"Lovely Bones, ★★★★ Roger Albert

11-16-2006

It's a reprehensible film, and its story is brutal: how a 14-year-old girl is heartbroken after being raped and murdered by a serial killer and looks down on her relatives and friends in a prison-like "private paradise". In the end, the case was solved by the girl's family, and the murderer died in a car accident while fleeing. Years passed, and the girl's relatives and friends accepted the facts, and she regained her spiritual freedom.

The producer of this film is the 18-year-old genius filmmaker Ye Wei, who shows in-depth thinking and precise grasp of the audience's psychology, and he knows what can and cannot be put into the film. It's like at a happy party of the girls in paradise where the heroine, Susie Shamon, angrily does not attend and locks herself up in her prison, she can't make heaven look like a carefree Teletubbies world. It was another torturous moment, and the main quest of the film was to grieve me.

It's an adaptation of Alice Sieberd's best-selling book from a few years ago that seems everyone has read. I hadn't seen the original book before, and the movie made me wonder a little bit, is this faithful to the original? If so, millions of Americans are pitiful. How could they finish reading such a novel, a poetic but creepy narration, an indescribable pain, and a real despair permeated the movie until the final moment, feeling like evil is God's will, that good people and good things will be destroyed, that you have no choice but to mourn in pain, and that the girls are dead.

But after reading Sieberd's novel, I was relieved. She writes well and has extraordinary sensitivity. I'm not saying that Ye Wei's film is not good, he has made some changes, like ignoring the humor in pain, although this genius is a master of humor, he has no intention of doing so. He even twisted some of the spirit and elements of the original book to suit his wishes, and Susie in the novel is more positive and optimistic than Susie in the movie, and she attends the party of the girl from heaven, but not as a play.

Probably out of the audience's emotional considerations, Ye Wei handled the material in this way, and with his keen insight, considerate scheduling, and superb performances of the actors, he made this film a strange mixture of darkness and light, which made millions of viewers buy it.

Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Susie, is a very good young actress who has no flaws in her performance, whether she is on earth or in heaven. Susie's Paradise is a bold and effective adaptation of the original book, all determined by her imagination and mood, but it is not the fairy-tale fantasy-style flower world, which is dark, eerie, and oppressive most of the time.

It seems to me that heaven is detached from time and space, has neither essence nor color – it is a state of non-perception. There is no thinking, let alone statement. It's an infinite eternity, and you don't have to think, "Oh my God! This is amazing!" Now I have a whole bunch of theologians around me.

The film begins with Susie in her paradise, and then connects with her watching the world with a ghost narration, telling the story of her life, the murder, and the situation of her family after the crime - her father (Keanu Reeves) tries to solve the case, her mother (Rachel Weisz) escapes reality and cheats and runs away from home, her sister (Saoirse Ronan) tries to be strong, and there is a young brother who is overwhelmed by the great changes in the family and a big, friendly pet dog.

The case was solved without too many plot twists and turns, this is another clever handling by Ye Wei, we all know who the murderer is, Mr. Harvey (Stanley Tucci), and has no patience with him, the movie has neither unnecessary suspense, but also enough convincing power to solve the case and punish the murderer. The film's Mr. Harvey dies suddenly at the right time and in the right way, and then the film arrives years later through a bittersweet montage of time, and the characters all change in their own way.

Susie's parents were persuaded by time of the fact that they lost their daughter, her sister grew up maturely (Modie Semington), her younger brother became rebellious, and her pet dog died and arrived in heaven to reunite with her. It's all a subtle and moving change in emotion. We also get to know Susie's grandmother (Susan Sarandon), a wise old man who provides relief in times of despair, the clown needed in every tragedy. There are also Susie's boyfriend (Ye Wei) before her death, two girl friends, friends in heaven and others. These actors are all very good, and it's not easy to appear in one movie at the same time.

Such a tragic story full of fantasy elements can easily make people doubt and dissatisfied, but it is very emotionally persuasive, Susie, a girl, all kinds of changes in the world, will not ask why when you watch it, a tragic movie with many clues, alternating scenes, and a long time has this fascinating power, which is very rare. I didn't doubt the sunshine in Ye Wei's heart, but I didn't ignore the darkness in his heart either, this time, you will see it.

After watching this movie, it's normal to scold it and praise it, and not all heartbroken people can get better within a few hours, and it took me a week. 』

It-took-me-a-week!

Now that fans of the media know, it's no wonder that Albert didn't write a film review for TLB in the first place, and slowed down the big force of film critics by a week. Looking at his tone, if he had written a comment a week ago, he might have scolded Ye Wei, like the "condemnation" mentioned at the beginning, it was not a bad shot, but it was too sad.

The old man read the original book, and then recovered his mind, so he wrote this four-star movie review fairly. also did not mention the SS war of words, even if he was a member of Ye Wei's camp.

