Did Stephen King like it?
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bayardhiler — 12 years ago(November 03, 2013 01:56 AM)
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you on Kubrick's version of "The Shining". It is true that Kubrick changed quite a bit in regards to King's original story. But you have to remember that the language of books is very different from the language of films. Case in point, Stephen King (and I believe Mick Garris) did a mini-series version of "The Shining" for television in which they basically adapted almost the entire book word for word on screen and the result was horrific, and not in a good way. For starters, it was wayyyy too long and second, it didn't have nearly the same tension that Kubrick's version did. King's a great writer but he often fails to understand that not everything in print is going to translate well to film.
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preppy-3 — 12 years ago(November 03, 2013 08:54 AM)
A lot of people disagree with me but seriouslythe movie never scared me. Not once. Most people seem to love it just because Kubrick did it. Kubrick was a great filmmaker but every filmmaker has their bad movies. IMO this was Kubrick's. Never saw the mini series but heard it was terrible.
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fun-niji — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 10:14 PM)
I've never seen The Shinning yet. And it's not because of some "high" principal of sorts but just something personal - and nothing towards the film, director, writer, writer(s), etc.
Anyways, my best friend then saw The Shinning with other friends from school - this was some years ago. And she told me that it did not scare her one bit but made her cry incessantly. She told me she felt total sadness for the character played by Jack. So, it just goes to show, not everyone will have the same reaction as the expected majority would. -
mpeachhead — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 12:00 PM)
By that rationale, you can't ever say that any film is better than the source material, but in this case, it's clearly true, as it is with The Godfather and a handful of other films.
The film hits artistic heights that the book never strives for. They are considerably different works of art. -
wallacesawyer — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 08:02 PM)
I'm not sure of his exact opinion. I don't think he liked many of the films based on his work anyway. But producer Donald P. Borchers, who also directed the TV remake, mentioned that King politely said "these film-makers would go on to do good work" or something like that, which Donald took as a negative opinion about the film. In retrospect even Donald appears to dislike this original film. On the remake's DVD he talks about doing the story justice and regretting the happy Hollywood ending, despite the fact it was his idea in the first place.
I've seen the remake. I bought it years ago but had never gotten around to it. It's pretty good. I honestly think I like the first film better, but it's better than some of the sequels. I haven't seen them all, and the ones I have I haven't seen in years.
I read King's short story ages ago, but I never really cared that it wasn't adapted faithfully in the original film. Including Malachai's girlfriend this time was a interesting idea, but she didn't really have a whole lot to do, it's almost as if she was in it simply to have the exact same ending from the short story.
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strider0075 — 12 years ago(July 25, 2013 03:20 AM)
But i think that's just it as far as King is concerned. It's the fact that really none of his books that were adapted during that time were close to his original writings. I think the only film adaptation that was close was Pet Semetary. I just looked up the plot for the written version of COTC and it's night and day difference with essentially the children (and the demon) winning.
But COTC got chopped up quite a bit, the couple was essentially supposed to be doomed out the gate as they are in a marriage on the rocks. There's the plot point about Malachai's girlfriend (taken out for obvious reasons due to the idea of an underage pregnancy). Then there's the whole part at the end where the demon demands that the age be lowered to 18 so all 19 year olds (including Malachai) had to commit ritual suicide. -
Cinema_Love — 12 years ago(October 10, 2013 11:41 AM)
He was very involved in Pet Sematary and he directed Maximum Overdrive is it just me or except the lame sequels of his films like Pet Sematary 2 or Children of the Corn 2,3,4,5, 666, etc, etc that he did not like and approove and did not hate the movies of his books ? I remember him hating a lot Lawnmower Man but except theses, they are not that bad !!!
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wallacesawyer — 12 years ago(October 29, 2013 06:41 PM)
I remember him hating a lot Lawnmower Man
The thing about THE LAWNMOWER MAN is the movie was originally nothing like his short story, and it still isn't really. It was altered a tiny bit so the film-makers or the studio or somebody could use Stephen King's name as a marketing ploy. The film was originally supposed to be called BEYOND CYBERSPACE or something like that.
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bayardhiler — 12 years ago(November 03, 2013 01:05 AM)
You're absolutely right about "The Lawnmower Man". I saw the movie years ago, so I only remember bits and pieces and then I recently read the actual story and all I can say is WTF! It's one of the few King tales that I haven't been able to make heads or tails out of.