The Lovely Bones is easily one of my biggest disappointments of 2009. The acting is great and the visuals and cinematography are beautiful. And unfortunately, that's where the praise runs out for me.
First off, one of my biggest problems was the narration. The main character lays it on so thick that it almost takes away from the gravity of her situation. Seriously, everything she says issssss likeeeeeee soooooooo slowwwwww forrrrr emphaassssiisssss. It gets old quickly.
I also had problems with the way in which all the characters dealt with the murder. Susie's parents act in the total clichéd way, and the movie never really shows us the authentic grief that parents who just lost a child would feel. Susan Sarandon shows up in the middle for some really awkward attempts at humor. And about 5 minutes after Susie is murdered and dismembered, she's off dancing and Vogue-ing in the in between world with this other dead chick. Yeah, cause that's plausible.
Another thing that kind of bugged me was the motivation of the killer. You never really understand why he is doing what is he doing. All of his scenes just feel so...lame. There's no element of surprise or mystery, all of his scenes seem like something you would see off of a version of Susie's story on the Lifetime channel.
Overall, The Lovely Bones just doesn't measure up to the awesome performances. It's too long, too nonsensical, and too silly to really be able to fully express Susie's story to the best way. The problem is that real emotion isn't displayed on screen, but someone's performance of emotion. It's just..fake all-around.
First off, one of my biggest problems was the narration. The main character lays it on so thick that it almost takes away from the gravity of her situation. Seriously, everything she says issssss likeeeeeee soooooooo slowwwwww forrrrr emphaassssiisssss. It gets old quickly.
I also had problems with the way in which all the characters dealt with the murder. Susie's parents act in the total clichéd way, and the movie never really shows us the authentic grief that parents who just lost a child would feel. Susan Sarandon shows up in the middle for some really awkward attempts at humor. And about 5 minutes after Susie is murdered and dismembered, she's off dancing and Vogue-ing in the in between world with this other dead chick. Yeah, cause that's plausible.
Another thing that kind of bugged me was the motivation of the killer. You never really understand why he is doing what is he doing. All of his scenes just feel so...lame. There's no element of surprise or mystery, all of his scenes seem like something you would see off of a version of Susie's story on the Lifetime channel.
Overall, The Lovely Bones just doesn't measure up to the awesome performances. It's too long, too nonsensical, and too silly to really be able to fully express Susie's story to the best way. The problem is that real emotion isn't displayed on screen, but someone's performance of emotion. It's just..fake all-around.
1/4
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