Idn't it weird, releasing this at Christmas? Seems like kind of a downer movie.

I read the book... overall I enjoyed it, although it got a bit strange for a bit near the end. I won't say anything, but anyone else who's read the book probably knows what part I'm referencing.

IAmNotRickMoranis: Idn't it weird, releasing this at Christmas? Seems like kind of a downer movie.

I started crying about a third of the way through the book and continued crying until I finished it. It was emotionally draining, but, oddly, not depressing. I don't think I'll see the movie, though; spending ninety minutes sobbing in a theater doesn't sound like holiday fun.

spending ninety minutes sobbing in a theater doesn't sound like holiday fun.

Which is why I avoided "Delgo" on Memorial Day.

LadyHawke: I read the book... overall I enjoyed it, although it got a bit strange for a bit near the end. I won't say anything, but anyone else who's read the book probably knows what part I'm referencing.

Agreed.

it was such a sad book, i don't think i can watch the clips much less the whole movie. Maybe they wanted to release it over the holidays to make people appreciate what they have?

First book I bought copies of just to hand out to people. Made me cry as if Garp had died again.

Read the book and loved it. Looking forward to Jackson's adaptation.

I coached high school speech. I'm pretty sure I heard the whole book in 10 minute chunks. I didn't go to a meet the entire three years I coached without hearing at least one piece of it. That goes for small meets all the way up to nationals. Ugh. So sick of it.

slepygryhnd: I coached high school speech. I'm pretty sure I heard the whole book in 10 minute chunks. I didn't go to a meet the entire three years I coached without hearing at least one piece of it. That goes for small meets all the way up to nationals. Ugh. So sick of it.


That sucks, man. Back in the day all the kids were doing bits from Woody Allen's "Without Feathers". Still painful in execution, but at least the source material was good.

IAmNotRickMoranis: Idn't it weird, releasing this at Christmas? Seems like kind of a downer movie.

They do that so its fresh in the minds of the Academy for award time most likely.

This book is chilling and the preview clips I have seen have impressed me. I will see this then go home and tag my kid with a lo-jack.

I'm just glad Peter Jackson is making real movies again.

/now where is my Dead Alive 2!

LadyHawke: I read the book... overall I enjoyed it, although it got a bit strange for a bit near the end. I won't say anything, but anyone else who's read the book probably knows what part I'm referencing.

I believe I do.

I don't think I can see this movie, let alone ever read the book. So many young girls who have disappeared and have been murdered over the years that the description of this movie causes me to weep.

Coelacanth: I don't think I can see this movie, let alone ever read the book. So many young girls who have disappeared and have been murdered over the years that the description of this movie causes me to weep.

It's actually a very poignant book, not really a "how to" guide.

also, i don't see people who were fans of "Lord of the Ring" going to see this movie just cause Peter Jackson had someone to do with it.

The English Major: Coelacanth: I don't think I can see this movie, let alone ever read the book. So many young girls who have disappeared and have been murdered over the years that the description of this movie causes me to weep.

It's actually a very poignant book, not really a "how to" guide.

From what I've read it sounds like the movie doesn't depict the murder or the acts that precede it. Not that it'll need those to be a tearjerker, mind you.

oi_piss_me_off: also, i don't see people who were fans of "Lord of the Ring" going to see this movie just cause Peter Jackson had someone to do with it.

Sometimes, people have multiple interests in life. Peter Jackson is one of them. This isn't LOTR, but all of the people who read the book (which is a lot, since it sold over a million copies and was a best-seller for more than a year) might be.

I read this book down in San Miguel, Mexico about 4 years ago. Very moving, well written story. I got real weepy with it. Of course that could be because of the double Bloody Marys I was making myself at 9 in the morning....

/Old Yeller...sniff

It was working until the whole "possession so we can boink one last time" thing.

/snape killed dumbledore

This isn't my usual cup of tea. I usually read biography, history, and the odd thriller. For some reason, I picked this up, and I wasn't sorry I did.

the movie looks far more thriller-y than I remember the book being. Hope that's just the trailer.

LadyHawke: I read the book... overall I enjoyed it, although it got a bit strange for a bit near the end. I won't say anything, but anyone else who's read the book probably knows what part I'm referencing.

I too enjoyed this book, but I have to say I was expecting something very different when I picked it up. If I remember right, the cover and whatever review I read marketed it as an interesting conception of the afterlife or some such. Frankly, that part was not interesting at all, and like you say... more than a little strange (and not in a good way). I liked the characters though, and it was pretty good overall.

whizbangthedirtfarmer: It was working until the whole "possession so we can boink one last time" thing.

/snape killed dumbledore

Yep, that's where it ceased to be interesting for me.

LadyHawke: I read the book... overall I enjoyed it, although it got a bit strange for a bit near the end. I won't say anything, but anyone else who's read the book probably knows what part I'm referencing.

Yeah, I really enjoyed the book except for the deus sex machina.

That said, the kid who plays Ray does make me want to take a serious seat over there.

The trailer reminds me of Heavenly Creatures.

+1

IMDWalrus.

oi_piss_me_off: also, i don't see people who were fans of "Lord of the Ring" going to see this movie just cause Peter Jackson had someone to do with it.

Sometimes, people have multiple interests in life. Peter Jackson is one of them. This isn't LOTR, but all of the people who read the book (which is a lot, since it sold over a million copies and was a best-seller for more than a year) might be.

i refuse to believe that people are complex beings with many different likes and interests. And i will continue making absolute statements to that effect.

I had no idea they were making a movie of it.

I was surprised by how much I liked it (well, most of it, there were a few really weird bits). I'll probably rent it.

zez: /now where is my Dead Alive 2!

