Cack films

[Randall]

ooh i like the mist. the book is very good indeed.

anybody who thinks king solely writes horror is sorely mistaken

[sat]

I'm sure the book was better. At least any large tentacle you imagine won't look so obviously rubber.

[Randall]

the effects were pretty naff in places it has to be said.

[sat]

They were so naff I wondered if it was supposed to have that b-movie look about it. Might have been the case.

[Randall]

have you read any king books sat?

[sat]

One. The Shining. I don't like his stuff as I think I have said before. I have listened to several audio books.

[Randall]

shining was pretty hard going in places, not quite as much as the tommyknockers though.

[sat]

I read The Shining when I was still at school. I recall having to keep asking my mother what some words meant. The ending from the book was much better than the film.

[Randall]

i cannot remember the ending but i do remember i didnt understand it.

[sat]

IIRC he was literally turning into other people, like shape shifting. There was also a part that took place in the topiary which was creepy and missed from the film.

[Randall]

where the "tree's" shaped like animals came to life? the technology at the time couldnt cope with it.

the later mini series had it in.

the film ends with a picture of him taken at the hotel decades before which i presume was meant to suggest he was a ghost or something.

[sat]

Oh the end of the film? I got that the mean that he had been taken over by the posh bloke to such a degree that poshy had taken on his form and the picture adjusted to show that.

[Randall]

i hadnt thought of it that way.

favorite king adaption is probably misery, shawshank redemption or apt pupil

[sat]

Actually Misery was good. As was the French and Saunders version...
Hated Shawshank. Wasn't Langoliers one of his?

[Randall]

the langoliers oh yes, nearly three hours long and a bit silly by the end.

if i suggested one of his books to read it would be the long walk, long overdue being made into a film.

[sat]

I won't read it, so it's not good me saying I will even try. I might have even listened to it as I had many from a guy at work.

Langoliers was fab, but crap. I think I liked the idea of it, being a physics fan and all, the time stuff although a whacky idea was fun. The noise too was spooky, the unknown. As per usual we had to have a 'special' person in there though.

[Randall]

another cameo for king in it as well.

[Randall]

constantine is tonights dvd offering?

[Knots & crosses]

Run for the hills.

[sat]

Ah it's fun enough.