The film is based on the best-selling book of the same name by American author Alice Seabold. The film adapted from the best-selling novel has no risk in investment and no suspense in capturing the audience's scenes. First, it will have a perfect story, and secondly, the literary performance of the lines permeates the vastness and sensibility that ordinary movies cannot match. . Fantastic films in recent years are all based on best-sellers, such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which won multiple Oscars in 2009.
The good news is that "The Lovely Bones" doesn't spoil the original book -- at least not terribly. The main line of the movie is also based on the narrative style of the original book, tracing the ins and outs of the story in the tone of the 14-girl Susie. This Susie is played by Saoirse Ronan, the hottest child star in recent years. Last time, she also participated in the movie "Atonement", which was adapted from the best-selling book, but she only played a supporting role. And "King Kong" star Peter Jackson.
The movie explained that this was a tragedy at the very beginning, but it also captured the audience's "why is this" exploratory psychology. The audience must see the criminals brought to justice before they are willing to let go. This criminal who has maimed countless girls is really a veteran, and when the police come to question, he remains calm and nonchalant. And our most sympathetic protagonist, Susie, is a lively and cute girl with a bit of a rebellious personality. She is in the Mood for Love and longs for her dream of becoming a photographer when she grows up. Her young first love is about to make her debut, and her first kiss will also be drawn. Kick off. However, she was not like a normal teenage girl who was murdered before she could make an appointment in the future, on December 6, 1973. The most painful thing in the world is this, which should be regarded as the biggest "cup" in life. Fortunately, she was not taken to hell by "black and white impermanence", nor did she drink Mengpo soup, and immediately set foot on the beautiful road to heaven after her death.
Such a fantastic world is not heaven. Susie met another girl with the same fate, Hawley, in the nether realm. Hawley told her that heaven is far beyond human imagination. There is no cornfield that symbolizes crime and mutilation. No memory, no cemetery. And Susie did not forget the tragic fate of her untimely death. She was not reconciled. She even saw her family, especially her father, immersed in the unfortunate shadow of her daughter for a long time.
The beautiful picture reveals a magnificent or ethereal texture, accompanied by light music and minuet. In addition to the gorgeous special effects in the film, the back part of the film also revealed the dead in the underworld, that is, the remains of the girls who were also mutilated, and even played back the safe where Susie's own body was dismembered. A terrifying atmosphere arises spontaneously, in sharp contrast to the previous beauty. Although the process and details of the crime are deliberately omitted, viewers who are not short on imagination can imagine what a horrific scene would have been. Crime is a supplement to fantasy and a sublimation of the theme, and horror is a reasonable footnote to justice. This is also the integrity of a movie.
The plot is unfolding tensely, and of course the audience wants to "punish evil and promote good", so the bad guys can't go unpunished. At this time, Susie's father and sister both correctly guessed the murderer. Sister Lindsey even risked her life to win the criminal's crime diary picture book. The director will undoubtedly push the tense and suspenseful atmosphere to a commanding height. The ending of the film was unsatisfactory. The suspenseful waves only lasted for about 10 minutes, and the audience could not get enough of the play. The "girl killer" also absconded, and the clumsy police couldn't avenge the people. Fortunately, God has eyes, and the criminal accidentally fell off a cliff and died, which seems to have fulfilled a Chinese saying, "You can't live by doing your own sins."
This is a big-budget movie that combines elements of suspense, crime, fantasy, youth, etc. Peter Jackson's mastery of special effects is well-deserved, and the reproduction of magical realism is more commonplace, and he is also good at rendering rich on-set atmosphere. Humorous and easy, sometimes heavy and terrifying, and sometimes tear-jerking, I really want to lead the audience by the nose. The theme of the film is also thought-provoking, should we let go of the painful past? What Susie's family needs to do is not only to seek revenge, but also to revive their lives. Susie let go of human affairs at the end, not entangled in painful memories, but also largely based on the theme of "everything has to be thought out". In the preface of the original novel, the author also revealed her experience of being violated when she was young, which is also the theme of her discussion. The so-called human love should transcend the hatred of crime.
Susie's first kiss came to fruition in the final moments of heaven, and the family cheered up from their grief and entered a normal life trajectory. It can be said that everyone is happy. These beautiful new signs are called "cute bones".
(Written by Wu Duoyun, June 2010 issue of "Amoy", written more than half a year ago, it is irrelevant and has no time limit)
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