make believe

That's an idiotic thing to say imo, the whole point about fiction is suspension of disbelief, atheists are just as capable of that as anyone!

 

[embree]

That's an idiotic thing to say imo, the whole point about fiction is suspension of disbelief, atheists are just as capable of that as anyone!

I don't believe custard pies have any value as ammunition in mob warfare but I still enjoyed Bugsy Malone

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I don't believe custard pies have any value as ammunition in mob warfare but I still enjoyed Bugsy Malone

Lol! Fair point.

 

[BettyBlue]

I don't believe custard pies have any value as ammunition in mob warfare but I still enjoyed Bugsy Malone

Watched this the other night...chewing gum for the eyes really...that's about it.

 

[discokermit]

the film title sounds like an episode of father ted.

 

[felixthecat]

I loved the book, absolutely loved it.

So, unless someone can convince me I won't be disapointed by the film, I'm reluctant to see it.