The Movie Wasn't Like the Book!
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They did make a movie from Needful Things years ago. I think it had Donald Pleasance in it. I only watched half of it, it wasnt all that good.robert eggleton wrote:I almost made it through Needful Things. Actually, I did steal the setting of a pawn shop for one of my scenes in the sequel to my recently republished novel. Was Needful Things ever a movie? I would have probably taken a nap half-way through.
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Im also looking forward to Doctor Sleep but am wary that King cant add much more to the story and its set years after the events of The Overlook with Danny as an adult man, Im not sure if it will work without The Overlook but I will reserve judgement until I read it.kimmykat wrote:One of the books that immediately comes to mind when discussing movies that are not like the original book would be The Shining, by Stephen King. I am among the few that actually like the movie better but then again I am a huge fan of the inner workings and strange behavior of Stanley Kubrick (RIP). I recently heard that Mr. King has been working on a sequel called Doctor Dream and it is scheduled to be released January 2013. I cant wait for this as I am sure a lot of other King fans feel the same way!
Yeah, King HATED the 1980 movie but to be fair the budget effects back then probably wouldnt stretch to a believable topiary maze and boiler explosion so Kubrick had to compromise. I did like the original move though, the remake in 1997 was terrible.
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I used to be one of those people who got upset at differences in the movie- like Armand being played by Antonio Banderas when he's supposed to be a fat 17 year old ginger. And Queen of the Damned was just as inaccurate, but I loved the movie- one of my favorites!!
But then I'm also looking forward to the new movie of Anna Karenina- it incorporates the whole idea of Russia at the time acting as though they were all on stage with these masks in a dream instead of looking at reality. I'm looking forward to seeing Joe Wright and Tom Stoppards interpretation of the book. Plus Keira Knightly, Jude Law, and Matthew Macfadyen will bring to life the characters from the book in a great way. No doubt about that.
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