So far, the first two parts of the girl trilogy have received two thumbs up from this film critic who is respected by Ye Wei. Two weeks after its release, TLB's rating has stabilized at 92% freshness, while audience liking has dropped to 89%, and most of the scolding is due to heartbreak, with Metacritic's rating of 95 and IMDb's slight drop to 8.4.

"I know it's a good movie, but I'm not happy to watch it, I'm going to scold it" is generally ordinary audiences, and fans have already jumped to W'sB first!

VIY's third work this year!The original book has been listed.,The story is not mysterious.,Anyone who has seen it knows it's not easier than TLB.,It should be said that the style and tone of the original work are more cruel.。 What will Ye Wei be like? Another trip to hell?

But another problem worries many movie fans, W'sB's premiere week is preset for three theaters, two in Los Angeles and one in New York, and audiences in other cities will not only not be able to get a sneak peek, but if it does not do well at the box office, it will not be able to expand the scale of screenings, and it will only be seen when the DVD is released.

"Sometimes I really envy the people who live in Los Angeles!" This sentence has made countless fans agree.

There is a chance to see the premiere of the movie, and there is also a chance to meet movie stars on the road, like Ye Wei, like Emma Roberts, who was praised by Albert for her "likable and convincing" performance in SS, and like Elizabeth Olsen, who was praised for being "very good and flawless", this is really the highest praise for an actor!

Olsen's little sister can't run away from the popularity of the United States this time, she was on the cover of "Daguan" with Ye Wei before, and recently she appeared on the cover of "Entertainment Weekly" by herself, wearing a light blue dress that is young and beautiful, and the title is her name:

「ELIZABETH-OLSEN」

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The night before Thanksgiving, Jennifer received a call from Ye Wei at home, looking at the caller ID "VIY" on the mobile phone screen, she was a little strangely excited. Since saying goodbye at the airport at the beginning of the month, there has been no contact, only a few text messages due to the audition for "Juno" and TLB release congratulations, and it has been until now.

She hurried back to her bedroom upstairs as she answered, "Hello." ”

"Happy Thanksgiving, Jenny. Ye Wei's blessing came from his mobile phone. Jennifer laughed and said, "Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for your care." He hesitated a little: "I have bad news for you, although it has ruined the excitement of the festival, it is actually nothing." ”

As soon as she heard him say this, Jennifer guessed what was going on and stopped walking up the stairs, "About the audition for Juno?"

"Yes, there are results. Jason Reitman chose Alan Peggy to play Juno and Liz Olsen to play Leah. As I said before, you are too tall. ”

"Oh......" Jennifer responded, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say, it was just another failed audition, nothing at all......

No one ever said that hard work leads to success! Hard work is the least valuable. A million auditions, maybe only once, that's what you're going to live with.

In an instant, she smiled and said, "That's it, bad news? Then I would have committed suicide a long time ago, nothing, there are many opportunities." ”

"Wow, man, you've got a healthy mindset! The fact is that there will always be good opportunities, either this or that, it depends on whether you have the strength to seize one. You don't have to wait until W'sB is released and then continue, it will be different. ”

"Hmmm......"

"Let's not talk about it, I've got a little bit to do. ”

"In fact... I have a Thanksgiving gift for you......" Jennifer couldn't help but say bluntly, as soon as they left Springfield, they didn't have any personal relationship, and they didn't even know how to give the gift. She received a holiday card from him with a handwritten blessing.

"Oh thank you!" Ye Wei smiled and said, "I also have a gift for you, but I'm too busy to give it to you personally." Gia will contact you, she is responsible for helping me deliver gifts, you can give her your gifts when you arrive, thank you. ”

"Okay, thank you for the gift too. ”

The call ended in an eerie politeness, and Jennifer leaned against the handrail of the stairs and let out a sullen breath.

She vaguely felt that it was VIY's decision for Liz Olsen to play Leah, and he only mentioned Juno when he recommended it to her, and she only went to audition for Juno that day, and Leah was set aside. Not even a chance to compete...... Is his "I wish it was you" sincere or casually coaxing?

My eyes are hot for some reason, it's okay to throw her into the trash, it's okay to hold her in the palm of your hand, but you can't let her be amorous......

I thought I had a day when I was cared about by someone I liked......

I'm not a "man", I'm a girl.

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After Thanksgiving, there is a new weekend, and there are many new movies released, but when November 24-30 ends, "Happy Feet" and "Casino Royale" continue to occupy the top two in tune, and both of them exceed 100 million at the box office, while new films such as "Time and Space Clues" and "Shining Christmas" have performed poorly.

Among them, Darren Aronofsky's new film "The Source of Love", which has high hopes, has a poor box office ($35 million production fee, $4.76 million in the first week) and poor reviews (51% freshness), and it was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and was officially eliminated from the awards season. Rachel Weisz is imposing at TLB, but falls on her husband's movie.

And this week is the harvest season for VIY movies! SS's box office has reached 90 million, and TLB has broken 100 million! Ye Wei's third movie has broken 100 million at the box office!

