My name is Salmon, like the fish. First name, Susie. I was fourteen years old when I was murdered on December 6th, 1973. I wasn’t gone. I was alive in my own perfect world. But in my heart, I knew it wasn’t perfect. My murderer still haunted me. My father had the pieces but he couldn’t make them fit. I waited for justice but justice did not come. – Susie Salmon
A deeply disturbing movie from the start, I don’t think that I will easily forget this movie – which on some levels means that it did what any good movie supposed to do. Nothing can prepare you for this deeply moving story.
Even now whenever I think of The Lovely Bones I still get the shivers, which is incredibly rare for me. The Lovely Bones is a mix jumble of family drama, first love, anger and Revenge which all gets lost in translation around the ‘In-Between’, Jackson can’t seem to settle on any one them which starts to get a little mentally suffocating. The Lovely Bones is another example of one of those movies that never quite lived up to its full potential but never the less among all the confusing story hooks there is some genuine emotion which does have tremendous impact on even the hardest of people.
Of all people, Peter Jackson knows the best that shaping a movie from a best seller is fishy business ( The Lord Of The Rings) and that it can go either way but in all truthfulness The Lovely Bones seems to stay in the middle. The Special effect s are average, the acting is excellent and the feeling you get after watching the Lovely Bones is something amazing. All I can say in conclusion is that this is not a movie to be taken lightly, whether you like it is your decision.
The Verdict: 