The Lovely Bones

I love movies. I do. Media in general, actually (except the news - I can't stand the news). But this post is in the vein of movies.

Last night, 3 of my friends and I went to the prescreening of The Lovely Bones. "But wait!" you might say. "That doesn't come out until January 15th!" You are correct. But that is the beauty of prescreenings. You do not pay and you get to see a first run movie before it's even out. All you have to do is be kind of a big deal. Which I am. AKA know how to work the system. Which I do...

Photo by Ricky V. (from left to right Megan, Nikki, some dude from Movin 92.5, Becca, & Danny)

I got us in with the press, we had fantastic seats, and the boys from the radio station were kind of in love with us. Now as for the movie itself, I could write and write and write about my take on it. A review if you will. But seeing as I need my precious sleep for what the next few days hold for me, I will simply say that it was well made but couldn't decide what to be. Is it a suspense-thriller, a horror, movie, an avant garde interpretation? Make up your mind! That being said, I did enjoy it. However, not having to pay a dime for it most likely enhanced my enjoyment of it. It was disturbing which I believe was one of the points, but I was sucked in and as Danny so accurately put, "It made me think." That it definitely did.

So there is that. I saw the Lovely Bones, but I have no desire to see it again. Well made, well played, but not one for those who enjoy an ending tied up in a neat bow.