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Scubaroo
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Saw it a couple of days ago - entertaining. Haven't read the book, but the movie has a couple of disturbing scenes, and a lot of "ick" factor.
Some of the military stuff was too farfetched though. Damien Lewis was great as Jonesy/Mr Gray.
Some of the military stuff was too farfetched though. Damien Lewis was great as Jonesy/Mr Gray.
boomx5
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If it got bad reviews then I'll probably like it. I don't think I've ever agreed with one film critic in my entire life. I think most of them are farm animal stupid.
Blue Space
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I personally thought it was horrible. The fungus the aliens just plain stupid. King's movies IMHO have gone down hill.
Irishdiver
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Don't waste your time with any of the movies...read the books! Not one of King's books has translated well on to screen. The magic is in the way he writes and weaves the story: it just doesn't work in a movie.
IMHO, the same is true of any good book, but King's strange plots and masterful writing (yes, I'm a fan - could you tell?) really underline the difficulty of trying to translate words into pictures.
Words rule!
JeffG
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Irishdiver once bubbled...
Don't waste your time with any of the movies...read the books! Not one of King's books has translated well on to screen. The magic is in the way he writes and weaves the story: it just doesn't work in a movie.
IMHO, the same is true of any good book, but King's strange plots and masterful writing (yes, I'm a fan - could you tell?) really underline the difficulty of trying to translate words into pictures.
Words rule!
Carrie translated into a good movie, (or at least I think so), but it was one of his older books where there weren't as many (or complicated) sub-plots.
Irishdiver
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Ah, JeffG, methinks you hark back to an innocent time before I was born!
<rant mode on>
Seems fewer and fewer people read books any more. Everybody wants to sit down and be entertained...get fed pre-digested pap that doesn't require any work...
You have to make an effort with a book, but it will return many times over what a film will give you back. Doesn't matter how good the script is, how gorey the special effects, or how much nudity is in it - it won't be a patch on the book.
Having said that, I have read books that were adapted from the scripts of very good films...and some of them were a major disappointment.
I read Sebastian Junger's 'The Perfect Storm' five years ago and refused to go to see the movie, even though (perhaps because?) my girlfriend is a big George Clooney fan cause I didn't want a superb book spoiled by a crap film. Okay, so I'm not really in a position to judge it if I haven't seen the film, but I've had too many good books ruined by lousy scripts that were rushed into production because the book did well.
<rant mode off>
I've seen a lot of King's stuff on TV and video - seen Carrie several times - but I don't think any of it has come close to the printed word. Of course, even King had his off-days and not all his written material is world class either. That's what comes from placing quantity over quality...the demands of the mass market and commercialism.
Oh-ohhh...another rant coming on!
JeffG
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Are you saying I'm old? I got a whole 3 yrs on you, and I can remember it.
But anyways....
I used to read alot, but now I don't seem to have as much time as I would like. But I also like watch movies....But it really tough to translate a novel into film, but the more "straight forward" novels tend to do better.
The one book that worked well as a movie and as book was the first Jurassic Park. Both were good for different reasons. Mind you, the sequels (book and movies) sucked.
You did the right thing.
It really, really sucked. Filled with characters nobody cared about, too many sub-plots that were not compelling, too many questions left unanswered, poor development of the story.
I'm serious - I was just a bad, bad movie.
You missed nothing.
K
It really, really sucked. Filled with characters nobody cared about, too many sub-plots that were not compelling, too many questions left unanswered, poor development of the story.
I'm serious - I was just a bad, bad movie.
You missed nothing.
K
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