The Lovely Bones. My 1st Movie Review. *SPOILER ALERT*

So, I recently saw the movie The Lovely Bones and I thought it might be cool to write a movie review. A movie critic sounds like a fun job, and I'd get to write alot, and watch movies for a living.

Oh, yes, *SPOLIER ALERT!!!!!!!!* I'm going to reveal some details.

This is the story of a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon. Susie was lured into an underground fort made by a neighbor on December 6th, 1973. She was walking through a corn field on her way home from school. Her neighbor, the solitary, middle-aged Mr. Harvey, rapes and kills her. The rest of the story is basically how her family copes, and how her killer is managing to get away with murder, as she watches down from the "Inbetween," which is heaven, but without being there. It's purgatory, too.

There are really no big flaws. The scene after Susie is killed though, first where she drifts between the real world and an empty alter-reality, is confusing. You go from hearing her father asking people if they know where she is, to absolutely nothing. Then, the scene directly afterwards. Susie enters the door to her bedroom after running home, and she ends up in white. Then the white is disturbed by a bathroom setting with a tub and a sink. A man with a washcloth over his face sits in the tub. There is blood everywhere and there is no question who the killer is. You stare at the washcloth for literally 5 minutes not knowing if it's going to fall off or disappear or if Susie will take it off, or if Mr. Harvey will himself. This is NOT a movie for children under nine. At the most. Some kids my age (13) may find this frightening.

Besides focusing too much on Susie's otherworld (which is actually refreshing), I find there is nothing to critique. I've heard some people dislike Susan Sarandon's portrayal of Susie's grandmother, who is just hilarious and brings some light into the story. I thought she did a great job, and it was very necessary comic relief. Without even a few moments of lightheartedness that was shown through those both, I would have found the movie unbearable.

It was so heavy. I was crying every other scene. This is not something you dramedy people will like. There are few laughs.

The camerawork was beautiful, the scene where every single one of Harvey's victims is shown. It's dark and you see the feet of women all the way to six-year-old girl's and sevral ages in between. It's horrifying but so facinating, and you can't help but be amazed by it. The things in susie's new world are astounding and gorgeous.

I would highly reccommend this movie, and I give a four out of five start rating. But, do yourself a favor and read the book first.

I'm sorry if this was not very professional. It's my very first.