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Last night I was given the opportunity to see an early screening of The Lovely Bones here in LA and since I had no plans for the night, I decided to check out the film. As you may recall, I only recently read the book by Alice Sebold back in August so the story was very fresh in my mind at the theater last night. I found the book extremely powerful, very emotional and (except for the ending) I liked it very much. I’m afraid I cannot say the same about the Peter Jackson-directed movie:

I have to say that Stanley Tucci gave a fantastic performance … he was, truly, the best actor in the film. Rachel Weisz, who is a very accomplished actress, got kinda lost in this film … she was literally not present for much of the film and therefore I felt she was wasted. Marky Mark Wahlberg was horrible … absolutely, the worst. I’ve never been particularly impressed by his acting prowess but this film has to be his worst performance ever. If this movie had any chance at being good then that chance was ruined by Wahlberg‘s inclusion in this movie. The book is so … emotional. This movie is so … tedious. The FX of “the in-between” are really cool for a very short while, then they get tiresome and boring. A lot of important parts of the book were left out, which is normal for book-to-movie adaptaions, but I was really bothered by how much the storyline of the Ray Singh character was changed. As always, I urge all y’all to judge the film for yourselves … I was just not at all impressed by this movie and feel that the book is not done justice by this adaptation. The original book ending (which I hated) is kept intact in the movie so … I guess there’s that.

Tonight, I’m seeing Morrissey one more time. I have tickets to see the Mozzer in Ventura, CA for the last performance of The Swords Tour (you may recall I saw him perform in Pomona, CA earlier this week). It will, most likely, not only be my last concert of the year but my last concert of the decade. And, if you can believe it, the first concert I saw back at the start of 2000 was Morrissey at the State Theater in Detroit, MI. What a way to bookend the decade … with Morrissey concerts ;) Happy weekend, y’all!! Stay warm!!!

With all the reading on my plate right now I ended up staying in last night and did a lot of reading. I managed to finish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets but before moving on to the next book in the series, I decided to start reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold:

My good friend Diana sent me a copy of The Lovely Bones the first week I moved to LA three years ago … and I never got around to reading it. After hearing so many good things from so many of y’all AND since the movie adaption will hit theaters this Fall, I figured now is as good a time to get it read. I’m a few chapters in and am really enjoying the tone of the book. It’s inventive and, thus far, well-written. I hear that it will get sad and that tears may be on my horizon but I think I’m up to the task. Since I’ll be flying to and from Detroit this weekend, I’m hoping to have it finished by Sunday.

Tonight, David and I are going to the LA premiere of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at Mann’s Chinese Theater here in Hollywood … I’ve been anxious to see this movie for far too long, I can’t wait to see it for myself. I’m hoping to inadvertently run into Channing Tatum tonight … wish me luck ;)