Is it just me or do filmmakers find it hard to put together a decent movie from a King novel? Is it just because King writes with such a depth and intertveens different stories in his books. Whats your oppinion
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I think a lot of King's best novels heavily rely on the characters inner monologue to explain their motivations and a lot of them also have quite a large cast. Combine the two and it is very hard for supporting characters not to appear as simple stereotypes. I always take Dreamcatcher as an example. In that there are whole sections of psychic communications and even confrontations within the mind of characters. In the film, they just didn't work. Plus, none of the characters got the level of detail they did in the book.
Very often the best film adaptations are those with a simple story to tell or one that focuses on a smaller cast of characters.
I don't have so much of a problem with Walken as with all the other characters and simplifications that is made. Walken was OK.What is your point of Wiev When it comes to casting the main caracter?
Take for instance the Dead Zone, wich i havet read, is Christopher walken believeble in his portrayel?