- Movie ———— ranking - Number of weeks in theaters - Average - Box office of the week - Total box office - Production cost (millions) - Distributor

"Lovely Bones" – 3rd place – Week 3 – 3205 – $7,087 – $22,715,379 – $109,934,556 – $25 – Paramount

Soul Surfer – No. 17 – Week 7 – 968 – $1,831 – $1,772,488 – $90,887,857 – $10 – Lionsgate

Carrie the Witch – 29th – Week 8 – 237 (+50) – $1,438——— $340,806 – $29,955,062 – Lionsgate

This chart really makes fans excited and worried, both authentic VIY movies have achieved huge box office success, but "Carrie" is still a little short of breaking 30 million, just 45,000! Fortunately, it will definitely break through, because it continues to have 9 weeks of screenings.

Relative to its cost, "Carrie" is not a failure, Lionsgate still can't lose money, and it hasn't been released overseas. But it doesn't seem to last more than two weeks from Dec.15–21, when the VIY Girl Trilogy will be released at the same time!

The scandals of Ye Wei's new project continue unabated, but there is no news of implementation.

However, the secrets saw a surprising Black Friday news report by TMZ: "VIY drove a Lamborghini to Costco to grab shower gel?" In a series of photos taken by the paparazzi, in the early morning of the 24th, Ye Wei drove to a Costco supermarket and disappeared into the crowd, apparently participating in the rush to buy. After that, he returned to the car with a number of different brands of shower gel in his hands and left.

"What!?" exclaimed, what kind of fetish is this? Or is it an advertisement from any manufacturer?

The young people on the 4chan forum cheered, "Sad Loser VIY" has new material for this Meme, Loser is Loser, never overestimate a Loser's heart, buy a Lamborghini to carry a bargain! Some people also say that buying so much shower gel looks like sweating a lot!

According to the "Hollywood Reporter", the promising 19-year-old star Allen Page joined to play the heroine "Juno", and Elizabeth Olsen, who has recently become popular, joined to play the supporting actress "Leah".

This was a bit of a surprise. Peggy's future is good, and her popularity is relative, if you don't count the small supporting role in "X-Men: Last Stand", the movie she starred in was released in "Hard Fruit Candy" and only received 1.02 million North American box office. Although Peggy's joining this time is bold but not risky, after Ye Wei joins, it is a good opportunity for everyone, and she is originally famous for cult films, "Hard Candy" is not afraid, "Juno" can't destroy her.

But what about Olson? She made her debut starring in more than 100 million North American box office! She's much more popular than Peggy now. became famous as "Susie", which is loved by everyone, and may also shine in the awards season, and she is from a famous family, with strength, appearance, brain, family background, etc., she can gradually rise to a first-line actress smoothly, and she actually joined the controversial project to play a supporting role......

"I'm really obsessed with the Juno script. Olson excitedly told the media, "Being able to star in it made me almost cry with joy." Well, didn't cry. ”

No matter what, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is inseparable from Ye Wei's relationship, "Juno" is really so good? so good that Ye Wei asked his heroine to play a supporting role?

This has become an unsolved mystery in the hearts of fans.

According to insiders, Jennifer Lawrence also auditioned for the day but didn't get any roles.

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"Lovely Bones" MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature subject matter involving disturbing violent content and imagery, and some language

"Winter's Bones" MPAA rating: R because of some drug material, language and violent content

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W'sB was completed on Tuesday, December 5, just in time for the premiere on Saturday the 9th and the first week of the test screening on the 15th, and three copies were not a problem.

In the past month, Ye Wei has really worked hard, and he used to have one day off a week, but he didn't have half a day for a while. There is no time to fall in love, but fortunately, the girl's skills are not old, before he gave the lily brooch to Lily as a Thanksgiving gift, and she was so moved that she hugged him and kissed him, which is called a light and affectionate gift.

After the completion of "Three Feature Films in a Year", he thought that he would yell cool words such as "Freedom! The freedom he has coveted for a long time!", but the result was that he didn't want to say anything, and he was cheated by Jiya, and he was really tired to death.

If someone asks, "Brother Wei, what do you want to do next?"

"I wanted to get some sleep first, and then make a funny video to relax, you know, making these two bones is really ...... Damn ......!" Why did you put down the camera and take it easy, but you wanted to pick up the camera?

The Weinstein brothers were already in the mixing studio that day, and when it was finished, they immediately went to see the finished film, which was the first time they had seen it. Watching the 107-minute feature film on the small screen in the elegant screening room, their two obscene fat faces were full of indescribable excitement.

The premiere was going to be watched again, and Ye Wei didn't want to watch it again for the time being, so he lay down on the sofa next to him and took a nap.

When he was woken up by a burst of applause, he saw Bob Weinstein's glasses flashing treacherously, and Harvey Weinstein's face turned red with excitement, and asked, "Weige, what Oscar nomination do you want? ”

"I know. Ye Wei yawned, rubbing his eyes with his right hand, "First, Best Actress, Second, Best Supporting Actress, and others are casual." ”