Posted on 11/11/2019 11:06:24 AM PST by EdnaMode
I am interested to see this one, but first I have to show my wife ‘The Shining’ as she has never seen it. I have it on order from the library, and I found out that there is both the Jack Nicholson movie (which deviated form the book) and a mini-series which I am told follows the book more closely. I am told the Doctor Sleep movie follows better from the book version.
I read his 11.22.63 and saw the made for TV movie. Both were pretty good and I am not a Stephen King fan.
The Stand is my favorite King book.
When I was in high school I had a car and a job and better things to do. So I didn’t read for enjoyment until after I graduated. That led me to go to college. Thankfully.
But once I started reading I started reading voraciously, to make up for lost time I guess.
However the first book I put down, halfway through because I couldn’t take anymore, was Stephen Kings “It”. And literally tossed it in the garbage.
His magnum opus “The Dark Tower” didn’t live up to the box office hype.
Maybe they’ll remake Maximum Overdrive next. It truly hit “so bad it’s good” territory.
Doug, dig, and vibe. 3 words the millennials will Groove on.
Boy, did someone mess up their marketing. That's the impression I got from the previews.
Maximum Overdrive was awesome...
I did enjoy the soundtrack.
Those were both good flicks.
I wonder the percentages of people go to the movies anymore? We haven’t been in years and there are plenty of other types of this kind of entertainment that are close to free or even free.
Streaming competes with the movie theaters and the resolution of a home theater system very effectively competes with anything that you might see or hear at a theater.
The only disadvantage is that you might not be the first person on your block to see a movie. But at $10 - $15 per ticket plus the risk of the movie being terrible, I can wait.
While the pro-America Midway is a box office hit.
From the previews I have seen, it looked like “Dr Sleep” was parts of most of the other movies he’s had. This equals, I have seen it before.
Every Emilio Estevez movie is awesome.
I think teens and young adults who still live at home are today's primary theater-goers, along with dads of small children. That's why there's so many comic book films.
Today's increasingly affordable massive 4K home theater systems have far eclipsed the visual and audio quality of the cinema. For many, it's preferable to view at home.
With the exception of the IT movies, every film based on one of King’s books has flopped or underperformed recently. :D
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Get woke, go broke!
I actually like “Christine”.
It’s hard to top a movie about a WWII naval victory on Veteran’s Day weekend.
You really think Stephen King is going broke? You think one box office dud movie hurts his net worth? Look at the filmography. Lots of movies bases on his works have tanked over the last 40 years. He's still worth $400 million.
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