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THE LOVELY BONES- peter jackson (lotr) is making it, is anyone else a bit upset about this?

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lissielou · 20/01/2007 21:45

i LOVED the book read it 4 times on honeymoon and cried each time, now jackson is close to announcing cast im a bit worried. how will he handle the more delicate scenes without it being icky, how will he handle suzys narrative, the intricacies of the relationships. will he botch one of my fave books of all time?

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lissielou · 20/01/2007 22:01

i think that he will genuinley try to adapt the book and he sees it as a labour of love, but i saw heaven as a school yard and susie looking down as almost like looking thru a window. but the rape/murder scene is one of the most heartbreaking, but important scenes in the book (i sobbed uncontrollably thruout it) the breakdown of her parents marriage, the fact that lyndsay is "susies sister"... these are all major factors in the book. when ruth and susie "merge". he can either create a masterpiece or wreck one of the best books ever. and who would he cast? on imdb theres a lot of talk about dakota fanning as susie and kiefer sutherland as mr harvey, who would you cast?

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Piffle · 20/01/2007 21:54

link here to a casting vote site
here
I hope they are raw and real at the very least

Piffle · 20/01/2007 21:53

a quote from PJ here curiously he and his writer have bought the rights themselves, with their own money...

Jackson told Variety the most difficult part of adapting "The Lovely Bones" will be figuring out how to convey Susie in Heaven. "It's cleverly not described that well in the book, because Alice wanted your imagination to do the work and decide what Susie's heaven looks and feels like," Jackson told Variety. "We will have to show something on film. It has to be somehow ethereal and emotional, but it can't be hokey."

Piffle · 20/01/2007 21:49

Oh crikey Nora
Yes... cannot imagine it being a film, but Peter Jackson is a casting wizard (hopefully)
the book is so much about individuals and their impact on each other...
eeks movie makers nightmare
I hope he pulls it off, it would be a tremendous film if it was done properly..

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