thefilmbook - edited by Benjamin B » Jackson https://thefilmbook.net Cinema art & technology edited by Benjamin B - version 3 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 THE LOVELY BONES by Peter Jackson https://thefilmbook.net/2013/07/the-lovely-bones/ https://thefilmbook.net/2013/07/the-lovely-bones/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2013 01:24:54 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=638 [...]]]> the lovely bones triptych-thefilmbook-

I finally saw this superb 2009 film by Peter Jackson. The Lovely Bones combines the thriller, fantasy and coming-of-age genres in a unique tapestry of teenage memories and glimpses of an afterlife full of darkness and light.

Saoirse Ronan is powerful as the heroine Susie Salmon, and Stanley Tucci plays a deeply disturbing bad guy. The Lovely Bones has incredible effects by the team at Weta, beautiful cinematography by Andrew Lesnie, and great music — including one of my favorites: Song to the Siren sung by the Cocteau Twins.

If you haven’t seen this movie, do.

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This is my favorite Peter Jackson film.
Although it’s just a “small” movie, it moves me more than The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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