*The NEW Movies Thread*

[Bowser]

Old one is crapping out the server, per the new guidelines.

Browse the old thread that is chock full of goodness here -

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=172245

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Heh, that WAS shit.

How can he put out movies like It, The Green Mile, and Shawshank, then turn around and give us Dreamcatcher, Cell, and tv show Under the Dome. He's all over the map.

I kinda liked Dreamcatcher. The part where the aliens head explodes was crazy, and totally unexpected the first time I saw it. And no I never read that book.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Heh, that WAS shit.

How can he put out movies like It, The Green Mile, and Shawshank, then turn around and give us Dreamcatcher, Cell, and tv show Under the Dome. He's all over the map.

well, typically a screenwriter adapts the book for the movie, but in this case, King aparently screenwrote it too. So there goes blaming the screenwriter.

Anyhow, SK definitely cannot write a good ending for the most part. But he has some great ideas, as does his son.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'll be the one to say it: Stephen King is overrated.

SO ****ING TRUE.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Heh, that WAS shit.

How can he put out movies like It, The Green Mile, and Shawshank, then turn around and give us Dreamcatcher, Cell, and tv show Under the Dome. He's all over the map.

The movie It was so freaking good until the end. The ending was awful and ruined the entire film.

As far as his books, a previous poster nailed it. His good stories are gems, but for the most part he puts out overwritten trash.

[ThaVirus]

How did you guys feel about Pet Semetary?

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'll be the one to say it: Stephen King is overrated.

I agree.

[Dayze]

Even my wife, who reads like two books a ****ing week Says he's overrated as ****.


My wife is like Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman, not CP) reading books. Quite the expensive habit.

[unlurking]

I still say my favorite SK works are his short stories. Skeleton Crew has been my #1 collection of short stories in any genre since I was a teenager.

[Cheater5]

Originally Posted by unlurking

I still say my favorite SK works are his short stories. Skeleton Crew has been my #1 collection of short stories in any genre since I was a teenager.

Different Seasons was excellent- Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, and Apt Pupil were great reads with two out of three of those movies being pretty good as well.

[Cheater5]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

How did you guys feel about Pet Semetary?

Movie was meh. I remember enjoying the book quite a bit and it scared the shit out of me when I read it in high school.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Even my wife, who reads like two books a ****ing week Says he's overrated as ****.


My wife is like Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman, not CP) reading books. Quite the expensive habit.

tell her to use the ****ing library!

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

tell her to use the ****ing library!

This right here.

I've been a huge library fiend for the past year and a half or so. It's awesome. They've got new movies and music as well.

[ThaVirus]

My county even has digital books available to checkout online.

The future is now, people!

[ThaVirus]

Although I'll admit there's no substitute for an actual book in your hand

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Although I'll admit there's no substitute for an actual book in your hand

Yep.

I'm reading American Assassin right now in hardcover. It's been a bit since I've read anything other than the Kindle or a paperback and I've enjoyed the nostalgic feel of a hardcover, as funny as that sounds.