I just watched The Lovely Bones. And it was one of the most stupid, pointless, nauseating goddamn movies I've ever seen in my fucking life
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I remember when the book came out in high school, and being extremely wary of it for all the possible agency issues. Also because as a rule I generally shun whodunits and dead chick mystery fic. When I heard it was being movie-fied, I kinda wanted to shoot someone because I could already imagine the kind of fucktardedness that would come of a story like this getting the Hollywood treatment. Sorry you had to sit through it.
spoilers ahead soaquaenumenJanuary 24 2010, 09:30:55 UTC
I'm fine with whodunnits or whatever in movies, the problem was watching this movie - having watched a lot of stuff lately where ghosts do shit about their murders - with Susie cavorting around her fake heaven while her murderer plots to kill her little sister, well. If you're looking for a movie where the ghost kicks the bad guy's ass, you'll have to look elsewhere.
Part of the problem was also the similarities to the Klaas case that made it so intensely personal - Polly was 12, the manhunt for her body and her killer lasted 3 years, she was raped and strangled and her remains were recovered in a forest 15 minutes away from my house, etc. So in a lot of ways it was like reliving those years - except the movie escalates it.
Narratively, there was very little point in the way it dealt with trauma, because the glimpses of the family trying to deal with it were disjointed by the reoccurring examinations of the murderer, and spoiler highlight to read the fact that her remains were dumped in the sinkhole and never recovered means for
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I have zero plans to see this movie. I read the book, didn't love it like everyone else in the whole world did. And if I have to see another trailer for this movie I will punch someone in the face.
There are few movies that I will just refuse to see (because not liking something I haven't seen is dumb), but the trailers annoy me enough that I know I wouldn't enjoy the movie and I'm sick of hulu trying to force me to watch sneak peek clips when I DON'T CARE.
Anyway, I am glad it's out now so I don't have to watch the stupid previews.
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Part of the problem was also the similarities to the Klaas case that made it so intensely personal - Polly was 12, the manhunt for her body and her killer lasted 3 years, she was raped and strangled and her remains were recovered in a forest 15 minutes away from my house, etc. So in a lot of ways it was like reliving those years - except the movie escalates it.
Narratively, there was very little point in the way it dealt with trauma, because the glimpses of the family trying to deal with it were disjointed by the reoccurring examinations of the murderer, and spoiler highlight to read the fact that her remains were dumped in the sinkhole and never recovered means for ( ... )
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There are few movies that I will just refuse to see (because not liking something I haven't seen is dumb), but the trailers annoy me enough that I know I wouldn't enjoy the movie and I'm sick of hulu trying to force me to watch sneak peek clips when I DON'T CARE.
Anyway, I am glad it's out now so I don't have to watch the stupid previews.
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