The Lovely Bones

I really dislike when I see people weighing in on a movie that's been adapted from a novel and their overall beef being, "That the movie didn't do the book justice." I can sort of see where people who say these things are coming from, but I can't agree with them. You have to understand what it takes to create a movie, a good idea, believable actors, a good story, sometimes a lot of money, amongst many other things. So, a lot of times the book just serves as a platform for the movie to garner an audience. Also, producers need to protect themselves from lawsuits by purchasing the rights to a novel, so when they say it's based on a novel it can sometimes only be to give credit to the author or authors.

I wanted to say this after reading the "review" listed on IMDB.com about, The Lovely Bones. It lambasted Peter Jackson, the director of the movie, for doing the book, which the film is based on "little justice". Jackson crafted a story that is compelling and suspenseful, although it may not be perfect in terms of what is in the novel, it does include some top notch acting from Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan which shouldn't been overlooked. I did think some of the heavily fantastical, CGI scenes were very overblown, but Jackson may have included them to illustrate on the imaginative minds of children.