The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson's next project)

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The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson's next project)

Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:51pm

So with Peter Jackson winning the Academy Award for "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" and his almost guaranteed nomination for "King Kong" which people are already calling a classic...I'm very excited to see "The Lovely Bones" come to fruition. It's an extremely good book and I'm curious to see how it will work on screen.

Anyone else excited?

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:53pm

The mood I experienced for the few days while I was reading this book was very very dark. I don't think I would enjoy that film.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:57pm

I haven't read the book, but hallelujah, the guy's not doing a project I reject on source material alone.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:57pm

Of course I'm interested in anything Jackson outputs; I've seen all his films and have only been disappointed once (the parodic MEET THE FEEBLES). Even his early splatter films are genius.

I'm a bit worried about THE LOVELY BONES, though. I haven't read the book, but from the synopsis it sounds like a cross between THE SIXTH SENSE and the gawd-awful WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. I was hoping Jackson would tackle the fascinating AS NATURE MADE HIM instead.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:00pm

Ugh....I hated this book! TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL meets the Marquis De Sade. Sentimental tragedy porn.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:00pm

Ugh....I hated this book! TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL meets the Marquis De Sade. Sentimental tragedy porn.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:04pm

Actually, you make it sound like it could be a camp classic, Borstal. :P

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:05pm

Well, I enjoyed the book & I'm really interested to see what Jackson does with it.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:06pm

Sentimental tragedy porn.

Throw in some hilarity, a "rat monkey" and gallons of blood, and you've got Peter Jackson's masterpiece, DEAD/ALIVE (BRAINDEAD).

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:07pm

"Sentimental tragedy porn."

That's the most interesting description of anything I've seen on these boards. Sounds like large chunks of my life.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:25pm

This is one of my absolute favorite books. I'm excited (and a little scared) to see it adapted.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 5:47pm

While I can see where you're coming from, BorstalBoy, I mostly loved the book. There is a sudden lurch two thirds of the way through that doesn't work and the end is a little weak, but I was generally bursting into tears every four pages or so. The explanation of her death to her younger brother using Monopoly pieces made me weep and I get emotional even now when I explain it to people.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 6:54pm

i enjoyed the book, but it isn't one of my favorites... i'm curious to see how this will translate to the screen

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:09pm

I loved this book, but am scared to see it adapted... I really think this is one of those projects that works better as words than as pictures.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:42pm

I'm sure "Bones" will be fantastic with Jackson at the helm. I'm hoping that he casts Andy Serkis as Mr. Harvey, and also that Jamie Bell makes it into the cast somwhere as well.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:59pm

Haven't read it or Lucky. I plan to after I graduate and move away.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:01pm

Lucky is extremely hard work, for all the right reasons.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:04pm

I know what it's about. I just don't want to read it until I move away, because it would freak me out too much.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:05pm

Oh no. I love this book.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:11pm

aw i really like this book, i hope it turns out to be a good movie.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:16pm

Many of my friends love this book, so I gave it a try-- forced myself through 30 pages or so. I didn't enjoy it. I don't understand why so many people love it. Maybe I'll like the movie better.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:31pm

I actually quite liked this book. I think it would work very well as a movie, too.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:40pm

I love this book! I love the way heaven is delineated, I love Suzy, I just love it...one of my favorites. I think it will be a tricky film to make, but Peter Jackson has done some brilliant things before, and I hope he will do them again with this project!

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:02pm

What Dreams May Come was increadible...and this movie will be too! The book is a phenomenon.

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Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:04pm

It's been a couple of years since I've read the book, but I remember loving it.

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