For happiness, we believe in heaven; for happiness, we do not believe in hell.

Amber 2021-11-18 08:01:29

"Lovely Bones", 135 minutes, some people say procrastination, but to me it is just right. The slow pace is like the long minutes that must be passed after a tragedy, and like the long time it takes for the wounded to get out of the shadows.

The film tells us about the murderer at the beginning. Every one of us wants to see the murderer being sanctioned. Whether it is legal or personal revenge, it brings us the pleasure of venting like "Kind Gold". However, the reality is that many cases cannot be solved. , Many murderers are at large. What this film is about is not about revenge and sanctions, it is about how the victim’s family got out of the shadows.

The 14-year-old girl Susie was killed by a perverted neighbor uncle and entered a world between heaven and earth. The director guided the victim’s family to let past be past through the change of the girl’s thoughts and attitudes. The girl was full of nostalgia for the world at first, she tried to go Contact with his father made him feel his existence, and he hoped that his father would avenge him; but then she saw the great mental and physical suffering of his father in order to find the murderer, and she sighed "Ishould let him go".

The contradiction of the little girl is also our contradiction. On the one hand, we hope that the family members will not give up and must arrest the murderer. On the other hand, we hope that the family members can move on as soon as possible.

This is an unsolvable contradiction, so this is a bitter and depressing movie, even though the magical world is breathtakingly beautiful. The director gradually developed this contradiction in the alternation of reality and magical world, but neither the director nor we can give a satisfactory answer. In the end, the director can only give the murderer a condemnation ending as a consolation, but this is obviously not a satisfying one. Because of this, the movie is unforgettable. It raises questions. It makes us pay attention to another group in a case besides the murderer and the victim—the family of the victim.

They must continue to work hard to live with their wounds. No matter whether the murderer can catch it or whether the incident can be resolved, they still have the right to have a long and happy life.

In order to live happily, we believe in heaven; in order to live happily, we must not believe in hell.

past should be past for individual, but it can not be only the past for the whole society.

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The Lovely Bones quotes

  • Susie Salmon: Grandma Lynn predicted I would live a long life because I had saved my brother. As usual, Grandma Lynn was wrong.

  • [last lines]

    Susie Salmon: [voiceover] When my mother came to my room, I realized that all this time, I'd been waiting for her. I had been waiting so long, I was afraid she wouldn't come.

    Abigail Salmon: [whispering] I love you, Susie.

    Susie Salmon: [voiceover] Nobody notices when we leave. I mean, the moment when we really choose to go. At best you might feel a whisper, or the wave of a whisper, undulating down. My name is Salmon, like the fish. First name: Susie. I was 14 years old, when I was murdered, on December 6, 1973. I was here for a moment. And then I was gone. I wish you all a long and happy life.