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So I'm watching the season recap of Lost (which is on before the 2-hour season finale) and during one of the commercials I flip over to see what's up on American Idol. I just happen to catch the duet of Meatloaf and What'sHerName singing "It's All Coming Back To Me Now".

Wow. That was a little surreality break.

Anyway, here's my review of last nights "Stephen King's: Desperation". It sucked. It wasn't even good or campy enough to be sucktastic. It just sucked. I've never really read much Stephen King but I've seen some of the movies based on his books. He's really "preachy", isn't he? Last night, I think he took it to a new level though. The boy in the story, who was the only one who seemed to know what was going on, spent most of the movie proselytizing.

So basically, rent it if you want but I would buy it or even worry much if you missed it.

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Whenever they do anything that starts with "Stephen King's..." I think "...next awful movie" because Mr. King has too much creative control. The guy's a novelist, NOT a freaking director.

The best movies where the early ones: "Carrie" and "The Shining," which were made when Mr. King didn't have the clout to ruin them assert creative control.

However, one can hardly blame him since so many of his movies done by other people have been absolutely craptastic. I think it's because he employs a very effective writer's trick: he describes just enough and lets your imagination do the rest to scare the bejeezus out of you. Also, his plot devices are so unreal that many a special effects staff has failed miserably trying to duplicate what our twisted little minds are playing in our heads when we read the books.

Also, he writes a lot about the thoughts that are going on in his characters' heads, which then becomes impossibly creaky and preachy dialogue. I wanted to throw a brick at the TV when I watched "Hearts in Atlantis." NOBODY talks like that except for self-important therapy types, and this was supposed to be a 10 year old BOY, for pity's sake.

Although, that's good to hear about "The Stand" miniseries. I still haven't seen it, but The Stand is one of my favorite books. And I thought the casting looked really, really good.