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The only Stephen King I've ever read is the Dark Tower series and yes the first four were so good you had to finish the series but man those last three were tough.
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Feb 29, 2020 23:12
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I'm gonna say it: I liked the dark tower movie
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Feb 29, 2020 23:35
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I liked the first book because it wasn't a generic Stephen King story, but then I read the second one and the main character went through a magical doorway to a generic Stephen King story so I stopped after the second book.
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Feb 29, 2020 23:36
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Randaconda posted:Lol if you're not already packed to move to Now we know Coronavirus works...any questions??
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Field Mousepad posted:I'm gonna say it: I liked the dark tower movie Genuine question; why? As a fan of the (first four) books, the film was just... something other than what I was expecting. Roland was cool though.
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Feb 29, 2020 23:47
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Herbotron posted:Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider. And that car was Caitlyn Jenner!
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Field Mousepad posted:I'm gonna say it: I liked the dark tower movie  I guess if you had never read the books and were a fan of really average and soulless action movies, then I could see enjoying it, but still... It doesn’t even come close to doing the book(s) justice, they could have just filmed the first book nearly word for word and it would have been great, but they decided to just make it a typical Hollywood action flick that completely wastes the actors talents , and is as barebones as can be.
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RCarr posted:
When it comes to King novels, the best way to adapt them is to make sure King has zero creative input because he is the literal definition of a hack. The one good thing I can say about him -- aside from his book On Writing, which is pretty good if you ignore the biographical bits -- is that he at least has the self-awareness to admit his novels are junk food. I have never seen the Dark Tower movie and never intend to -- even if I am totes gay for Idris Elba despite being a straight white dude -- and I can tell you that it has more literary integrity than the source material. gently caress the Dark Tower.
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Screaming Idiot posted:When it comes to King novels, the best way to adapt them is to make sure King has zero creative input because he is the literal definition of a hack. The one good thing I can say about him -- aside from his book On Writing, which is pretty good if you ignore the biographical bits -- is that he at least has the self-awareness to admit his novels are junk food. I have never seen the Dark Tower movie and never intend to -- even if I am totes gay for Idris Elba despite being a straight white dude -- and I can tell you that it has more literary integrity than the source material. No the film is literally worse than you’re imagining. It’s like something Disney would push out but less good.
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Yeah man I dunno, you could say that for a lot of King adaptations but DT specifically is not one I'd point to there. Also probably don't bother watching it to see if you're right or not.
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Flyinglemur posted:The one on Treehouse of Horror This is the correct answer Maybe it's because I only watched the movies after years of hearing praises for it and seeing so many parodies and homages, but I think Kubrick's "Shining" is severely over-rated. Yeah there's a bunch of subtle creepy stuff going on, but it's all over-shadowed by Jack going from 0 to crazy in like two scenes, everybody making goofy faces, ghost moaning on the soundtrack, and other silly, not-scary stuff. Then again, I watched all of 2001: A Space Odyssey in one sitting (and really enjoyed it!), even though according to my friends, this feat isn't actually possible, so maybe I just have weird taste in movies. edit: Bleh, sorry for continuing the derail, got this mixed up with the Irrational Irritating Movie Moments thread Eh! Frank has a new favorite as of 01:29 on Mar 1, 2020 |
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Eh! Frank posted:This is the correct answer I'd say Kubrick's The Shining is more a psychological thriller than supernatural horror, but that is my own admittedly biased take on it.
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Eh! Frank posted:This is the correct answer That's actually a reason why King hates Kubrick's version because Jack playing Jack it's obvious he's going to be nuttier than a squirrel poo poo after a binge in a Planters factory from the start, but loves the network remake with the younger brother from Wings.
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Mar 1, 2020 02:08
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Shut the gently caress up about Stephen King
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Eh! Frank posted:This is the correct answer You would love/hate Room 237 which is a smooth presentation of 5 hardcore fan-theories back to back on The Shining. They start reasonable but start getting bugshit, and before the halfway mark you realize the movie isn't about The Shining but a commentary on film analysis and obsessive interpretation. Room 237 is not a condemnation of analysis or alternate reading--because despite the SMG wannabes of the world and the RLM/CinemaSins backwash clogging up YouTube, film analysis is "a thing" which does "a good"--but it is a frank reminder to every film school washout that "yeah sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" and "Kubrick was a genius but gently caress no one plans that far ahead."
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Brute Hole Force posted:That's actually a reason why King hates Kubrick's version because Jack playing Jack it's obvious he's going to be nuttier than a squirrel poo poo after a binge in a Planters factory from the start, but loves the network remake with the younger brother from Wings. king guest appeared in the ireland sons of anarchy season he doesnt get an opinion
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Baron von Eevl posted:I have a friend that grew up with a pet goat. The family had to eat the goat after it got loose one day and tried to have its way with a pregnant lady. When talking to my mum I learned there was just this week a Coronation Street storyline where a woman's husband didn't give her enough money to buy meat, then because of that, killed her favourite chicken, fed it to her, and only told her halfway through eating it. I was pretty surprised at just how loving dark that show is 
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I enjoyed room 237 more than I liked the actual movie.
