Hertsseasider
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Just watching Christine
Up there with the best
Up there with the best
Agree - The Darktower series of books is epic, huge landscapes and ideas, that could never translate to a film. I can’t think of a single film of his that equals the book, barring Shawshank.Shawshank apart, most of the films are a poor substitute for the books. The Director's interpretation of a story rarely gives you as much pleasure as your own, in my experience.
I think he should consider retirement, actually. His recent output is OK, but not at the same level as the stuff he did earlier on.
I thought Doctor Sleep the extended version was ace. It got panned by the critics surprisingly.Shawshank and the Mist, both by Darabont, also did The Green Mile and the first season of Walking Dead, some resume that.
Doctor Sleep was surprisingly bloody excellent.
I've got the really really long unabridged book of The Stand. It's possibly one of my favourite books. I've also watched both versions of it on TV. I thought there were some really good parts in both but it's a book that's virtually impossible to film. And I wasn't happy with the ending of the latest series.Shawshank of course. Green Mile and the Shining. Considering the brilliant books he has written too many of the movies and TV series have been sub standard and usually the ones he was involved in.
I am reading the revised edition of The Stand at the moment, it's just a great book, about three quarters the way through but they have never made a decent version of that for the small or big screen.
Shinning? Was that about Roy Keane’s tackle on Haaland’s dad?Doctor Sleep was great. It did well as it tread the line well between Kubrick’s The Shinning (which King HATED) and both King’s books, meshing both styles enough that fans of the film could get on board and King himself was a big fan
I'm reading it at the moment Mark, first time so its been a great read for me, it is such a great story and the building of characters is incredible. I thin Robbie is right though, they are hard to replicate in movie or TV format because the stories are so intricate and we all see things differently. I' not sure I agree about the retiring though, I have enjoyed some of his recent works, The Institute was great. I also enjoyed NOS4A2 as well which is written by his son Joe Hill, creepy as fuck!I've got the really really long unabridged book of The Stand. It's possibly one of my favourite books. I've also watched both versions of it on TV. I thought there were some really good parts in both but it's a book that's virtually impossible to film. And I wasn't happy with the ending of the latest series.