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Stephen King's Desperation! - Medusa - 05-23-2006
Starts in about a half an hour! Can't wait!
Stephen King's Desperation! - jimbow8 - 05-23-2006
Tak!
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Stephen King's Desperation! - cobalt - 05-23-2006
jimbow8 Wrote:Tak!That bad little spirit!
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Stephen King's Desperation! - Medusa - 05-24-2006
That was cool! Just like the book. Minus Audrey of course for some reason. Min en tow!
Stephen King's Desperation! - jimbow8 - 05-24-2006
Medusa Wrote:That was cool! Just like the book. Minus Audrey of course for some reason. Min en tow!It seemed pretty faithful. But it's been a long time since I read it. Who was Audrey? Was there a Vietnam subplot in the book with Marinville?
I thought it was really good. They should make The Regulators, too.
Stephen King's Desperation! - Marc - 05-24-2006
Blah.
Except for some good acting I really didn't care for it. I haven't read the book in years but I don't remember that much bible smashing over the head in the novel.
And how did Tom Skerritt's character know the bullet was in the kids pants? He wasn't even in the cell at that point yet. He arrived after that shotgun struggle.
Blah.
Stephen King's Desperation! - Medusa - 05-24-2006
jimbow8 Wrote:It seemed pretty faithful. But it's been a long time since I read it. Who was Audrey? Was there a Vietnam subplot in the book with Marinville?Audrey was the woman that worked for the mining company and was carrying around a carving and was evil. I guess they didn't have enough time to put her and her background story in it. But other than that, it followed the book great! I loved that line about Peter Jackson and how Collie loved Lord of the Rings. That definately was not in the book. ha ha
I thought it was really good. They should make The Regulators, too.
Yes the Vietnam subplot with Marinville with in the book, it was supposed to parrarell David's clubhouse, VietCong Lookout.
And Oh yes! I think a Regulators movie would be cool! That was not as good as Desperation IMHO but it was weirder.
Stephen King's Desperation! - Marc - 05-24-2006
Medusa Wrote:And Oh yes! I think a Regulators movie would be cool! That was not as good as Desperation IMHO but it was weirder.
I actually enjoyed The Regulators more than Desperation.
Stephen King's Desperation! - jimbow8 - 05-24-2006
Marc B. Wrote:I actually enjoyed The Regulators more than Desperation.I think the story in Desperation was better, but some of the imagery in Regulators was better.
Stephen King's Desperation! - webby - 05-24-2006
jimbow8 Wrote:I think the story in Desperation was better, but some of the imagery in Regulators was better.
Both books are pretty good on their own, but I think you need to read both of them back to back to get the full effect. I always loved the fact that Regulators was by "Richard Bachman", rather than SK. Kind of like these two guys living in parallel worlds are connected and neither one is aware of it but they're writing very similar stories so there must be some nugget of universal truth somewhere......
Thanks, Medusa for the heads up about the movie last night! I almost never watch tv so I had no clue that this movie had been made or that it was going to be on last night. I would've been kicking myself this morning if I hadn't seen your post last night. Mucas gracias!!
I thought the casting was great and the acting was pretty good. The settings were great too - the theater looked just as I'd imagined, the mine, the jail, everything.
I only wish they hadn't gone so heavy-handed on the religion. It was there to a degree in the book, but the movie really went overboard. I can't figure out who was supposed to get that message :confused: If you're already a religious person, you wouldn't need to be beat over the head with it. And if you're not a religious person, beating you over the head with it isn't going to change your mind ("beatings will continue until morale improves"?
). Glad I saw it anyway. Religious aspects aside, it was pretty well done.