Worst movies of the yearFollow

That was an easier way to say all of that.

Oh Allegory, you're so serious.

Also slightly confused about which movie is being talked about apparently.

Edited, Jan 25th 2010 10:53pm by Xsarus

I thought the acting in it was great. The overall direction was horrid, though. I didn't care for how it jumped between an emotional drama and whimsical fantasy with virtually no transitions. Granted, I haven't read the book so I don't know how authentic the treatment of it is, but I just felt that a lot of the "happy" scenes were too overboard, as if they wanted to really make sure that you know that you're supposed to feel good at the end of it.

It also felt way too long. Like, 45 minutes too long. It's really a shame that the performances in it were so good but I still couldn't convince myself that it had been a good movie. This isn't typical for me; I rarely if ever have such issues with directors, but it was obvious to me that Jackson severely wasted several great acting jobs.

The overboard "happy" scenes were pretty much spot on from the book. I think PJ's biggest mistake was glossing over some of the really dark parts, which would have made the overemotional parts of the movie more understandable.

If you haven't read the book, you're missing out on some subtle things PJ slipped in the movie that you would not have recognized. Did you catch Peter Jackson holding a camera in one of the scenes? I had forgotten that he likes to sneak himself into each of his films.

Nexa,

Not everything is meant to be pleasant? I personally enjoyed seeing Mr. Harvey suffer...

Edited, Jan 26th 2010 9:18am by Morarae

Huh? did you mean this to be directed at me?

Nexa

No friends?

Oh, I was confused since I never said anything about things needing to be pleasant. I'm offended at the idea that a child murdered would be waiting around in a private heaven for someone to avenge her death/find her body/etc. What a miserable thing to sell to parents who have experienced a loss, bleck.

Obviously, I'm uncertain how the movie compares to the book (which I only read about a quarter of before becoming too furious at the idea), maybe it's less icky. The book also, I'm told, has a portion where the girl possesses a friends body and screws her boyfriend who had previously had a crush on her. I dunno, just not my kind of entertainment.

Nexa

Eh, not quite. It was a little more fuzzily mystical than that.

Actually "fuzzily mystical" pretty well describes the whole darn thing.

Yeah, like that.

I dunno, I didn't take the book literally. Maybe I gave Sebold too much credit, but I assumed much of it was metaphorical.

I disagree with the importance of that point. A work stands on its own or deserves oblivion.

I'm very familiar with Sebold, and disagree that it's an important point. In fact, I don't care who the audience for the book is, I've just said that I'm not it.

I don't begrudge you liking it. There are many films that are immensely popular that I don't like at all.

Nexa

Uh huh. I see.

So, then, if you're not using your copy of the book...