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by Rinoa » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:07 pm
I didn't realise The Mist and The Shawshank Redemption were Stephen King...
I also can't believe I still haven't watched The Shining yet...
Thought the The Green Mile, It, Shawshank Redemption, and The Stand were brilliant films/TV.
The Mist was alright, but had a really poor ending...
Carrie, Firestarter & The Lawnmower Man were also alright but nothing special. And I've seen Pet Sematary and Tommyknockers but that was so long ago, I don't remember them very well.
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by Megamixer » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:43 pm
Well I haven't seen The Mist so I can't comment on the ending but the 'book' is actually one of the short stories from Skeleton Crew so perhaps adapting that for a full-length movie threw up some problems.
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by jdanddiet » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
Megamixer wrote:Well I haven't seen The Mist so I can't comment on the ending but the 'book' is actually one of the short stories from Skeleton Crew so perhaps adapting that for a full-length movie threw up some problems.
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by merman » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:02 pm
Megamixer wrote:Well I haven't seen The Mist so I can't comment on the ending but the 'book' is actually one of the short stories from Skeleton Crew so perhaps adapting that for a full-length movie threw up some problems.
It's a novella that lasts well over a hundred pages, so plenty of material there to work from. I've not seen the film version so cannot comment on how accurate it is.
I do want to see Apt Pupil at some point, and I'm ashamed to say I've never watche Shawshank or Green Mile...
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by themightymartin » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:20 pm
What's the one where the bloke and his mother are in an incestuous relationship, and they turn into cat-like things?
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by markopoloman » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:48 pm
themightymartin wrote:What's the one where the bloke and his mother are in an incestuous relationship, and they turn into cat-like things?
Ooh yeah, I remember that! Was it Rose Red? or ummmmm bloody hell - can picture it in my head but not the name
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by themightymartin » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:15 pm
It wasn't Rose Red. That was the one with the evil house.
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by jdanddiet » Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:59 am
Sleepwalkers?
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by themightymartin » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:22 am
Yes! That was it. My other half made me watch that. It's almost, but not quite, in the "so-bad-it's-good" category.
And seriously, "It" is majorly overrated. Unless you have a pre-existing clown phobia it's nowhere near as scary as people say it is, and the stuff with the [SPOILERS] spider halfway through and at the end [\SPOILERS] is just stupid.
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by Katzkatz » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:08 pm
The films of his that were decent :-
Shawshank Redemption (although it is based on a short story)
The Green Mile
Stand By Me
I think that 'It'(which was a film in the UK, but got shown as a mini series on Sky) was okay, maybe the ending went a bit too offbeat. Likewise with 'The Shining' - but that was Kubrick's vision, not a faithful King adaptation. It was scary and quirky though.
'Haven' is pretty good. It is a good fantasy series. I think that it does stray quite far from the original material now.
I haven't seen any of the other films/TV series mentioned here.
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by SJ_Sathanas » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:08 pm
The Running Man was AWESOME! YOU FOOLS!!
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by Hitman_HalStep » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:40 pm
CIH wrote:The Running Man was AWESOME! YOU FOOLS!!
agreed but it has next to nothing in common with the bachman short story.
themightymartin wrote:and the stuff with the [SPOILERS] spider halfway through and at the end [\SPOILERS] is just stupid.
it makes more sense in the book.
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by Megamixer » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:20 pm
merman wrote:Megamixer wrote:Well I haven't seen The Mist so I can't comment on the ending but the 'book' is actually one of the short stories from Skeleton Crew so perhaps adapting that for a full-length movie threw up some problems.
It's a novella that lasts well over a hundred pages, so plenty of material there to work from. I've not seen the film version so cannot comment on how accurate it is.
True though I don't really remember a lot happening for those 100+ pages aside from basic survival and interaction between the characters., I enjoyed the story but I would never have said "they should make a movie of this".
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by Katzkatz » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:06 pm
CIH wrote:The Running Man was AWESOME! YOU FOOLS!!
I forgot that was a King adaptation(but it does stray far from the book). I always thought, that it inspired 'Smash TV'! Coincidentally, it is on Channel 4 tonight at 23:05.
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by SJ_Sathanas » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:28 pm
Katzkatz wrote:CIH wrote:The Running Man was AWESOME! YOU FOOLS!!
I forgot that was a King adaptation(but it does stray far from the book). I always thought, that it inspired 'Smash TV'! Coincidentally, it is on Channel 4 tonight at 23:05.
TBH I'm like Rinoa and didn't realise so many films were based on Stephen King novels
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