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The Lovely Bare Bones....

I'll pass on this one. Saw this in the theater with my daughter who wanted to see it and we were both very underwhelmed!

I want to see this just because it was shot in my home town and surrounding areas. I stood around the outskirts of the set and got to watch car chases, and drove through 3 different production setups on the way to work. Sadly I never once saw anyone famous. Ohh well. One of my friends/ex-girlfriend is in the film too for a little (she is a local actor). I have a feeling I wont like the movie but since my town is in it I'll give it a rent.

loved the book. heard mixed things about the movie but will probably rent it anyways

The mall they used in the film is located five minutes from where i live so that was the main reason why i went to see the movie. The mall is now closed but before the movie opened it had only one remaining store open and some of the props were still there. I thought it was a good movie though.

Same here, it's very close to where I used to live, and I was an extra in the film, so I'll guess I'll grab the DVD just so I can scan the crowd scenes a little bit more closely. Wish I could say I loved the film, and that this is an easy purchase, but I did not. Good book, however.

I've heard a LOT of iffy things about this film, which disappointed me, since I was particularly looking forward to it (I never had the chance to actually watch it). I'll probably rent it, to see what I think.

At the end of the documentary, Jackson hints at at possible of another DVD release....

With the amount of double-dipping on his films since LOTR, I'm not surprised...

I'm either waiting for a DVD with something other than just the film, or for the current release to go down to $5.. whichever comes first is what I'll get.

The documentary on the BD covers the 15 weeks of Production, very well done stuff (and much better than the movie itself, sorry to say....). They don't cover the pre-production, the CGI effects and visual effects done, to which he says "That might be for another DVD...."

He also introduces the Production Diaries documentary as "for the DVD", which ironically is not on the DVD....

It's shocking how deserted that mall is now.
Other then the colors it wasn't much different then in the movie.

I JUST watched this. I thought it was bland.

I can't understand how someone finds this movie bland. It had drama, heartbreak, suspense, otherworldly awesome visuals. I don't understand all the hate for this movie.

Amazing, touching book. POS movie.

I'm so disappointed Lynne Ramsay didn't follow through on directing this. It would have give it a solid footing in the very real world as opposed to the horribly saccharine, ham-handed attempt at mainstream that this movie became. I take nothing away from the performances of Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan. They were very good, despite the fact that Tucci still felt a bit miscast. All the other actors were either underused, misused or miscast.

I wouldn't say the movie was BLAND, but I found the movie quite flawed, myself. The pacing was VERY off; I hadn't read the book, but watching the film, I got the impression that a large amount of content was cut from the book (something my sorta-girlfriend at the moment later confirmed for me). What was left in the film was frequently dragged out in an overly repetitive manner. Furthermore, Jackson didn't do a good job handling the different shifts in tone during the film, resulting in scenes (such as the montage of Grandma Lynn cleaning the house) seeming very out of place. On top of that, the toning down of the content from the book (specifically, the fact that Susie was also raped) felt more calculated to make the premise more digestible for the widest possible audience, with the side-effect of lessening the emotional impact we have for the character.

For the most part, the acting was fine (Wahlberg was my main exception, and I don't fault him so much since he was brought on at the last minute to replace Ryan Gosling), and the film looked fine. It just felt emotionally hollow for me. It's a shame, since I would have thought Jackson to have been an excellent choice, just based on Heavenly Creatures alone. He ended up being completely miscast as director.

I'm not a huge fan of Jackson, but that's the sole reason that people gave him the benefit of the doubt on this film. The Jackson of Heavenly Creatures is not the Jackson of today. I don't think he can tell that intimate of a story anymore. It was a miracle that he ever could. The bombast has always been a big part of his filmmaking.