"I kick ass for the lord!"

I saw a screener of this the other night. It started out promisingly, good performances particularly from the kids, some beautiful cinematography, but the tone and narrative rapidly goes astray. In the end it's a confused, pretentious, sentimental, melodramatic mess, and frequently funny for the wrong reasons. It's the same sort of "oh my god you didn't" funny-but-sad feeling I got watching "The Happening" and "Knowing". What a waste.

The copious and intrusive special effects look cheap as well, which is bizarre considering who made it. I saw a review somewhere that summed it up as an $80m Lifetime movie, and that seems pretty close to the mark.

whizbangthedirtfarmer: It was working until the whole "possession so we can boink one last time" thing.

They actually go there in the movie, too.

IAmNotRickMoranis: spending ninety minutes sobbing in a theater doesn't sound like holiday fun.

Which is why I avoided "Delgo" on Memorial Day.

You owe me a new keyboard.

I'll take this one, please.

SpeckledJim: I saw a screener of this the other night. My review It started out promisingly, good performances particularly from the kids, some beautiful cinematography, but the tone and narrative rapidly goes astray. In the end it's a confused, pretentious, sentimental, melodramatic mess, and frequently funny for the wrong reasons. It's the same sort of "oh my god you didn't" funny-but-sad feeling I got watching "The Happening" and "Knowing". What a waste.

My The copious and intrusive ramblings sound special effects look cheap as well, which isn't at all bizarre considering who wrote made it. I saw a review somewhere that summed it up as an a big bag o' stupid $80m Lifetime movie, and that seems pretty close to the mark.

/FTFMe

Don't forget King Kong. Confused, pretentious, melodramatic mess sums it up pretty well. Add excessive over-use of CGI, and gratuitous schlock....

Yes, Lord of the Rings was great. One might even say a masterpiece.

Just because it's Jackson doesn't mean much, I'm afraid.

I put off reading the book for quite awhile because of some of the after-life stuff. I just didnt see how it would work. I finally gave in and truly enjoyed the book. I am now at the same place with the movie. I am worried about how they will portray some of the scenes without it becoming too fake. Will go see it anyways.

/cried with the book
//cry over tv shows
///plan on taking a whole box of tissues to the movies

Do yourself a favor and don't read it. It's utter shiate.

whizbangthedirtfarmer: It was working until the whole "possession so we can boink one last time" thing.

/snape killed dumbledore

Yep, same here.

The book was decent - there is one part in the book involving Susie meeting up with her dog that gets me.... all I have to do is think about it and I cry.

I already have a lovely bone. And I put it in a girl tonight. Or is this about something else?

Reading a book before the movie comes out is almost always a bad idea. Movies are sound and image. Books are sound, image, emotion, touch, smell, taste....

Comparing books and movies is usually a bad idea for the same reasons.

Sex and masterbation both result in orgasm, but the similarity ends there. Sex is way more involved, emotionally and physically.

CravenMorehead: I already have a lovely bone. And I put it in a girl tonight. Or is this about something else?

That would depend on whether you murdered the girl and chopped the body into pieces after said boning.

I listened to the audiobook during a couple of long trips in the car, and enjoyed it. I'm hoping the movie lives up to the story, which I agree wasn't necessarily that depressing.

crying, really? really?
I bought this at a used book store for a $1.
I thought it was "Ghost", but with kids.
No one else thought so? meh.
The movie actually looks a tad more interesting, sos I can laugh at Marky.
/missing the crying gene, apparently

Read the book thought it was rubbish. Really, cannot understand how the author ever got it published. The end is really trite and and it is poorly constructed. I got angry for spending the time reading the rag. Author has some personal fixation with rape and evidently wrote her way through her personal feelings; probably an assignment from her psychologist. Was surprised Jackson agreed to do the film as the film cannot possibly be better than the book.

inkblot: IAmNotRickMoranis: spending ninety minutes sobbing in a theater doesn't sound like holiday fun.

Which is why I avoided "Delgo" on Memorial Day.

You owe me a new keyboard.

Athankyou.

blogma: Author has some personal fixation with rape .

I think she was raped. That may account for the fixation.

I read the book twice, maybe more. It wasn't just the story but the way it was written. Plus the idea of an afterlife intrigues me. Hoping Jackson does a decent rendition of the book. Think because of his work with Heavenly Creatures, he may be the only one who can pull this off.

And yes, read the book "Lucky". It came out after Bones and is a true account of the author's brutal rape. It was extremely hard to get through.

maelstrom0370: SpeckledJim: I saw a screener of this the other night. My review It started out promisingly, good performances particularly from the kids, some beautiful cinematography, but the tone and narrative rapidly goes astray. In the end it's a confused, pretentious, sentimental, melodramatic mess, and frequently funny for the wrong reasons. It's the same sort of "oh my god you didn't" funny-but-sad feeling I got watching "The Happening" and "Knowing". What a waste.

My The copious and intrusive ramblings sound special effects look cheap as well, which isn't at all bizarre considering who wrote made it. I saw a review somewhere that summed it up as an a big bag o' stupid $80m Lifetime movie, and that seems pretty close to the mark.

/FTFMe

Oh snap! I'm just warning you. I very nearly couldn't make it through, but had to see just how far he would go with it.

Con Fabulous: That would depend on whether you murdered the girl and chopped the body into pieces after said boning.

I did not do that as far as you know. We've only been going out for a couple months and that seems to be moving things along too quickly.

CravenMorehead: Con Fabulous: That would depend on whether you murdered the girl and chopped the body into pieces after said boning.

I did not do that as far as you know. We've only been going out for a couple months and that seems to be moving things along too quickly.

Then it would seem you already know the moral of this book :)