In the Lovely Bones it tells the story of a fourteen
year old girl who was murdered, and wasn’t the first victim of this killer.
Although dead, Suzie continues to observe her family on Earth. Throughout the
story she witnesses the impact of her loss on her family. As her family doesn’t
lose hope in finding the killer, Suzie shows them clues. Suzie not only watches
her family on Earth but also the killer who is planning his next murder. This
movie is intriguing yet mysterious. Although it was a tragic death, a rape and
murder the story is not depressing. The movie begins with Suzie alive
demonstrating the life in her, her personality, her daily routine and how many
lives were changed by the loss of hers. In this movie as well it shows the emotional
struggle of a parent as the father is desperate to reveal his daughter’s
killer. He cries at the sight of her room, at the boats they built together,
etcetera. The mother however divorces the father for continuing on trying to
solve the mystery. The mom just wants to move one and forget about it. It
throws the watcher off as one would think the mother would be distraught. The
lovely bones is one of my favorite scary movies. The overall plot is not scary
but there is a rush feeling when trying to see if Suzie will be able to run
away, figure out the killer, seeing if the dad will ultimately find out. I also
like how there are many twists and surprises to this movie, especially when
Suzie is in purgatory speaking to another victim of the same killer. I did not enjoy the ending however, I expected
there to be more. As the killer runs away from the police I expected him to be
caught, but that wasn't the case. The killer is able to get away but as he is
talking to a possible next victim he falls off a mountain and dies. The lovely
bones had a surprising and unexpected ending but it wasn't interesting. The
rest of the movie though is great as you see struggles of the dead watching
their family alive and the struggles of the family alive wishing they could see
their daughter alive again. The
movie is a serial-killer mystery, a teenage melodrama, a domestic tragedy and a
candy-hued ghost story.
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