27. Lovely Bones (5/5)

Kill me now because of my preference.

I clearly stated that I wanted movies that makes me feel profound. The Lovely Bones is an adaptation from a novel by Alice Sebold. I haven't read the book yet, and I know that the novels are always better than the movie. But then, if not for the reviews I have read I MIGHT HAVE OR I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THIS MOVIE A PERFECT SCORE.

The movie is somehow a break from the crime and investigative movies I had watched recently. This movie, is again-- a movie that is under investigative type. But what I wanted about this movie is that unlike the usual suspense investigative movies, this movie focused on the internal perspective of the murdered girl.

What I wanted to point out, is that in some sense, the movie had done a magnificent job on building the sweetness and innocent character of Susie Salmon, the 14th year old protagonist. Most of the audience now wanted action, wanted intellectual, investigation processes like CSI. The thing is, the way they portrayed Susie Salmon's perspective of the IN BETWEEN world, the beautiful imagery, would like to in still on the audience the gravity of crime the murderer had done. You will feel what a waste he had done to the kid's life-- there are just so much ahead for her, if only she wasn't killed.

I might have been a product of Philippine films, I love happy endings. I prefer happy endings, and although Roger Ebert also argued about the concept of heaven on his reviews at rotten tomato, it is always good to feel that there is a beautiful place after life.

I love the scene wherein Susie narrated the names of the sweet little girls murdered like her. So dramatic, gives me creeps.

I adore Peter Jackson's visual eye for picturesque scenes.

I won't be elaborating, someday maybe I'll be like Roger Ebert, and the other critics who really have detailed reviews. I'm not ready for that yet. Maybe after 5 years. :)

Gah, gonna stick to my preference-- I am easily enthralled by movies that are narrated by the protagonist. I love inner depth and perspective. I give this movie 5/5, what the hell I am not a professional critic! I am just a sappy, poetic, boring, trying hard visually romantic person. Hehe :)