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Misery - Stephen King

  • 24-01-2001 1:22pm
    #1
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭


    Arg , Maybe it woz the tiredness,
    maybe it woz the fatigue
    but oooowwwwwwweeeeeeyyyyyyyyy
    That ankle thing she did
    omg ouch
    and they showed the ankle changing sides.
    Thats disgusting eeeeeewwwwwwww.


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  • #2
    bubbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭bubbles


    As usual, the book is ****e compared to the book. Stuff the hammer, the Axe in the book was better.


  • #3
    Excelsior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Excelsior


    i hate when they rape and hack at great books to make a quick buck on a hollywood book.

    smile.gif


  • #4
    neuro-praxis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭neuro-praxis


    yeah, the book is always better than the book. my favourite book was made into a book once, but i way preferred the book, to be honest.

    smile.gif
    Do your limbs ever get tingly, eh? eh?


  • #5
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    LOL, that's a it odd alright smile.gif

    But on the subject of Book => Movie conversions...
    I read Angela's Ashes there last week (ok, I know - very moany and depressing) then out of utter coincidence someone in my house rented it on video, and oh...my...god!
    I mean fair enough they have to cram a fast-paced 500 pages or so into two hours, but so many great scenes were missing.
    Apart from that, the movie lacked the thought and emotion that was so central to the books appeal.

    It really makes me wonder though...
    Are the likes of the Shining and the Beach in the same boat?
    If they are, I'm off to get my hands on both of 'em smile.gif


  • #6
    darthmise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 622 ✭✭✭darthmise


    Imo both those books aree better than the film versions, but thats not to say they're bad films.


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  • #7
    cyberdog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭cyberdog


    The Stanley Kubrick-directed version of The Shining is a little different to the book but it's still a really good film. Stephen King wasn't happy with it though and a few years ago they made a mini-series of the book following the storyline more closely. I haven't seen it but apparently it wasn't as good. Those scary hedges in the book don’t transfer well to celluloid...


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