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watching it now. despite some dodgy actors (J-J-J-J-John-Boy) it's still quite a worrying film.
I remember it scared the crap out of me when I was younger. Waddyyouthink?
"when you come down here with me, you'll float too...."
I remember it scared the crap out of me when I was younger. Waddyyouthink?
"when you come down here with me, you'll float too...."
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Scared the pap outta me til I saw it last year and then everything was really funny :D
I cracked up at the horrible effects with that spider and all :D
I cracked up at the horrible effects with that spider and all :D
Add "Sh" to the title and you get my description of the film.
After getting over the fact that he is a clown (wooo super scary), you are left with nothing but a lacklustre production.
"This is battery acid"
Errr ok.
After getting over the fact that he is a clown (wooo super scary), you are left with nothing but a lacklustre production.
"This is battery acid"
Errr ok.
Shawshank Redemption.
The Green Mile.
The only two Stephen King films worth taking notice of.
The Green Mile.
The only two Stephen King films worth taking notice of.
I hate IT mainly cos i hate CLOWNS there wierd looking things and give me the creeps.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> IT, Firestarter, Langoliers, Rose Red, Salem's Lot, The Night Flier,
> and a few others I can't remember.
> Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always
> better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly
> wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the
> ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
Trust me, the books are better, maybe not for Rose Red becuase that wasn't a book in the fist place (maybe a short story though). But there is a film that you should watch by SK, and that's the "Shawshank Redemption" twas another short Story but one of his most famous too.
I have read IT, Fire Starter (when was the film on for God Sake!!!!!!!!), and all of his major best sellers including his latest "From a Buick 8" which is quite good (read it in under a week, fast reading).
Also Dreamcatcher, much better in book than on film.
If you can't be bothered to read then you can just suffer with the rest of the illiterates by watching half decent films based on books.
> IT, Firestarter, Langoliers, Rose Red, Salem's Lot, The Night Flier,
> and a few others I can't remember.
> Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always
> better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly
> wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the
> ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
Trust me, the books are better, maybe not for Rose Red becuase that wasn't a book in the fist place (maybe a short story though). But there is a film that you should watch by SK, and that's the "Shawshank Redemption" twas another short Story but one of his most famous too.
I have read IT, Fire Starter (when was the film on for God Sake!!!!!!!!), and all of his major best sellers including his latest "From a Buick 8" which is quite good (read it in under a week, fast reading).
Also Dreamcatcher, much better in book than on film.
If you can't be bothered to read then you can just suffer with the rest of the illiterates by watching half decent films based on books.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always
> better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly
> wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the
> ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
fortunately most of the films are drasticaly poor rewrites of his books
and IT left so much out of the story it barely the same tale
a far worse crime of a movie is The Tommyknockers
> Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always
> better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly
> wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the
> ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
fortunately most of the films are drasticaly poor rewrites of his books
and IT left so much out of the story it barely the same tale
a far worse crime of a movie is The Tommyknockers
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Has any author so consistently run out of ideas to finish his stories
> in a worthwhile fashion?
Shawshank Redemption was good ... :D
> Has any author so consistently run out of ideas to finish his stories
> in a worthwhile fashion?
Shawshank Redemption was good ... :D
Stephen King.
Has any author so consistently run out of ideas to finish his stories in a worthwhile fashion?
When I first saw IT many years ago, it terrified me. But then, I wasn't really of the age where I could follow a story, and it was more the appearance of the clown that scared me.
I admit I'm not a great reader. By that, I mean that I rarely read books, not that I can't read very well! I just don't have the patience for books - I'd rather see a decent story in an hour and a half of film, than spend a week (or whatever) ploughing through a novel.
But I've seen several TV versions of Stephen King stories in the past, and also watched some new ones on the recent Sky One Stephen King season.
IT, Firestarter, Langoliers, Rose Red, Salem's Lot, The Night Flier, and a few others I can't remember.
And the one thing that links them all?
An immense feeling of disappointment and let-down.
Every one of them has built at least *some* tension and suspense, leading you to expect a major revelation or some real action in the final stages.
And then... nothing. A complete let-down, which in most cases leaves you open-mouthed in disbelief.
I had expected Rose Red to be far, far better than it was - even thought about buying the DVD. Glad I didn't, though - it was laughably poor in places, and not in the least bit scary.
Haunted houses? Give me Poltergeist any day. It was made 20 years before Rose Red, was far scarier in story alone, AND had superior FX. Even House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts were scarier. So was The Haunting, and that had Catherine Zeta Jones in it!!!
I can't believe one person can create so many seemingly decent stories, and then not find a respectable ending for any of them.
Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
Has any author so consistently run out of ideas to finish his stories in a worthwhile fashion?
When I first saw IT many years ago, it terrified me. But then, I wasn't really of the age where I could follow a story, and it was more the appearance of the clown that scared me.
I admit I'm not a great reader. By that, I mean that I rarely read books, not that I can't read very well! I just don't have the patience for books - I'd rather see a decent story in an hour and a half of film, than spend a week (or whatever) ploughing through a novel.
But I've seen several TV versions of Stephen King stories in the past, and also watched some new ones on the recent Sky One Stephen King season.
IT, Firestarter, Langoliers, Rose Red, Salem's Lot, The Night Flier, and a few others I can't remember.
And the one thing that links them all?
An immense feeling of disappointment and let-down.
Every one of them has built at least *some* tension and suspense, leading you to expect a major revelation or some real action in the final stages.
And then... nothing. A complete let-down, which in most cases leaves you open-mouthed in disbelief.
I had expected Rose Red to be far, far better than it was - even thought about buying the DVD. Glad I didn't, though - it was laughably poor in places, and not in the least bit scary.
Haunted houses? Give me Poltergeist any day. It was made 20 years before Rose Red, was far scarier in story alone, AND had superior FX. Even House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts were scarier. So was The Haunting, and that had Catherine Zeta Jones in it!!!
I can't believe one person can create so many seemingly decent stories, and then not find a respectable ending for any of them.
Or maybe it's just as they say - that "the book is always better". Personally I don't believe that, but I certainly wouldn't want to bother wasting days reading one of his books if the ending was just as poor. Which I suspect it would be.
Hey I have RTE, Network 2, TV3 and TG4 aswell. I Live in N. Ireland see.
And Irish TV is on the whole better than English TV. I was watchin Bruce lee night on TG4 on Friday- then Five go and repeat it all tonight.
Go Irish TV. :)
And Irish TV is on the whole better than English TV. I was watchin Bruce lee night on TG4 on Friday- then Five go and repeat it all tonight.
Go Irish TV. :)
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