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[macdobhran]

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.

Comments

[russell-moore.livejournal.com]

Many of Stephen King's books are just damn creepy ... the kind of stories that make you concerned about that noise in the corner of the room after you turn your lights off.

That said, there have been very few movies made from Stephen King books that have been worth anything more than the dogshit on the bottom of your shoe. The 1 exception was the television mini series made from The Stand. They did that really well.

Pet Sematary was an excellent book. I couldn't stop reading it ... kept going with the "ok, just until the next chapter" ... next thing I knew it was 2:00am. But the movie they made of it sucked major ass.

That's my 2 cents. You want some creepy weird stories that can make your skin crawl? Read Stephen King's offerings. But don't bother watching the movies.

[mizjawnson.livejournal.com]

That duet was like the most painful thing ever to watch. Okay, second most painful after they psyched out that horrible singer and made him think he was singing with Clay Aiken before turning his mic off.

[pyratelady.livejournal.com]

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.

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

Somewhere along the way, King jumped the shark.

The last decent TV movie of his work was his remake of The Shining from about seven years ago.