Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz
The movie completely missed the point of the book. Despite some magnificent performances from Saoirse Ronan (Susie) and Rose McIver (Lindsey), it's entirely too fantastical and reminiscent of Jackson's LOTRs. The book is an in-your-face look at rape and murder from the perspective of a dead 14 year old girl who is trapped between Heaven and Earth. There were many important subplots that were left out of the movie, where time was spent on colors, gazebos, and the killer's horrible gray contacts. Mark Wahlberg (Jack) should really stick to action or comedy, because he was only believable in about 5 minutes of the entire movie. Susan Sarandon (Grandma Lynn) was amazing, and would've been much better if her character were given a chance to develop more, but those scenes from the book weren't represented in the movie.
If I had not read the book, the movie would have been decent. Neither the best, nor worst of the year so far. I highly suggest reading the book. I got mine for $0.50 at Goodwill... definitely the best book purchase I've made in months.
However much I'd like to go into details about the differences between book and movie, I don't want to spoil the amazing stories. Give it a read, and bypass the movie until it's out on cable TV.
The movie completely missed the point of the book. Despite some magnificent performances from Saoirse Ronan (Susie) and Rose McIver (Lindsey), it's entirely too fantastical and reminiscent of Jackson's LOTRs. The book is an in-your-face look at rape and murder from the perspective of a dead 14 year old girl who is trapped between Heaven and Earth. There were many important subplots that were left out of the movie, where time was spent on colors, gazebos, and the killer's horrible gray contacts. Mark Wahlberg (Jack) should really stick to action or comedy, because he was only believable in about 5 minutes of the entire movie. Susan Sarandon (Grandma Lynn) was amazing, and would've been much better if her character were given a chance to develop more, but those scenes from the book weren't represented in the movie.
If I had not read the book, the movie would have been decent. Neither the best, nor worst of the year so far. I highly suggest reading the book. I got mine for $0.50 at Goodwill... definitely the best book purchase I've made in months.
However much I'd like to go into details about the differences between book and movie, I don't want to spoil the amazing stories. Give it a read, and bypass the movie until it's out on cable TV.
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