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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:51 pm ]
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http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/26/k ... uel-64623/

Seen the film years ago (don't actually remember much of it :oops: ) and many of King's other books that became films, but I've never read any of the books themselves...
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:53 pm ]
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The Shining is a classic of the horror genre.

Mark
Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:29 pm ]
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The ornamenal bushes are quite scary in the book, as are the wasps, and the masked party is unsettling. You don't get that in the film, just Nicholson hamming it up with a knife.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:42 pm ]
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Never read the book but I've seen the film a few times.

I love the film.

I may have to get the book.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:58 pm ]
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Fogmeister wrote:
Never read the book but I've seen the film a few times.

I love the film.

I may have to get the book.


Yes, do so. It's quite a bit different from the film especially in the latter stages. Personally I think the film is fairly dull and Jack is too crazy almost from the start. Much of the emotional content of the book seems to be missing which I find with all the Kubrick films I've seen. King's books have a habit of translating poorly to films with notable exceptions such as The Dead Zone, Stand By Me, Carrie,etc.
Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:06 pm ]
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Paul1965 wrote:
King's books have a habit of translating poorly to films with notable exceptions such as The Dead Zone, Stand By Me, Carrie,etc.

Shawshank Redemption ;)
Author:  oceanicitl [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:14 pm ]
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leeds_manc wrote:
Paul1965 wrote:
King's books have a habit of translating poorly to films with notable exceptions such as The Dead Zone, Stand By Me, Carrie,etc.

Shawshank Redemption ;)


Learn something every day. Didn't know that was Mr King.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:20 pm ]
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oceanicitl wrote:
leeds_manc wrote:
Paul1965 wrote:
King's books have a habit of translating poorly to films with notable exceptions such as The Dead Zone, Stand By Me, Carrie,etc.

Shawshank Redemption ;)


Learn something every day. Didn't know that was Mr King.


It was IIRC when he wrote as Richard Bachman.
Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:38 am ]
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Maximum Overdrive FTW! :lol:

And it's soundtrack is probably the closest AC/DC have come to a standard greatest hits, far as I can tell:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Made-AC-DC/ ... 070&sr=1-1

Unless you count Back In Black ;)
Author:  Geiseric [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:55 pm ]
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Another one of his films that was poor compared to the book - The running Man (another wriiten under Backman)
Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:25 pm ]
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Geiseric wrote:
Another one of his films that was poor compared to the book - The running Man (another wriiten under Backman)


Bloody hell, I had no idea that was one of King's! :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_running_man
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:37 pm ]
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pcernie wrote:
Geiseric wrote:
Another one of his films that was poor compared to the book - The running Man (another wriiten under Backman)


Bloody hell, I had no idea that was one of King's! :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_running_man

The film is quite different from the book.. especially the ending.
Author:  Geiseric [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:51 pm ]
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bobbdobbs wrote:
pcernie wrote:
Geiseric wrote:
Another one of his films that was poor compared to the book - The running Man (another wriiten under Backman)


Bloody hell, I had no idea that was one of King's! :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_running_man

The film is quite different from the book.. especially the ending.


Yes only the basic concept was the same, the main characters back ground and how he got into the game is completely different, the game had no boundaries and it all ended in the main Character try to stop his intestines spreading out across an aisle of a plane :?

I can remember reading the Backman collection - Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork and The Running Man. The only two to stick in my mind are the Running man and The Long Walk.
The Long Walk was all about a marathon walk to the death, reading this thread has got me curious so I'm going digging when I get home see if I can find the book.
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