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Post by Johnny-Come-Lately on Sept 1, 2018 6:47:01 GMT
Which of these is the better Stephen King adapted film?
For me, The Dead Zone.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 1, 2018 6:49:51 GMT
The Dead Zone is likely closer to the novel, but The Shining is a significantly better movie imo. The Shining is one of the most frightening and interesting movies ever made as far as I'm concerned, while The Dead Zone is just an above average horror movie.
I haven't read any of Stephen King's novels.
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Post by jcush on Sept 1, 2018 6:50:50 GMT
I like The Dead Zone, but I prefer The Shining and it's not even close.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 1, 2018 7:05:38 GMT
The Shining
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 1, 2018 7:12:52 GMT
I like both of them, almost equally.
"The Shining" has better atmosphere (incredible atmosphere, really) with its unique and foreboding sense of isolation, and that big, grand hotel hidden away in the middle of a blizzard almost can't be beat. The cast is good, and Jack's performance is iconic, even if a bit on the clownish side. I always like Scatman Crothers, and Shelly Duvall is enormously appealing in her vulnerability (though I realize the vote here is split and some viewers found her very annoying, but I loved her. I always love Shelly.) When her character turns terrified, not many actresses could have done it as convincingly. The kid is fine, the score is good, ominous. The biggest negative for me was that the movie was just not all that scary; in fact, most of the time when Kubrick tried to be scary, the movie was never worse. The twins and that naked old crone and the blood filling up in the elevator... all obvious and overdone.
"The Dead Zone" was entertaining and had a better thought out storyline, I thought. There was real feeling in the movie (there's hardly ever any genuine emotion in a Stanley Kubrick film, even if I do really like some of his movies. He is a very cold director.) and the way the characters were written, beyond whatever the actors brought to their roles. It was a much more suspenseful movie ("The Shining" was creepy, not suspenseful) and Christoper Walken is enormously appealing (kind of the way Shelly Duvall is vulnerable and appealing; I almost always want to protect their characters, few actors or actresses can convey vulnerability as well as these two can) and gives an excellent performance, actually much better than Jack's performance. I guess I think that "The Dead Zone" is the better picture and the more enjoyable picture. The only area where "The Shining" does better is the atmosphere, which, of course, is extremely important in a horror film.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 1, 2018 8:48:30 GMT
The Shining
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Post by Marv on Sept 1, 2018 10:28:00 GMT
The Dead Zone is a bit closer story wise.
The Shining is the better movie. And it’s not that the Shining is really far off plot wise, it’s just nuanced very differently. Book Jack is as much a victim as Danny and his mom to the evils of he hotel, but movie version doesn’t feel that way. Also doesn’t give Jack his sense of redemption in the end, which makes the book ending honestly far more positive...especially for a King novel.
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 1, 2018 10:37:28 GMT
The Dead Zone
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Post by WarrenPeace on Sept 1, 2018 11:05:28 GMT
I like the version I made when I spliced my VHS tapes together: The Shining Dead Zone.
It makes the winter scenes really interesting.
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Post by Marv on Sept 1, 2018 12:02:31 GMT
I like the version I made when I spliced my VHS tapes together: The Shining Dead Zone. It makes the winter scenes really interesting. The Shed Zone? A story about a family tasked with looking after the garage of a corrupt politician who will inevitably lead to nuclear disaster. Also there’s a man in a dog suit.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Sept 1, 2018 12:11:27 GMT
I like the version I made when I spliced my VHS tapes together: The Shining Dead Zone. It makes the winter scenes really interesting. The Shed Zone? A story about a family tasked with looking after the garage of a corrupt politician who will inevitably lead to nuclear disaster. Also there’s a man in a dog suit. You should see and hear the conversations they have with each other with their visions. And it makes it real interesting when Shelly is swinging at Chris with the bat since I made it look like they were the two who hooked up again.
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