ITT we talk about Stephen King movie adaptations

pfft, I'm watching Kill Bill Vol. 2 on TNT

Last week on SBS it was Kubrick week, and Friday was The Shining. I enjoyed it immensely. I also enjoyed this thread.

Sub-issue: How come Kubrick's movies are always either completely visionary, or complete crap? "The Shining", "Clockwork Orange," "Dr. Strangelove" vs. "Eyes Wide Shut" and "AI." I never see one of his movies and go, "Oh, that was only okay." I'm either fascinated or repulsed.

The movie The Shining was VERY different from the novel. Jack doesn't freeze to death in the book, Wendy's a beautiful blonde, the VW Bug they're driving is red, there's topiary, but NO MAZE. I could go on, but I won't because it was still a good movie. The Shining is my favorite non-Dark Tower book by Stephen King, and I wish Kubrick had stuck to the story.

I read this blog about it recently, written by an obvious lunatic, but still interesting. Be careful, though, there's a big giant close up Exorcist face halfway down the page.

http://jonnys53.blogspot.com/2007/12/differences-between-novel-and-movie...

Incidentally, I read this whole thing while still in my office about three weeks ago and I was just about too freaked out to walk down the long dark hallway to go to the bathroom before I drove home. Also, I was the only one still on the floor, so it was extra creepy.

Loved The Shining (Nicholson)
Dead Zone (Walken)
Shawshank
Green Mile

Best book of his that NEEDS to become a movie? THE LONG WALK - if done right, could be his best movie ever.

I think the guy who did The Mist and the other King prison movies is doing that next.

Oh, yeah, that could be awesome. I loved that book.

The Green Mile fucking suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked!

And Stand By Me was more than okay.

random bump.

i saw this article and it reminded me of this thread:

Best and Worst Stephen King Adaptations

the article didn't even mention shawshank redemption. fail.

Hahah aww, this is the thread in which we became friends!

ha! we were thisclose to doing harry potter.

Fuxk this shit. I just turned on A##E when I read tghe first post in here because I didn't realize it was OLD and had been BUMKPED. Imagine my disppointment to see that 48 hours is on and NOT the Shining.

Drank funk's cousin Tipsy-lecia.
Alcoholecia?
Merlot-cia?

Dammit, I'll think of one, give me a second...

Also, why were ROnnie and Jane gonna 3-Way Harry Potter?

Ha!

Oooooo, I like "Alcoholecia". It sounds like one of them ghetto names.

CAKES!! Guess what's on right noowwww.

JANE!
I'M WATCHING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'M EXPLODING

aw shit son! don't let the flame DIE!

i've been freaking out in chat. didn't know there was an appropriate thread already.

back on

too many hallways!

237!

Jack's at the bar crying like a little bitch.

My fave is merlot-cia

DANNY, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR NECK!

God, Wendy has the most annoying voice that's ever been on my TV. I think she's breaking it.

i gots to go offline but i'll be interjecting in the real world, remember this!

Wendy's Olive Oil and it's all i can think about.

Also, can't handle anything right now. I'm exploding with my roommates.

Back on!

I had to stop watching it, it was freakin' me out. Watching Glee now and scaring people with my status updates.

Froked out.

I have never seen hope die in quite the same way as it does on Wendy's face when she finds out the snow tractor-thingy has been sabotaged.

Anyway, The Shining blew my heart up last night. Never doing that again.

Hasn't anyone mentioned Carrie yet? That movie is so good. The suspense and camera work is so great after she comes home from the prom. I also love John Travolta as Billy Nolan, he plays the ugly hick role so well!

Aside from obvious cinematic greats, such as Stand By Me, The Shining and Shawskank Redemption, I thought Misery was pretty good. Annie was cast perfectly, but I'm not so sure about the writer.

Thought the movie IT should have ended about 2 hours before it did, and Apt Pupil was pretty lame.

EDIT - Oh yeah, Jane mentioned Carrie, my bad.

Popeye was a movie ahead of it's time. If it came out now it'd make 100 million bucks, but they can't make it now because Ray Walston is dead.

Read this, y'all.

this

this too

aaaaand, all this

I read it one evening when I was the only one at the office, and I forgot they shut off the lights at a certain time to conserve energy. I had to pee so bad before I drove home, and I had to walk down a looooooooong dark hallway to get to the bathroom. I finally got there, only to realize there were no dim-emergency light things in the bathroom, and I wasn't going to be able to prop the door open. I said, fuck that, I'll just hold it, and then I walked back down the hall only to bump into one other co-worker who I didn't realize was there. I screamed, which scared him, and then he screamed too. I quickly explained why I had been so scared, but I'm sure he just thought I was crazy.

Oh my God hilarious thread! I love The Shining .

"I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the fuck in. Heh heh."

I'm really not a fan of Stephen King's books but I love the TV and film adaptations, from something obviously brilliant like The Shining right down to the deranged Rose Red mini-series. Stand By Me and The Mist are both wonderful and even IT (which was kinda boring) had its terrifying Tim-Curry-hiding-in-a-storm-drain moments and featured John Boy Walton and his mesmerising mole.

Boooooo, I liked Secret Window and 1408 should've been up another level.

If I wasn't an avatar purist I'd have to change over to a picture of John Boy.

Aw, daddy! I cain't do ma chores I gotta take part in a dance marathon/gaze outta the window with my glasses on/sleep in the hayloft cause we've taken in a vagrant etc etc etc.

I just love The Waltons.

I don't remember why I rated Secret Window so low. I think it was because I was over-exposed to Johnny Depp at the time and had some antipathy towards his movies.