At a glance:
What: Movie, The Lovely Bones
Helpful Hints: If you liked "Heavenly Creatures" you'll like "Lovely Bones"
Rating 3 Stars
Starring Mark Wahlberg,Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon.
Rated PG-13
Director-Peter Jackson
Now Showing at Albany Cinema.
The Lovely Bones is about, A Suburban American Town in 1973, where a 14-year old girl Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered. Salmon is caught in a in-between station between Heaven and Earth. Salmon the story’s narrator is not to be seen by her family, friends or her killer. Jackson has found the perfect fit Susie Salmon (Ronan). Susie Salmon is an ordinary American High-School Girl, full of life, her passion is photography. One day it all changed, it all ended when a deranged neighbor Mr. Harvey(Stanley Tucci) took it all away. I found this movie to be a tearjerker. I felt the loss deeply. This movie displays the afterlife which was not so successful as the novel was. The Lovely Bones is a thriller mixed with fantasy and a family melodrama. It is a different mixture to have in a movie. I have never saw a movie quite like this one before! This movie was strange, but unique. This movie is full of great acting but very sad and depressing.
The Lovely Bones is full of suspense, especially when susie’s sister sneaks into the home of Mr. Harvey, to find some evidence. This part was heart pounding tension. Mark Wahlberg the father of Susie Salmon is overcome with grief, he becomes obsessed with solving the crime and drives his grief stricken wife away(Rachel Weisz).
USA Today Claudia Puig gave The Lovely Bones 3 stars “some books are not meant to be adapted to the big screen.
Dana Steven’s- Slate Magazine gave it 3 stars, The Lovely Bones for this critic fails.
Mick Lasalle- San Francisco Chronicle gave the movie 3 stars. The Lovely Bones is difficult for viewing.
James Berardinelli at Reel Views gave it a 3 star rating also. “The story told by Jackson’s The Lovely Bones is the same as the one related to sebold, but it lacks the complexity and empathy evident in the book.
I found this movie to not be boring full of excitement even though it was a little weird the movie did make you think!
Susie Salmon
Is an ordinary
American High
School Girl
Full of life..
Caught in a
In-between
Station between
Heaven and Earth
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Movie Review
USA Today’s Claudia Puig gives the movie The Lovely Bones 3 stars. Dana Stevens from Slate Magazine gave it 3 stars, she said, “If The Lovely Bones, at least for this critic, fails. Mick Lasalle from the San Francisco Chronicle gave it 3 stars. He said The Lovely Bones is difficult viewing, a meticulously crafted experiment that, it turns out, it was not worth it. Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times gave it 3 stars , he stated “ By turns warmly sentimental, serial killer sinister Science Fiction.
“The Lovely Bones” movie gets mediocre reviews from top critics. The Lovely Bones is an interesting drama it is a wide release today, it stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon. Most top movie critics seemed to think that it was missing a certain element, giving it pretty mediocre reviews.
“The Lovely Bones” movie gets mediocre reviews from top critics. The Lovely Bones is an interesting drama it is a wide release today, it stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon. Most top movie critics seemed to think that it was missing a certain element, giving it pretty mediocre reviews.
The Land Before LBCC
At a Glance:
What: Helpful Resources in Linn county
To find out more on the history of LBCC or any location on land in Linn County contact
Albany Regional Museum & The Albany Public Library.
The land before LBCC campus was farmland. The land was owned by the Jones family before and after the 1920s.The Jones had a barn that would have been located on the west end of campus. There were old oak groves on the west end of campus also.
Jones then sold the 80 acres of farmland to Vin Schanke, Schanke eventually sold the 80 acres to LBCC. Richard Bender was another owner of the LBCC land he owned 20 acres that LBCC purchased from Bender. The south parking lot now is where a wetland used to be. The Allen family was on the land in 1904.
The Campbell family was on the land in1929. Dean Campbell’s maternal grandparents were the Allen’s. The road you enter to get to campus is called Allen lane named after the Allen family. Dean Campbell lives in back of baseball field in a three story farmhouse that is 82 years old built in 1929. Down Allen lane it used to be full of all sorts of trees. The oaks now on the Campbell farm are around 200 years old. Before the days of LBCC, turkeys roamed here, it was a grass seed, grain and turkey farm. Pheasants were also on this land. Where the baseball field is now was once a spot where hot air balloons would lift off. Before LBCC found this site there were thinking about having Camp Adair as there spot for the campus. But they were turned down because camp Adair is too big.
