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I'm reluctant to see it since the book was so powerful and I can't imagine it could be successfully adapted to film. I have seen the previews, though. Only one person I know has seen the film, a co-worker, and she said it scared her to death; she had not read the book. Has anyone seen it yet?
I'm reluctant to see it since the book was so powerful and I can't imagine it could be successfully adapted to film. I have seen the previews, though. Only one person I know has seen the film, a co-worker, and she said it scared her to death; she had not read the book. Has anyone seen it yet?
I have. Posted on another thread about it.
I didn't read the book and probably never will. I went with my daughter, who did read the book, and she said the rape and murder of Susie was graphically described over several pages. They don't show the actual murder in the movie, although you know it is happening. It was disturbing, and I think that's because I am the mother of a daughter and what happens to that girl is my worst nightmare. I only agreed to go in the first place because I do like to look at Mark Wahlberg.
The guy who plays George Harvey, the murderer, was excellent in the role. It took a while to realize it was the same guy who played Nigel in Devil Wears Prada.
The surrealism of Susie's "in-between" world was very well done the way it connected what she was seeing with her memories and what was going on amongst the living. Another plus was the great props--cars, TV shows, the David Cassidy poster on Susie's wall, even the dishes at the dinner table--that were recognizable to anyone who grew up in the 1970's.
All in all it was a weird movie, not the kind of thing I would normally enjoy, but I have to say it was well put together. I think those of you who read the book will find it lighter than the book was, based on what my daughter has told me. Still, I didn't sleep well that night.
The guy who plays George Harvey, the murderer, was excellent in the role. It took a while to realize it was the same guy who played Nigel in Devil Wears Prada.
Yes, Stanley Tucci. He played the husband of Julia Child in Julie andJulia. He's an amazing actor. And I enjoyed the actress who played Susie, Saoirse Ronan, when she was in Atonement. Ronan stole that film, I thought.
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I think those of you who read the book will find it lighter than the book was, based on what my daughter has told me. Still, I didn't sleep well that night.
I don't think I can bear to see it. Alice Sebold is such a beautiful writer and I felt that the book was not as much about the violence of what happened to Susie as it was about the healing that her family eventually goes through. Thanks so much for your input.
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I find it interesting that she would write a fiction book about rape.
As you probably know, Sebold actually wrote Lucky *before* The Lovely Bones, at least in part as a form of therapy.
And of course the second, fictional book describes a rape as well as murder.
In a way, I actually preferred Lucky, which was riveting, though of course I'd never wish that horrific experience on anyone.
I keep going back and forth about seeing the movie.
Some of the reviews chastise Jackson for glossing over the actual murder; his movie Heavenly Creatures did the opposite.
There was one scene in the novel The Lovely Bones that rang false to me and I can tell it is in the movie--I might wait for the dvd.
It has been awhile since I read the book but I did watch the movie last night--I enjoyed the movie although I felt like I was waiting to exhale the entire time--it was intense.
The movie was OK. Of course the book was better. The movie had alot of special effects in it, maybe too many, you could tell it was a Peter Jackson movie because of that. I don't think very young children should see this movie. I noticed little children, like 7 or 8, in the audience and I winced that these kids saw some scenes that I did not think were appropriate for little children to view.
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