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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Feb 11, 2018 3:39:59 GMT
Goes for the film also. When I heard he was doing a sort of zombie novel I was over the moon. Picked it up and started out really good. Then just got weird. Rebooting and all that. Maybe he was trying a new zombie concept. I don't know. I'm posting because I was thinking of giving it another try so just hoping to here other thoughts on Stephen Kings 'Cell' novel and movie.
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Post by poelzig on Feb 11, 2018 10:31:24 GMT
I heard the book was crap so I didn't bother with it. I made the mistake of giving the movie a chance and it was indeed crap.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 16:39:13 GMT
The book is better than the film (it could hardly be worse) but it is one of his worst books (of the ones I've read so far). I think Christine is one of his worst, too.
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Post by Raimo47 on Feb 11, 2018 17:48:30 GMT
I think Christine is one of his worst, too. Christine is one of my favorite books. The movie is good too. |
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Post by Marv on Feb 11, 2018 19:42:07 GMT
I thought the book was good but it felt tailor made to be a film. Or a miniseries. It didn't have the depth of most of his novels do characterwise.
Havent seen the movie.
I also liked Christine the book and film, even tho they have very different elements.
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Feb 11, 2018 19:57:46 GMT
The book is better than the film (it could hardly be worse) but it is one of his worst books (of the ones I've read so far). I think Christine is one of his worst, too. I think Arnie Cunningham is one of Kings best characters. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 20:39:34 GMT
Most disappointing? Matter of opinion but that and Duma Key are the only Stephen King books I ever started and never finished. I had read all of his books up to then but gave up after those two put me off. Oddly, the first SK novel I ever read was The Dark Half, which is much vilified but I had never read anything like it before because I preferred classics to modern authors. I found TDH fascinating. Then I read The Dead Zone and I was hooked. I am sure I will at least try another someday.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 23:11:02 GMT
Most disappointing? Matter of opinion but that and Duma Key are the only Stephen King books I ever started and never finished. I had read all of his books up to then but gave up after those two put me off. Oddly, the first SK novel I ever read was The Dark Half, which is much vilified but I had never read anything like it before because I preferred classics to modern authors. I found TDH fascinating. Then I read The Dead Zone and I was hooked. I am sure I will at least try another someday. The Dead Zone and Bag of Bones are my favorite books by him. |
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Post by Marv on Feb 11, 2018 23:16:16 GMT
The Dead Zone is great...and helps to build the Castle Rock world. Bag of Bones is also great. I actually thought Duma Key and Bag of Bones captured the same feeling for me. They felt like very similar reads.
My favorite novel is Hearts in Atlantis...which is actually like 5 different but interconnected stories. Ive reread it a few times and it's always a joy.
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 14, 2018 23:45:56 GMT
Children Of The Corn(1983)--King described it as a nasty stupid little film
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 14, 2018 23:46:35 GMT
I think Christine is one of his worst, too. Christine is one of my favorite books. The movie is good too. Agree, Christine was pretty good |
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 14, 2018 23:47:52 GMT
The Dead Zone is great...and helps to build the Castle Rock world. Bag of Bones is also great. I actually thought Duma Key and Bag of Bones captured the same feeling for me. They felt like very similar reads. My favorite novel is Hearts in Atlantis...which is actually like 5 different but interconnected stories. Ive reread it a few times and it's always a joy. Agree, The Dead Zone is one of my favorite Christopher Walken movies: "I'm Finished!!" |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 23:54:34 GMT
So I'm watching the Cell movie some time last year and the "zombies" open their mouths and make that kind of shrieking sound, and I'm rolling up with laughter. Oh sorry, was that supposed to be scary?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 15, 2018 2:09:50 GMT
I liked Christine-the movie. Haven't read the book.
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Post by spooner5020 on Feb 21, 2018 3:56:16 GMT
Christine was a great book. Was a bad movie though. Don't know why people like it.
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Feb 23, 2018 5:23:01 GMT
Christine was a great book. Was a bad movie though. Don't know why people like it. Keith Gordon played a decent Arnie Cunningham. The FX were not bad. Good music. A couple of decent bad guy characters from the book. A couple of scary moments from Christine and her headlights. If you would say Christine was a haunted car the film didn't really go in to why the car was haunted. The background was sadly missing and Roland LeBay. Same as The Shining and the haunted hotel film adaptation and the background of Jack Torrance. |
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Post by petrolino on Feb 24, 2018 19:01:09 GMT
I've not read the book but I'll try and see the movie. John Cusack and Samuel Jackson co-starred in the excellent Stephen King adaptation '1408' (2007).
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Post by petrolino on Aug 22, 2018 20:28:38 GMT
I saw the movie 'Cell'. Enjoyed it, liked the story, the old school feel, the characters. The emotional ending with 'You'll Never Walk Alone' playing was a bit much but glad I picked up the dvd cheap. Thanks.
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Post by Marv on Aug 23, 2018 0:29:47 GMT
The book has its moments. Particularly with the character Alice. It’s definitely an odd take on the ‘zombie’ genre and kinda feels like the Happening movie, tho I’m not sure what came out first. I read Cell first but I remember when I saw the happening the people affected acted how I imagine the people in Cell acting, initially at least.
Lol...when I only read the op and respond not remembering I already responded months ago.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 23, 2018 0:37:33 GMT
'Under the Dome' WAS/IS his worst EVER on tv.
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