izzio's Review

Summary - Good 3.0

The Lovely Bones started great, but ended… well… not so great. The beginning was extremely creepy, dark, and chilling, when little Susie Salmon was killed by a hair raising old man. She is put in the “in-between”, basically purgatory, and she tries to guide her family and friends to her killer. It sounds pretty good right? Well, it turned into an extremely long and sappy drama that I really didn’t care about. Now, I would be giving this boring drama a 2, but the “in-between” just looked so incredibly beautiful. The CGI was extrodinarily well crafted, and it really kept my attention. This definitley isn’t Peter Jackson’s best.

Acting - Perfect 5.0

Saoirse Ronan portrayed Susie Salmon in a perfect way, and Stanley Tucci played an excellent killer, and really had me convinced.

Film - Great 4.0

Overall, the film quality was pretty good. The music worked well, the dialogue wasn’t great, but the visuals were stunning.

Edge - Tame 1.2

Nothing sexual or violent happens, sin the murder is implied, but the overall theme of the movie is very very dark.

Reality - Supernatural 3.3

Quite unrealistic- what girl would go down in a little room inside a cornfield with some creey guy?

12 Comments

• BrianSez May 22, 2011 2:36PM

  yeah – should have listened! lol

• Wick May 22, 2011 2:31PM

  Told ya it was just OK

• MJ5K Jun 24, 2010 12:07AM

  Haha, thank you.

• Wick Jun 23, 2010 10:37PM

  Regarding MetalJunky5000’s Review
  Tucci “came off as a creepy combination of Jimmy Stewart and Matt Damon’s character in The Informant.” – Great line MJ!

• BrianSez Jun 23, 2010 8:14PM

  Regarding Wick’s Review
  Wow Wick – a tough week for movie reviews! Thanks again for allowing me to save my time with this one!

• Demona Jun 23, 2010 1:14AM

  I did happen to think that the film had a bit of a “What Dreams May Come” feel to it.. but how it was executed was a bit off. I can’t say that the film was BAD but it could’ve been a LOT better. The ending made me feel that though “justice” was served, SHE didn’t get the ending that she deserved, being that she was a 15 yr old girl murdered and dumped. It just didn’t seem right. But that’s just me.

• MJ5K Jun 20, 2010 1:16PM

  Regarding Wick’s Review
  I’m gonna have to agree with you, Wick. I sadly endured this movie a couple months ago and I absolutely loathed it. However, I am yet to review it. I agree with most of the review except for the part about Susan Sarandon. Her character just annoyed me so I guess it wasn’t entirely her fault.

• MJ5K Feb 17, 2010 8:15PM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  True. Good review, izzio. I guess this won’t be up there with some of Mr. Jackson’s best like LOTR or King Kong.

• Wick Jan 18, 2010 9:58AM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  Now that I’ve read Izzio’s review, looks like Gosling was wise to get out while the getting was good.

• MJ5K Jan 8, 2010 8:16PM

  Oh yeah, Gosling dropped out because of “artistic difference”

• Wick Jan 7, 2010 10:54PM

  Good catch MJ. That poster looks like it was an early preview. Perhaps Gosling was originally attached and then dropped out. In any case, I’ve updated to the current poster.

• MJ5K Jan 7, 2010 9:36PM

  Haha Wick you may wanna change that poster. Ryan Gosling isn’t in Lovely Bones!

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