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What'd you think?
Not much.. didnt see it
Im saving for post prelim so i got something to look forward to
Yup. I was right
Am seeing it on Wednesday, lock it the * in eddie, im excited.
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What'd you think?
Not much.. didnt see it
Im saving for post prelim so i got something to look forward to
seen it recently. first hour (i think? time loses all meaning watching this) i thought was pretty good. the rest dragged on and was not particularly interesting. the longer the running the worse it got.
certain parts deviating from the book weakened it substantially
- stan's letter at the end was pathetic and unnecessary
- each needing to find their own 'artifact' for some hokey horror-movie-cliché re-imagining of chüd
- it's true form was a spider-clown half and half?
- insulting it to death.. come on. i'm not saying the book would have been easy to portray in film but that sucked hairy leper balls
- bowers not being able to put hanlon in hospital rendered his character more or less useless
- don't need bill's bike anymore and his wife doesn't need to ride on it. strictly there as a nod to the book
- richie's suggested homosexuality comes as a piecemeal offering toward correcting the bashing at the start of the movie. there's no other reason for it to exist. mike staying out of hospital hints at the writers keeping one eye on the political climate while writing their movie.
- they could have reworked the book to have the losers coming into derry seperately and to go through their individual vignettes before banding together. this would create more linear character development, mirror their coming together somewhat as kids and build on the sense of growing older and human failings that the movie needs the adults to exhibit. kids are inherently vulnerable but it's harder to craft that when the adults have gone on to become successful, have forgotten how loser-y they were, and make jokes every 5 seconds.
the adults being forgetful was a story-writing asset they could have made better use of, instead of explaining it away as #derrythings. they needed to spend more time around the dinner table discussing some sort of misery that was in their lives as adults.
I actually agree with your entire post pretty much.
Still loved it tho
this sums up my thoughts beautifully. Teasing him to death was s**t. They actually say we can call him names to make him small in front of him, then do it and it works? Bowers was a waste of space, which in a movie that’s an hour too long, is unacceptable. Bevs apartment the best scene.Did the double yesterday. Much more comfortable than a cinema. First one was better but still enjoyed 2. Ending was still lame but better done than the old one. Don't understand the lame/bad cgi comments. Thought the cg was fine. Agree with the comments about Bowers being more or less pointless. Also agree with the commentary on the overuse of jump scares. The creepy, sinister build like Bev's apartment are far more long lasting in your memory I think.
Anyway as far as King adaptations go this is right up there with the best.
As good as The Shining, Stand By Me, 1408 or The Mist?Anyway as far as King adaptations go this is right up there with the best.
If I listed every King adaptation in order from best to worst it would be at the upper end.As good as The Shining, Stand By Me, 1408 or The Mist?
Best for me would be The Stand, Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption and IT (both this and 80’s version). Either short stories or given multiple movies or a mini-series. Single full length book to one movie get butchered too much, leaving the characters as cardboard cutouts of their book versions. The clear worst adaptation was The Dark Tower.As good as The Shining, Stand By Me, 1408 or The Mist?
Horrendous movie that I thoroughly enjoyed.Best for me would be The Stand, Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption and IT (both this and 80’s version). Either short stories or given multiple movies or a mini-series. Single full length book to one movie get butchered too much, leaving the characters as cardboard cutouts of their book versions. The clear worst adaptation was The Dark Tower.
The tv mini series? That was a pitiful adaptation. Peaked in the first minute because of an awesome opening song, but butchered the story and characters imo. Looking forward to the new one, not sure where it was at before COVID. Listening to the audiobook at work in preparation as I couldn’t commit to a re-read.Best for me would be The Stand, Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption and IT (both this and 80’s version). Either short stories or given multiple movies or a mini-series. Single full length book to one movie get butchered too much, leaving the characters as cardboard cutouts of their book versions. The clear worst adaptation was The Dark Tower.
Yeah, the mini-series. I thought it was a reasonable adaptation, with the main oversight it largely missed Harold realising at the end (too late) he’d picked the wrong side.The tv mini series? That was a pitiful adaptation. Peaked in the first minute because of an awesome opening song, but butchered the story and characters imo. Looking forward to the new one, not sure where it was at before COVID. Listening to the audiobook at work in preparation as I couldn’t commit to a re-read.
If I hadn’t read the books (Dark Tower) it’d be an ok movie. Adaptations can be a good adaptation and a good or poor movie or a poor adaptation and a good or poor movie. The Shining I think was a poor adaptation, but a good movie.Horrendous movie that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Running Man is my least favourite adaption. Still a great movie but it's so different it amazes me they bothered using the name Running Man name at all.
I would say Cell was an even worse adaptation than Dark Tower. The book actually was entertaining so what they did with the movie was just terrible.Best for me would be The Stand, Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption and IT (both this and 80’s version). Either short stories or given multiple movies or a mini-series. Single full length book to one movie get butchered too much, leaving the characters as cardboard cutouts of their book versions. The clear worst adaptation was The Dark Tower.