Real Teen Award
-Worst Movie Based on a Book in 2010
-Worst Movie Based on a Book in 2010
The Gist
Susie Salmon is an average girl. She has a crush on a boy, has friends, and loves taking photos. That is until one day when her neighbor lures her into a trap and kills her. From heaven she looks down on her family as they try to figure out who killed her before he gets to someone else.
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Run Time: 136 Minutes
Rating: PG-13
I saw this movie with a couple of friends yesterday and was excited because I had read the book and all the reviews had bashed the movie, but I was keeping an open mind. At the end of the movie all I could think was that, that movie was just plain terrible. The whole time my friend and I were discussing how much it didn’t relate to the book and how the only thing they got right was that she was murdered. Even the death scene (which obviously had to be glossed over) was wrong and if i had not read the book then I never would have known how this girl died. Besides the fact that it didn’t follow the book it was a boring movie. The only interesting part is when the sister sneaks into the guys house. There was one good thing about this movie though, Stanley Tucci. He played the perfect George Harvey. When he tries to hide things from the police he thinks of everything. Even though when watching the movie you think to yourself how stupid the police are, and how they didn’t notice obvious things but in this case the police weren’t being stupid. Besides that this movie was terrible and I would not recommend it unless you want to see a train wreck or have read the book and see how off it was from it. MOST DEFINITELY READ THE BOOK!!!!!
Real Teen Rating~ D: Use it as an excuse to do something
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
Unlike the North Star, I haven’t actually read the book the Lovely Bones. I’ ve wanted to ever since my friends recommended it to me, but when I mentioned the book to my mother, she insisted that I not read it. And when I say insisted, I mean that I can absolutely never in my life read that book under her roof. So, since I haven’t read the book, my review on the movie will most likely be very different from the North Star’s. As you probably guessed, I was one of the friends that the North Star went to the movies with. I was also really excited to go to the movie. I’d barely been allowed to go at all. When my mom finally gave in – hearing that it was only PG-13, and that it “glossed over” the murder – I was elated. I’d heard so many good thing about the book. And who really trusted movie critics and their reviews, anyways? So I went there with my friends and got ready for a good movie. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t disappointed by the movie. Of course there were a few corny lines that I had to make fun of, but that didn’t bother me. I liked the movie, and didn’t find it boring at all. I thought that the whole story was really creative. How Suzie was trapped in a world between heaven and earth…and she could still almost communicate with people. Overall, I liked the movie a lot. I wouldn’t mind seeing it again (if my mom ever let me, that is). I would recommend it to people because it’s a good (yet very creepy) story.
Real Teen Rating~ B+: Worth Watching!
Reviewed by Living Destiny
Reviewed by Living Destiny
I’m going to have to agree with The North Star on this one. I went to see the Lovely Bones last sunday (gee, who do you think I went with?), and it was terrible. The movie was well made, but if you’ve read the book, it doesn’t really phase you that the movie had good special effects or strong acting. What you see is that it just barely follows the book. And I mean JUST BARELY. They got the murderer right. That’s pretty much it. Susie Salmon is the dead girl. I guess that’s accurate too. But her best friend up in limbo? Fail. The total focus on the father character? Fail. The lack of focus on the sister charater? Epic fail. So many little details were messed with, screwed up, or left out completely. The movie pretty much enraged me. Through the whole movie, I was either ranking on it with The North Star or explaining parts of the book to Dream Catcher, because the details were left out of the movie but were necessary knowledge. I was happy that they got the ending right (sort of). The most exciting part was definitely when the sister was in the neighbor’s house. I knew what would happen, and my heart was still pounding. If you haven’t read the book, watching the movie is a good alternative (maybe), although I suggest reading the book (so you can find out HOW she dies, because the movie doesn’t tell you). Otherwise, maybe watch it to laugh at it?
Real Teen Rating~D+ It passes time….
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