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Topic: OMG!!! My fave S. King story is going to be a movie?!!??
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Motherkonfessor
Knowflake Posts: 1140
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Registered: Oct 2003
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posted November 03, 2007 12:49 AM
 
I am so excited I might just pee myself...I JUST saw a trailer for Stephen King's "The Mist." OMG OMG OMG OMG This might very well be my absolute utter favorite short story. Forgive me if someone else has started a thread on this already, but its really late I can't call anyone to rave about it. I am so excited- I would read this story over and over, thinking "this would make a GREAT movie." The problem is- every SK story adapted to film SUCKS. I was an SK fiend a loong time ago (as in I read everything up to IT by 6th grade) but Hollywood has managed to ruin most of his books. I don't think his ability to create characters translates well into film format. I must repeat.... OMG OMG OMG OMG. Too bad it will probably come out when I am stuck in the hinterlands.
MK runs off to dance in circles, flailing
her hands in the air
BTW- Right now I am in IDAHO. This state intrigues me for some reason. Anyone in LL ever live here?
MK
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Dervish
Knowflake Posts: 328
From: California
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted November 03, 2007 01:14 AM
I think this can actually make a good movie. Most of Stephen King's books are not only very long, but introspective, which doesn't translate well into movies. But this story is not only short, but much more action oriented (even if it's just talking) than most of his stories, and the mood is much easier to adapt to a movie, so I think it will work this time. (But never underestimate Hollywood's ability to ruin something!)IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 9809
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted November 03, 2007 01:29 AM
I wish they'd make a movie of The Talisman
1984 fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub.------------------
"Heaven doesn't want me and Hell is afraid I'll take over and start a rehab for the damned!"
~Judgement Must Be Balanced With Compassion~
~Do Not Seek Wealth From The Suffering, Or The Dire Needs Of Others~
~Assumption Is The Bane Of Understanding~
~ if you keep doing what you did, you'll keep getting what you got.~
Everything changes.
Fear not the changes.
"My body is physically disabled, but I am not my body nor am I its disabilities!"
"I would rather," Truth said; "to walk naked than wear the raiments of Falsehood!"
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teaselbaby
Knowflake Posts: 1337
From: Northeast Ohio
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted November 03, 2007 04:27 AM
This is one of my favourites of King's. I'm looking forward to it.IP: Logged |
Node
Knowflake Posts: 1162
From: Crowded House
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted November 03, 2007 09:25 AM
RE: All adaptations of King *suck* I agree the books are always better. A long time ago King demanded he be a part of all productions. And the films improved. But what about...- The Stand- t.v. 4 parts.
- Misery- Kathy Bates got an Oscar for her portrayal of a demented 'fan'
- The Shinning- Kubrick's direction makes this 'his' movie. Fans of King [like meself] were very disappointed. This is the movie that made King empower himself to producer. As a film it is 1st rate. As an adaptation? Kubrick's ego superseded the writer!
- IT- I liked this movie too. The book is 1,000+ pages. I read it in 3 days to the point of near 'blindness'
- The Green Mile- great cast!
Thanks for the heads up! Looking for the new movie too!  IP: Logged |
Node
Knowflake Posts: 1162
From: Crowded House
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted November 03, 2007 09:49 AM
I googled S. King films and found this: http://www.horrorking.com/movies1.html I have missed so many!....oh, and I like Carrie, The Dead Zone too. IP: Logged |
Battle of Evermore
Knowflake Posts: 1145
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Registered: Sep 2004
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posted November 03, 2007 02:12 PM
I'm glad that it would make a good movie. I've never read that one, but I'm a Stephen King fan and I am often disappointed by the movies they make from his books.... I liked 1408, but a lot of the time the imagery in his books are so weird that the screen doesn't do them justice at all and it comes out looking corny to me.IP: Logged |
Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted November 03, 2007 09:29 PM
The only one of King's books that I felt was a good movie was Salem's Lot. I was very disappointed in The Shining. The book was so much better and scarier. IP: Logged |
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