And I suppose I should extend that thought now that I am awake and twiddling my thumbs as I wait to go to work. There are three fantastic movies that stick out in my mind that can argue that point.
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Stand By Me
- The Shining
That is it. Carrie, Children of the Corn, Pet Cemetary, Secret Window are all decent movies, but none that I would have a need to own. And maybe it is the fact that some of these movies were made twenty and thirty years ago, but they just seem cheap. You can't capture the imagination on film.
...and then there are the made for tv movies. The Stand, The Langoliers, It, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, The Shining. What the hell were they thinking trying to remake the Shining? You can't top Nicholson.
For the most part, I will watch a movie based on a Stephen King novel or short story because I want to see how it compares to the book. But I find my self disappointed time and time again.
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