[Sekto Springs]

The Lovely Bones. It was okay, but I felt that alot of parts were either laid on too thick or not thick enough. The mood of the film would shift too quickly, and then stay in that mood for too long. Some of the acting was very hammy, and some of it was painfully lukewarm. Mark Wahlberg did an okay job though, which was surprising. I guess because this was outside of his usual repertoire and I'm used to seeing him in terrible action films.
The montage of Susie's "perfect world" had serious pacing problems, and just seemed awkwardly placed. I was also hoping there would be more character development with her friends and family, but it seemed like she would just randomly check up on them. It would occasionally have some kind of connection, but it was just patchy at best. Nothing really happened linking her family/friends to the killer until the end of the film, and the rest was just lots of pretty pictures and tired metaphor.

Hopefully that was succinct enough without needing spoiler tags. Not that anyone actually cares.