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Stephen King Stands Up for ‘Doctor Sleep’ Amid Box Office Flop, Possible $30 Million Loss
Indiewire ^ | November 11, 2019 | Zack Sharf

Posted on 11/11/2019 11:06:24 AM PST by EdnaMode

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To: EdnaMode

I think we can start with the dumb name for a movie - named after the book or not.


81 posted on 11/11/2019 2:47:33 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: RoosterRedux

It is a problem when you’re giving money to people that hate you, hate your values and hate everything our country has stood for and are enriching them to do everything against you and to tear down that country.


82 posted on 11/11/2019 4:03:56 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: EdnaMode

Is this the first Stanley Kubrick film to have a sequel made?

They did it to Alfred Hitchcock as well with a half dozen unnecessary Psycho sequel and prequel projects.


83 posted on 11/11/2019 7:56:57 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: a fool in paradise

2010 was the sequel to 2001.

Doctor Sleep was good. Not great.


84 posted on 11/11/2019 8:03:33 PM PST by Wright Wing
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To: dhs12345

I saw Once Upon A Time In Hollywood this year. For free at a preview screening (and it wasn’t crowded, but maybe that was just the promo team).

I’d have to think sometime to arrive at the last movie I paid to see in a theater that wasn’t at a museum.


85 posted on 11/11/2019 8:10:40 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: EdnaMode

Did you know that Pennywise The Clown had a girlfriend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28vpNumcNUo


86 posted on 11/11/2019 8:22:17 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (In a mandatory evacuation zone. I'm not.)
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To: stubernx98
Stephen King's horror stories usually seem to feature an evil thing that comes from the margins of civilized life to be detected, confronted, and defeated by plucky, misfit, demographically diverse, PC-approved outsiders. Toss in some slams at organized religion, divorce trauma, and family drama. Then garnish with blood and gore. Moby Dick or Tess of the D'Ubervilles it ain't.
87 posted on 11/12/2019 4:59:28 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: a fool in paradise

Nothing like that at the theaters these days. Although it would be interesting. You might find that on youtube and it would be free and you could watch it from the comfort of your living room.


88 posted on 11/12/2019 7:44:01 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: EdnaMode

“...please clap”


89 posted on 11/12/2019 7:48:44 AM PST by SheepWhisperer (it's all a game, it's a thought experiment, we're in the Matrix)
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100 years ago . . .
90 posted on 07/05/2021 12:40:22 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: 7thson
"I mostly write books and hope for the best."

Shakespeare he is not.

90% of life is failure. Like shooting an arrow, there is no significant difference in effort between making a miss or a bullseye. Making movies is a highly visible and expensive example of this law of the universe. But for everything in life, failure is the rule, success the exception. It takes an unshakable faith to keep going in the face of crushing odds. Most people are not culturally equipped to do it, which is why they are not out there starting businesses, fighting evil, paying the price for freedom, exercising their God given talents, or creating new things.

Christian faith is an example of a useful and significant competitive advantage available to everyone. Just like all scientific models and theories, it is a simplification of the real world, a tool to make sense of the chaos, so it is certain to be wrong on some level and therefore easy to reject. But the price of rejection is giving up in frustration and a life of complete and total failure.

Stephen King "hopes for the best", but does not purify his soul to deserve it. Well, if it doesn't work out, he can always hit the bottle.

91 posted on 07/05/2021 2:00:17 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: x

The Wendy Theory ! !

https://youtu.be/wRr_0W-9hWg


92 posted on 07/05/2021 11:43:22 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: EdnaMode

Didn’t see it. I slept in instead.


93 posted on 07/05/2021 11:46:42 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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94 posted on 07/06/2021 12:07:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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