Guest EricMM Report post Posted March 22, 2003 The best stephen king books to make into movies are his short stories, like The Green Mile, Stand by me, and Shawshank Redemption. Books like It, The Tommyknockers, and The Stand are TOO LONG and have to be chopped up or made into made for tv movies. I haven't seen Dreamcatcher, but I'm sure they left out a lot from the book, since it's one of his bigger ones. I've heard they're making a Bag of Bones movie, does anyone know much about this? I dunno if it will work since it's such an introspective book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted March 22, 2003 I haven't seen Dreamcatcher, but I'm sure they left out a lot from the book, since it's one of his bigger ones. My uncle's girlfriend said they left a ton out of the movie (she had read the book). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Did anyone else get some Computer generated matrix film first? I dunno what the fuck that was, but it sucked. A bunch of people left after it was over and didn't stay for dreamcatcher. Why would you pay 8$ to see a 10 minute matrix thingy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted March 23, 2003 They likely just walked into the theater to see that, then went to another movie or had already seen another. That often happens when a big trailer or something like the matrix thing is shown before a movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Dreamcatcher isn't a combo of "IT" and "The Thing", although I actually think there's an "IT" reference thrown in there at the end of the book. I thought Dreamcatcher was a *decent* King book.....not his best, but not his worst (That would probably go to "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"). I'm not particularly excited to see this film, but I am somewhat interested on seeing the performances of Jonesy & Freeman. BTW, take this for what it's worth, but early reviews of this film haven't been exceedingly kind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crucifixio Jones Report post Posted March 23, 2003 they should've called Affleck's character Azrael and called Lee's character Bartleby just to keep the B-name thing going Except that would totally negate the religious realism. You can't just switch around the names of REAL angels so that it'll fit some scheme. That'd be like casting Lee in a DC comics movie about the Joker, have him act and dress like the Joker but call him "Batman" to keep you happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ravenbomb Report post Posted March 23, 2003 I was kidding, geez... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Did anyone else get some Computer generated matrix film first? I dunno what the fuck that was, but it sucked. I saw it and I didn't think it sucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EricMM Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Could someone who saw it post a spoiler about the ending? I've heard that it's nothing like the books in which: Spoiler (Highlight to Read): Mister Gray wants to get the byrum/shitweasel into a public water system, so he feeds a dog byrus/fungus and then takes the dog to Derry, attempts to put it into the Standpipe which rolled into town and into the Pebnoscot in It (with the cute Losers memorial with PENNYWISE LIVES scrawled across it. Anyways, so he goes to another reservior, this one in boston or some other place, and Duddits slows him down by making him want to eat raw bacon, and then they finally get to the reservior where duddits waits in the car with Henry while Owen stops Jonsey/Mr Gray from getting the dog into the reservior, Duddits then helps Jonsey "kill" Mr. Gray, so Jonsey becomes himself again and tells Owens it's over, then Owens get killed by Kurtz, who is killed by his second in command, who is THEN killed by the shitweasel that comes out of the nerd that Kurtz had with him, then Henry kills the Shit weasel, and finally it's over. Oh and Mr. Gray was merely a different personality of Jonsey which came from the trauma of him being in the carcrash, Jonsey was TOTALLY immune to the fungus, but he THOUGHT he was possessed. or does something else happen? I've heard it goes nothing like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Could someone who saw it post a spoiler about the ending? I've heard that it's nothing like the books in which: Spoiler (Highlight to Read): Mister Gray wants to get the byrum/shitweasel into a public water system, so he feeds a dog byrus/fungus and then takes the dog to Derry, attempts to put it into the Standpipe which rolled into town and into the Pebnoscot in It (with the cute Losers memorial with PENNYWISE LIVES scrawled across it. Anyways, so he goes to another reservior, this one in boston or some other place, and Duddits slows him down by making him want to eat raw bacon, and then they finally get to the reservior where duddits waits in the car with Henry while Owen stops Jonsey/Mr Gray from getting the dog into the reservior, Duddits then helps Jonsey "kill" Mr. Gray, so Jonsey becomes himself again and tells Owens it's over, then Owens get killed by Kurtz, who is killed by his second in command, who is THEN killed by the shitweasel that comes out of the nerd that Kurtz had with him, then Henry kills the Shit weasel, and finally it's over. Oh and Mr. Gray was merely a different personality of Jonsey which came from the trauma of him being in the carcrash, Jonsey was TOTALLY immune to the fungus, but he THOUGHT he was possessed. or does something else happen? I've heard it goes nothing like that Spoiler (Highlight to Read): The water supply thing happend, but Duddits was actually an alien, and the alien inside Jonsey came out and they had a battle. Then they both blew up and the day was saved. I swear to god I'm not making that up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted March 23, 2003 (edited) No, no... it was nothing like that. EDIT: Angle-plex summarized it. Edited March 23, 2003 by Flyboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EricMM Report post Posted March 23, 2003 and ... but ... no!!! Everyone read the book!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly Report post Posted March 23, 2003 The movie was too damn long. I was fighting off sleep towards the end of the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EricMM Report post Posted March 23, 2003 I want to add something for everyone who saw the movie Spoiler (Highlight to Read): In the book, when I said Duddits helped Jonsey kill Mr. Gray, I don't mean he got up and did it. He did it telepathically I guess. King has an ongoing theme of retarded people having exceptional powers, seen most clearly in this book and The Regulators, but also The Green Mile. Either way, while Duddits was lying in the car dying of Leukima, he was helping Jonsey move out of his room and into the area that Mr Gray really lived in, Jonsey's past, and Jonsey killed him. Jonsey was NOT an alien, he did not fight Mr. Gray in any sense that implies violence. Incidently the orignal title of the book was Cancer but his wife made him change it. She said it was too gloomy, but if you think about it, what are the shit weasels besides a super cancer? What were the aliens, or the army? It's a more central theme than the dreamcatcher was in a way, but it is pretty gloomy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted March 23, 2003 Take the "S" off of 'spoilers', Eric. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
