Stephen King Films - Like 'em or Not?

[chiquita]

Welcome. Hope you enjoy it - I did!
A christmas read perhaps?

[damian_steele]

Prolly not. I've got another couple of dozen books queued up already, so it's going to take a while before I get roun twit.

[rainbowcraft]

That man has really had a hand in a lot of movies, either directed or written by! Some I really like, some not so much. Among the ones I like are Misery, Dreamcatcher and Silver Bullet. Do you like his films? Or not?
Can you add any to the Stephen King list?
Can't remember them all...........!

Dreamcatcher
Misery
Rose Red
Silver Bullet
The Stand
Pet Cemetary
Jurassic Park
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Jurassic Park...Stephen King...?

[rainbowcraft]

Shawshank Redemption. An excellent film from an excellent book.

Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption?!

[rainbowcraft]

In short, the guy has a talent for writing horror which transfers well to screen.

Yes, just a shame that many became carp TV movies....mind you, I do like The Dead Zone series!

[damian_steele]

Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption?!

Yep. It's not exactly horror, but it IS a very good story on both paper and screen. It's one of the very few movies that is almost identical to the book.

[damian_steele]

Yes, just a shame that many became carp TV movies....mind you, I do like The Dead Zone series!

Yes, one of the problems is that unless a movie is specifically made for TV - like some of his mini series - then the film gets hacked about and (often) badly edited so that the broadcasting channel can squeeze in a couple of dozen ad breaks. It often completely ruins the flow of the movie.

As for the Dead Zone series, I'm can't say that I'm enjoying it as much as I thought I might. It seemed to have a good idea at the start with a definite underlying plot and the lead character's need to find out why WW3 starts. If that had been achieved within the first two series, I'd have been happy. Now it just seems that the studios are dragging it out for as long as possible because they've seen the show is popular. So now they're adding extra shows and extra series without advancing the story. Quite honestly I find that I can miss it for a couple of weeks and then not feel like I've missed anything at all.

[damian_steele]

Jurassic Park...Stephen King...?

No, that ones not a King.

[rainbowcraft]

No, that ones not a King.

Thanks, I thought I was going mad there!

[rainbowcraft]

and where's your other thread gone?