Films/DVD Asylum

The critics pretty much...

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mkuller

In Reply to: RE: Lovely Bones: Best Pic and Blub Fest posted by mr grits on January 17, 2010 at 18:00:47

...all hated it.

Said Peter Jackson was the wrong guy to make it.

The book was apparently so much better because it was Alice Seibold's excellent writing that drove the story, not necessarily the plot.

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The audience stayed the full 2:15....I take that as approval. * - mr grits 14:15:11 01/18/10 (3)
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Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
- Stayed hoping it would get better? - mkuller 18:54:34 01/18/10 (2)
  ...from the reviews I read and watched, it sounded like a major disappointment, not so bad you'd walk out.
  
  Particularly for those who read the book.
  
  Did you read it?
  - Be the best way to kill a movie is to read the book first . . . - mr grits 08:09:55 01/20/10 (1)
    So, no, I haven't read the book.
    
    Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
    - Yup. Different media, different treatments. nt - tinear 21:42:06 01/21/10 (0)
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