The LBCC found its site in 1967; the voters committee approved this site. A bond permit went into effect. The Chamber Of Commerce helped get LBCC started along with contributions from citizens of Linn and Benton County. In the fall of 1968 LBCC opened its doors, offering 140 classes. Today LBCC offers 2,500 classes. In 1970 eight modular buildings were moved to LBCC to be temporary classes until building was complete. At first when campus opened you had to travel to get to class to class, that’s why the school mascot is the roadrunner. In 1970 the first issue of Lack’s commuter, hit the stands. The commuter has been in business for 40 years WOW. LBCC used to get the water from the Campbell family land. When LBCC first opened it used to offer night classes only. The very first LBCC campus was in Albany on the corner of 1st and Ellsworth Street downtown in the 1908 bank building.
So now when you’re doing your schoolwork on campus think of life back 100 years on this land, turkeys roaming, crops of grain growing all around. Think of the southern part of parking that was wetlands. Can you imagine the people hunting the pheasants that used to be allover this land. The Hot Air Balloon’s that used to take off where the baseball field is now, think about how neat it was that part of history of LBCC Land Before! Imp sure if I went back 200 years in this campus’s history of the land we find out about the Native Americans were on this land perhaps one of the 9 Caledonia tribes.
What: Helpful Resources in Linn county
To find out more on the history of LBCC or any location on land in Linn County contact
Albany Regional Museum & The Albany Public Library.
The land before LBCC campus was farmland. The land was owned by the Jones family before and after the 1920s.The Jones had a barn that would have been located on the west end of campus. There were old oak groves on the west end of campus also.
Jones then sold the 80 acres of farmland to Vin Schanke, Schanke eventually sold the 80 acres to LBCC. Richard Bender was another owner of the LBCC land he owned 20 acres that LBCC purchased from Bender. The south parking lot now is where a wetland used to be. The Allen family was on the land in 1904.
The Campbell family was on the land in1929. Dean Campbell’s maternal grandparents were the Allen’s. The road you enter to get to campus is called Allen lane named after the Allen family. Dean Campbell lives in back of baseball field in a three story farmhouse that is 82 years old built in 1929. Down Allen lane it used to be full of all sorts of trees. The oaks now on the Campbell farm are around 200 years old. Before the days of LBCC, turkeys roamed here, it was a grass seed, grain and turkey farm. Pheasants were also on this land. Where the baseball field is now was once a spot where hot air balloons would lift off. Before LBCC found this site there were thinking about having Camp Adair as there spot for the campus. But they were turned down because camp Adair is too big.
The LBCC found its site in 1967; the voters committee approved this site. A bond permit went into effect. The Chamber Of Commerce helped get LBCC started along with contributions from citizens of Linn and Benton County. In the fall of 1968 LBCC opened its doors, offering 140 classes. Today LBCC offers 2,500 classes. In 1970 eight modular buildings were moved to LBCC to be temporary classes until building was complete. At first when campus opened you had to travel to get to class to class, that’s why the school mascot is the roadrunner. In 1970 the first issue of Lack’s commuter, hit the stands. The commuter has been in business for 40 years WOW. LBCC used to get the water from the Campbell family land. When LBCC first opened it used to offer night classes only. The very first LBCC campus was in Albany on the corner of 1st and Ellsworth Street downtown in the 1908 bank building.
So now when you’re doing your schoolwork on campus think of life back 100 years on this land, turkeys roaming, crops of grain growing all around. Think of the southern part of parking that was wetlands. Can you imagine the people hunting the pheasants that used to be allover this land. The Hot Air Balloon’s that used to take off where the baseball field is now, think about how neat it was that part of history of LBCC Land Before! Imp sure if I went back 200 years in this campus’s history of the land we find out about the Native Americans were on this land perhaps one of the 9 Caledonia tribes.
Friday, January 8, 2010
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