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(January 7, 2016 at 12:21 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Stephen King adaptations are terrible except for when they're timeless classics.

Which ones do you like?

(January 7, 2016 at 1:08 am)Thena323 Wrote:

(January 7, 2016 at 12:21 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Stephen King adaptations are terrible except for when they're timeless classics.

Which ones do you like?

The Shining, Misery, the Shawshank Redemption, Carrie, Stand by Me, and Running Man are the ones that come to mind. All enjoyable films. I saw Pet Semetary as a kid, and I liked it then, but I'd have to see it again to make a judgement of it. IT scared me as a kid, and while the film is pretty silly overall, I hold a place in my heart for Tim Curry's performance.

(January 7, 2016 at 1:08 am)Thena323 Wrote:

(January 7, 2016 at 12:21 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Stephen King adaptations are terrible except for when they're timeless classics.

Which ones do you like?

Not really any of the movies, although I can't say Nicholson and the director didn't give it their best in The Shining. Carrie was certainly about as creepy as King ever got. Firestarter wasn't a great movie, but the girl who played the main role as a natural-born firebug was talented and cute. The mini-series The Stand, The Dead Zone, Cujo, and Needful Things need not have been made. Langoliers was just a really bad joke!

King books which I really enjoyed were The Stand, The Shining, Night Shift, The Dead Zone, The Talisman, Christine, Cujo, and The Dark Tower (mostly 70's and 80's works). I have to say that even some which I've enjoyed probably were pulled direct from King's ass while he was struggling not to laugh it completely clear from the rest of his particularly ugly body (he really was better at telling stories and keeping the reader on edge than creating interesting story material).  After the 80's I tired of the supernatural horror and gorrer genre, although I meant to eventually read "It", which I know is popular.

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Oh, forgot about Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me, and of course The Running Man as ApeNotKillApe mentioned - they were all great movies, don't know why I never saw the books if weren't direct to screenplay. They may have been part of Kings short stories collections, which I probably wouldn't remember even if I read them. Give Hollywood a short story and let the screenwriters and directors do the rest!

(January 7, 2016 at 1:22 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: The Shining, Misery, the Shawshank Redemption, Carrie, Stand by Me, and Running Man are the ones that come to mind. All enjoyable films. I saw Pet Semetary as a kid, and I liked it then, but I'd have to see it again to make a judgement of it. IT scared me as a kid, and while the film is pretty silly overall, I hold a place in my heart for Tim Curry's performance.

Misery, Shawshank, Stand by Me were all good. Pet Semetary wasn't bad either.

I admit, Tim Curry as Pennywise was creepy enough; a fairly good performance in a bad movie. I suppose there was really no way to do that story justice, though.

(January 7, 2016 at 3:00 am)Thena323 Wrote:

(January 7, 2016 at 1:22 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: The Shining, Misery, the Shawshank Redemption, Carrie, Stand by Me, and Running Man are the ones that come to mind. All enjoyable films. I saw Pet Semetary as a kid, and I liked it then, but I'd have to see it again to make a judgement of it. IT scared me as a kid, and while the film is pretty silly overall, I hold a place in my heart for Tim Curry's performance.

Misery, Shawshank, Stand by Me were all good. Pet Semetary wasn't bad either.

I admit, Tim Curry as Pennywise was creepy enough; a fairly good performance in a bad movie. I suppose there was really no way to do that story justice, though.

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The book had a way of creeping me out with totally mundane sentences, the film had nothing on the book, it's cheesy and overall pretty dull, and the ending is terrible, but Tim Curry is just so damn entertaining in the role that it makes the whole thing worth it.

(January 7, 2016 at 1:54 am)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote:

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Not really any of the movies, although I can't say Nicholson and the director didn't give it their best in The Shining. Carrie was certainly about as creepy as King ever got. Firestarter wasn't a great movie, but the girl who played the main role as a natural-born firebug was talented and cute. The mini-series The Stand, The Dead Zone, Cujo, and Needful Things need not have been made. Langoliers was just a really bad joke!

King books which I really enjoyed were The Stand, The Shining, Night Shift, The Dead Zone, The Talisman, Christine, Cujo, and The Dark Tower (mostly 70's and 80's works). I have to say that even some which I've enjoyed probably were pulled direct from King's ass while he was struggling not to laugh it completely clear from the rest of his particularly ugly body (he really was better at telling stories and keeping the reader on edge than creating interesting story material).  After the 80's I tired of the supernatural horror and gorrer genre, although I meant to eventually read "It", which I know is popular.

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EDIT:
Oh, forgot about Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me, and of course The Running Man as ApeNotKillApe mentioned - they were all great movies, don't know why I never saw the books if weren't direct to screenplay. They may have been part of Kings short stories collections, which I probably wouldn't remember even if I read them. Give Hollywood a short story and let the screenwriters and directors do the rest!

Shawhank was in the short story collection Different Seasons. Stand by Me was in a short story collection as well, but I can't remember which one. It was originally titled The Body.

I think The Green Mile was a series of novellas (never read them) and The Running Man was published under King's psuedonym Richard Bachman.

(January 7, 2016 at 3:17 am)Thena323 Wrote:

(January 7, 2016 at 1:54 am)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote:

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Not really any of the movies, although I can't say Nicholson and the director didn't give it their best in The Shining. Carrie was certainly about as creepy as King ever got. Firestarter wasn't a great movie, but the girl who played the main role as a natural-born firebug was talented and cute. The mini-series The Stand, The Dead Zone, Cujo, and Needful Things need not have been made. Langoliers was just a really bad joke!

King books which I really enjoyed were The Stand, The Shining, Night Shift, The Dead Zone, The Talisman, Christine, Cujo, and The Dark Tower (mostly 70's and 80's works). I have to say that even some which I've enjoyed probably were pulled direct from King's ass while he was struggling not to laugh it completely clear from the rest of his particularly ugly body (he really was better at telling stories and keeping the reader on edge than creating interesting story material).  After the 80's I tired of the supernatural horror and gorrer genre, although I meant to eventually read "It", which I know is popular.

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EDIT:
Oh, forgot about Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me, and of course The Running Man as ApeNotKillApe mentioned - they were all great movies, don't know why I never saw the books if weren't direct to screenplay. They may have been part of Kings short stories collections, which I probably wouldn't remember even if I read them. Give Hollywood a short story and let the screenwriters and directors do the rest!

Shawhank was in the short story collection Different Seasons. Stand by Me was in a short story collection as well, but I can't remember which one. It was originally titled The Body.

I think The Green Mile was a series of novellas (never read them) and The Running Man was published under King's psuedonym Richard Bachman.

Can't believe I forgot Green Mile, I knew I was forgetting some. BTW, The Body was also in Different Seasons.

(January 7, 2016 at 8:34 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Can't believe I forgot Green Mile, I knew I was forgetting some. BTW, The Body was also in Different Seasons.

Thanks. I only got around to reading Apt Pupil in Different Seasons.
My memory is terrible at times.

(January 7, 2016 at 4:06 pm)Thena323 Wrote:

(January 7, 2016 at 8:34 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Can't believe I forgot Green Mile, I knew I was forgetting some. BTW, The Body was also in Different Seasons.

Thanks. I only got around to reading Apt Pupil in Different Seasons.
My memory is terrible at times.

Apt Pupil also made for a good movie. Another I forgot about.