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Brute Hole Force posted:That's actually a reason why King hates Kubrick's version because Jack playing Jack it's obvious he's going to be nuttier than a squirrel poo poo after a binge in a Planters factory from the start, but loves the network remake with the younger brother from Wings. Jack starts obviously crazy because despite Stephen King insisting it's normal to get drunk and break your kid's arm or beat a teenager nearly to death for vandalizing your car Jack is actually crazy way before he gets to the hotel in the novel. Jack is loving bonkers and violent and his wife and son are seemingly barely holding it together but King's writing it like "yeah, this guy's flawed but ultimately good-hearted, it would take a seriously evil place to make him lose it!"
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Baron von Eevl posted:Jack starts obviously crazy because despite Stephen King insisting it's normal to get drunk and break your kid's arm or beat a teenager nearly to death for vandalizing your car Jack is actually crazy way before he gets to the hotel in the novel. Jack is loving bonkers and violent and his wife and son are seemingly barely holding it together but King's writing it like "yeah, this guy's flawed but ultimately good-hearted, it would take a seriously evil place to make him lose it!" Stephen King wrote Jack as himself, and expected us to sympathize with him. No, you beer-soaked coked-up abusive motherfucker, the dude who broke his child's arm and terrorized his wife is a terrible person. Like, cool, King got clean later, but that doesn't make up for the addict apologia he tried to feed us. FUNNY PICTURES!   https://i.imgur.com/lPB5TBc.mp4 
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zoux posted:It's all very you.missed out the best reply https://twitter.com/userdie/status/1232015721535868928?s=19
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Honestly, on that level it's just a sad story about a guy struggling with addiction and almost making it but not quite, completely apart from anything supernatural going on. It's absolutely painting it as a tragedy though, something that really is normal but not in a good way at all. e: The Shining, not the guy trying to pick up a pig
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https://youtu.be/rQW2klU1cGI https://youtu.be/Zjxl6qiF0f4 (captions on)
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Mar 1, 2020 05:12
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gently caress STEPHEN KING https://i.imgur.com/ACflIVX.mp4
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Another thing about The Shining is the Wendy was blond in the book and dark haired in the movie. I mean come on guys it’s called research
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Screaming Idiot posted:gently caress STEPHEN KING Dreamcatcher was also bad
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The picture is lost to phones of Yore, but my mom's cat did exactly this same thing when I installed her new toilet for her. It's very cute.
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beanieson posted:Dreamcatcher was also bad DAMMIT STEPHEN KING QUIT USING DISABLED PEOPLE AS A CRUTCH YOU IGNORANT loving HACK https://i.imgur.com/q4s07yK.mp4
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Screaming Idiot posted:Stephen King wrote Jack as himself, and expected us to sympathize with him. No, you beer-soaked coked-up abusive motherfucker, the dude who broke his child's arm and terrorized his wife is a terrible person. Like, cool, King got clean later, but that doesn't make up for the addict apologia he tried to feed us. Yeah, that's why Kubrick harassed King during the production on The Shining, calling him at 2am to ask if there's a god, and when King said something like "yeah, I think there's probably something out there" Kubrick just cut in with "no, there's no god" and hung up. He knew.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yeah, that's why Kubrick harassed King during the production on The Shining, calling him at 2am to ask if there's a god, and when King said something like "yeah, I think there's probably something out there" Kubrick just cut in with "no, there's no god" and hung up. He knew. I so want this to be true. 
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Mar 1, 2020 05:32
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You’d think two men with the same initials would get along better
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oldpainless posted:You’d think two men with the same initials would get along better Honestly, I feel like this is hugely explanatory in a way that I've never seen in any traditional analyses.
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Screaming Idiot posted:DAMMIT STEPHEN KING QUIT USING DISABLED PEOPLE AS A CRUTCH YOU IGNORANT loving HACK Just steal their crutches to use as a crutch instead 
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Mar 1, 2020 05:38
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yeah, that's why Kubrick harassed King during the production on The Shining, calling him at 2am to ask if there's a god, and when King said something like "yeah, I think there's probably something out there" Kubrick just cut in with "no, there's no god" and hung up. He knew. I really wish I'd known this when I wrote that film school essay about Gus Hasford trolling Kubrick during production of Full Metal Jacket that would have been a better introduction.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Right, I forgot about the part where they get kidnapped by a crazy train and eventually kill it with shitposts. I was agreeing with you about the badness at first but the more you say about it the more it just sounds batshit silly enough to read and enjoy. Like it sounds like a book series where the ending and, hell, even "what happens next", are out of context problems. Kinda like "Illuminatus!" alexandriao has a new favorite as of 07:14 on Mar 1, 2020 |
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Oh no, if I don't say anything they'll think I wasn't listening. Takes one to know one! swish! e: the only stephen king book I've read (and only half read at that) is Running Man, and it's... alright, I guess? It has an ok beginning alexandriao has a new favorite as of 07:25 on Mar 1, 2020 |
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