Anyone planning on seeing The Lovely Bones?

[billypoe]

Originally Posted by mpstjohn

Read the book. Enjoyed it, but found the character of the mom way too self-absorbed (don't want to revisit that aspect of the story). I also found the choice of Mark Wahlberg to replace Ryan Gosling as the dad terrible casting, considering the progression of the character. I can't imagine him pulling off what's required of the character. You'd need someone with more range to make the character work.

I can't say for certain the film is good or bad since I have yet to see it, at the same time I feel the ending works best in literary form and would not work for a lot of filmgoers.

Wow! Thanks for the insight (and very professional critiquing, I might add )