Good book to movie Adaptation
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NZer — 1 year ago(April 02, 2025 07:34 AM)
Actually The Shining movie doesn't have much in common with the original story, but some folks think it's better.
A really decent Stephen King adaptation to movie is Dolores Claiborne. Both the book and the movie are first class and the movie sticks pretty much to the original story. -
P.Error — 1 year ago(April 03, 2025 05:41 AM)
From what I remember, one of the reasons was, in the novel, Jack (John) Torrance was a normal happy-go-lucky guy at the beginning, where he takes a slow turn into madness.
In the film, Nicholson’s Jack Torrance was always a little off and disgruntled and argumentative in the beginning.
Also in the book, Torrance sacrifices himself by making the boiler explode. So he died a hero. In the film, Torrance chases after Danny and Wendy in the hedge maze and freezes.
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P.Error — 1 year ago(April 03, 2025 05:27 AM)
A faithful King adaptation doesn’t necessarily make it a better film.
Carrie (1976) is the best cinematic Carrie, but the least like the novella. That’s due to Pino Donaggio’s masterpiece score, Piper Laurie’s iconic performance, and De Palma’s direction.
Carrie (2002) is the most faithful, but also the most boring cinematically.
The Shining is fantastic because it is a hybrid of Kubrick and King. Shelley Duvall’s screams are iconic. The stairs. The blood from the elevator. Here’s Johnny. All Kubrick.
The most faithful to the novel is the Steven Weber version, but it’s also unmemorable.
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P.Error — 1 year ago(April 03, 2025 05:49 AM)
That was a stupid thing the father did!
I can possibly understand killing your son WHILE HE’S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EATEN BY A CREATURE, AND HE’S JUST A TORSO, SCREAMING IN UNBEARABLE PAIN, but not before the threat even happens!
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Jizz Hornkamp — 1 year ago(April 02, 2025 08:53 AM)
Yes. That parts that are covered in the film are word for word verbatim. The only thing it leaves out is the subplots involving Lucy Mancini and her doctor boyfriend, and Johnny Fontaine and his friend becoming rich Hollywood players.
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