http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/12/19/for-peter-jackson-making-his-film-was-a-lovely-challenge/ Entertainment news, movies, television Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/12/19/for-peter-jackson-making-his-film-was-a-lovely-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-15965 P.C. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/?p=22378#comment-15965 In the book, Sebold keeps teasing the reader into thinking the suspense/thrills will arrive, hinting at important clues (as when the murderer shows up at a school event), and even bringing the killer back for a possible attack on the victim's sister. None of those ever pan out, though, and Sebold just lets them fizzle into pointlessness. In the movie, all the extra effects covered the absence of big ideas that were in the book. If truthinbooks was to compare Forgiving Ararat to Lovely Bones, I'd definitely go for the former. In the book, Sebold keeps teasing the reader into thinking the suspense/thrills will arrive, hinting at important clues (as when the murderer shows up at a school event), and even bringing the killer back for a possible attack on the victim’s sister. None of those ever pan out, though, and Sebold just lets them fizzle into pointlessness.
In the movie, all the extra effects covered the absence of big ideas that were in the book.
If truthinbooks was to compare Forgiving Ararat to Lovely Bones, I’d definitely go for the former.

]]> http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/12/19/for-peter-jackson-making-his-film-was-a-lovely-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-15437 TruthinBooks Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:38:57 +0000 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/?p=22378#comment-15437 I thought Peter Jackson did a great job with this story. The Lovely Bones was such a mesmorizing book I didn't want it to end. Skirting the borderlands between human reality and the imagined wonders of heaven, I felt I had been introduced to a world both startingly tangible yet ethereal all the same. Since then, I have been looking for further excursions into the afterworld, but I haven't found much, until now. If you loved this book and are looking forward to this movie, you should really check out Gita Nazareth's Forgiving Ararat, as this book too explores the interconnections between the land of the living and the land of the dead. As a publicist and a fan of this book, I'm interested to see what parallels are drawn between the two. I thought Peter Jackson did a great job with this story. The Lovely Bones was such a mesmorizing book I didn’t want it to end. Skirting the borderlands between human reality and the imagined wonders of heaven, I felt I had been introduced to a world both startingly tangible yet ethereal all the same. Since then, I have been looking for further excursions into the afterworld, but I haven’t found much, until now.
If you loved this book and are looking forward to this movie, you should really check out Gita Nazareth’s Forgiving Ararat, as this book too explores the interconnections between the land of the living and the land of the dead. As a publicist and a fan of this book, I’m interested to see what parallels are drawn between the two.

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