What are we reading?

[Greybriar]

I just started reading The Shining by Stephen King.

[Gusington]

^YES

[JasonPratt]

Much better than the Kubrick film -- it has its moments as its own film, but they changed way too much to make Jack an obvious bad threat instead of a good father with some serious problems.

[Staggerwing]

Much better than the Kubrick film -- it has its moments as its own film, but they changed way too much to make Jack an obvious bad threat instead of a good father with some serious problems.

How was the remake (with that guy from "wings' as Jack)? Did it bring more focus to the Overlook's malevolence as an entity in itself?

[Gusington]

It was crap. But I absolutely kove the book and the film so I am biased.

Anyone read Dr. Sleep, King's sequel to the Shining?

[Barthheart]

Much better than the Kubrick film -- it has its moments as its own film, but they changed way too much to make Jack an obvious bad threat instead of a good father with some serious problems.

How was the remake (with that guy from "wings' as Jack)? Did it bring more focus to the Overlook's malevolence as an entity in itself?

I thought this remake was much better because it was very close to the book. Like you say it brought to the fore the overriding malevolence of the Overlook.

[Barthheart]

If fact even Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's Shinning movie very much...

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Stephen-King-Biggest-Problem-With-Stanley-Kubrick-Version-Shining-110157.html

[Sir Slash]

Just started, "The Struggle for Sea Power-- A Naval History of the American Revolution" by Sam Willis. Great read so far. And it's got 1st. class maps.  :D

[JasonPratt]

Agreed that the TV movie was better generally than the Kubrick film as an adaptation of the book. Artistic and production quality wasn't up to Kubrick's level naturally, but I liked it a lot better. I'd rather watch it over Kubrick's film any day.

[BanzaiCat]

It was crap.

+12

[Gusington]

Kubrick's Shining was not at all like the book but I think it stands on its own as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, horror movie ever made. The music alone will make viewers crap themselves.

King did not like the movie because it was so different from his book. Which is totally understandable...I love the book too. But the movie is awesome on its own.

The Shining, The Exorcist and believe it or not The Witch (from this year) are probably my top 3 all time horror movies that I will watch at least twice a year until I die.

[undercovergeek]

Would you be at all interested in the new It?

[Staggerwing]

Would you be at all interested in the new It?

When will this madness stop!?! There have to be thousands of great new scripts out there begging to be turned into movies but all the studios can think to do is recycle old movies and TV shows.

[BanzaiCat]

A lot of those new scripts end up in development hell. New writers tend to agree to chump change and then studios that are interested snatch them up and sit on them for eternity, if anything to keep other studios from getting to it.

It sounds ridiculous, but that's Hollywood. Development Hell is a special ring below all nine circles.

[Gusington]

I read the old It 20+ years ago and found it really disturbing. I also got about 9 pages in to the Dark Half and couldn't go any further. The next Stephen King I want to read is Salem's Lot. Never seen that movie either but the trailer and poster were enough to make me soil my drawers 30+ years ago.