The Lovely Bones 4K 2009 Ultra HD 2160p

The film tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by a serial killer who lived next door. As she watches the lives of her former neighbors from heaven, the heroine dreams of simple teenage joys and longs for the killer to be caught.

User Review

Peter Jackson’s film *The Lovely Bones*, in its collector’s edition, should be sold alongside a volume by Eugen Bleuler—the man who introduced the diagnosis of schizophrenia to psychiatry—so that the plot inconsistencies might at least be somewhat justified.

Watching this film feels like undergoing forced resuscitation followed by defibrillation—performed by a team of ordinary people. Here, the little brother swallows a weed, but the main character dashes over, scoops him up, and drives him to the hospital in her parents’ car; here, the mother makes the older sister (the main character) put on a hat, but seems not to notice the younger one following behind; there—a strange “not-quite-Indigo” girl hears the dead and finds the things they’ve lost, never forgetting to let the souls of the deceased inhabit her, much like Whoopi Goldberg’s character in the movie *Ghost* (which, by the way, is a far more competent example of a film that’s well-crafted in every respect); here—a brash old lady arrives, as if into a hermetically sealed nuclear society, and quickly tidies things up, downing yet another shot of alcohol-laced doping (…and what’s even left to talk about after that?) , calling the house a “grave,” while the parents don’t bat an eye: their daughter has died, so let’s just collectively ignore the other two children and hand them over to this “wonder-grandma” for temporary care; there—the father happens to be near the killer’s house at just the right time, while the killer, in just the right spot, drops branches while experiencing some kind of paranoid hallucinations, triggering a wave of aggression from the head of the household (and the dead girl!); here—some lackluster investigation by Fenerman, who is de facto absent. The climax of all this theater of the absurd is the film’s ending, which it’s customary not to reveal due to the extreme “anti-spoiler” stance—though it’s not at all surprising in the context of this “under-adapted” screenplay.

As for the way the material is presented, it’s painfully formulaic—there’s not even a hint of the project being arthouse (as some critics claim), nor is there any retrospective take on postmodern aesthetics (are you kidding me?!). The musical compositions are quite good and sometimes create the desired atmosphere of sadness, but yet another plot twist quickly shatters that mood. It’s unclear what the director was aiming for: whether to maintain tension, add drama to the events, or pique interest with some sort of mystery…

However, this thermonuclear mix of genres only confirms the well-known Native American proverb: “If you chase two rabbits, you’ll catch neither.”

The performances by Wahlberg, Weiss, and Ronan fit well within the context of the narrative, but they don’t try to carry the film on their own; overall, they’re “satisfactory.” And finally, the special effects: they’re what lift the film up, like a soap bubble—beautiful but lacking spark; all that glitters is not gold.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (55.1 Mb/s)
Resolution: Upscaled 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10+
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Info Audio

#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#German: Dolby Digital 5.1
#French: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1

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