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The Lovely Bones

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The Lovely Bones I chose the scene where Suzy finally see’s all of Mr. Harvey’s victims from The Lovely Bones because I thought it was the most powerful scene in the film. The Lovely Bones is about the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl named Suzy Salmon. In the beginning, we see Suzy saving her younger brothers life and her grandma telling her she will have a long and happy life because of what she did, we later find out her grandma was wrong. We then spend the rest of the movie watching Suzy realize she has been murdered and her family trying to find out who did it. I believe this scene was filmed with a long-focus lens because most shots are either close-ups or over the shoulder shots throughout the entire scene. Peter Jackson, the director …show more content…

Harvey’s other victims. The background noise is an abnormal tone that allows us to have insight on what Suzy is mentally experiencing. Throughout the entire movie, Suzy had thought she was Mr. Harvey’s only victim. Even when she first met Holly she never understood why they were in the same purgatory or why Holly wanted her to move on so badly. When she entered the house, and began seeing the six other victims she became very bewildered and sad. Even though we are able to see the close-ups of Suzy’s face, the music makes it impossible to miss what Suzy is …show more content…

I liked this scene because it was the first time I could really feel what Suzy was feeling. For me that’s a great quality to have in a film. The Lovely Bones was great at giving a rollercoaster of emotions, but this one scene we went to the highest peak only to completely fall off course. When she entered the house the audience expected the movie to end, what we were able to witness was far worse. We saw the character we had grown to adore have her heart broken seven times seeing the deaths of the other girls and herself. What came out of it though was truly amazing, she was able to be happy and enjoy seeing what came of her family after she had

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