Supposedly "The Lovely Bones" is a lousy film that starts off well and then devolves into nonsense. In a smart marketing move, the powers-that-be decided to try to use the opening of the film to their advantage so they've released the first five minutes of the film to hopefully lure viewers to the critically pooped upon film. Personally, it didn't do much for me but I decided to share it since I have nothing better to post this morning.

On a semi-related note, I tried to watch Wolverine a couple of nights ago and only made it through about forty minutes before I lost interest and decided to just fast forward through it to see what happens. The film seemed like a bad Kill Bill rip-off. What was really upsetting is how they wasted so many characters. Sure, the Blob isn't someone you can base a movie around but Gambit and Deadpool can be used for more than they got here (and they could be used better. I especially didn't like the casting of Gambit but I guess casting directors hadn't noticed Alexander Skarsgard yet). Anyway, the film didn't seem like it would have cracked the worst films of the year list but it was fairly lame and there's definitely no reason for anyone to see it. Even the effects and action scenes were disappointing. Yes, I didn't see the whole film but, then again, what I did see made me think, "Man, I'm glad I didn't wait around for this shit." Gavin Hood seems like a good guy but after Rendition and Wolverine, I think he might be best served by leaving Hollywood and going back to his roots (he broke through with "Tsotsi")