Robert Gray
Well-Known Member
Once I was certain what was coming, I kind of took a submarine approach, i.e. run silent... run deep. There wasn't any point talking about things because our discussions weren't going to change the outcome. I am always down for philosophical discussions of fiction, but it was clear that we weren't really going to get much of that. Some time and distance will have to pass before we can objectively talk about the film, i.e. its structure, the story it told.... yadayadyada.
What I will say three things:
1. Stop blaming Stephen King for the films people make. He wrote the books you love. Dwell on that. Say, "thank ye Sai." When it comes to movies Stephen King is like the rest of us. He hopes for the best. He would love to see his worlds realized on the big screen. He did, after all, spend his time as a kid hitching rides to see the classics first run. He saw a lot of schlock. He saw the good too. When he sells the rights to try to translate his stories to the big screen, I imagine that money is the least of his motivations. A perfect film would be, after all, like having Galatea come to life and step down from the pedestal. If you must blame someone, place it were it belongs, i.e. the Studio, Director, and Producers. Blaming Stephen King makes you sound like an idiot.
2. Stop giving people who didn't like the film a hard time. People who didn't like the film are not a minority. There is nothing wrong with them. Quit putting words in their mouths or trying to attribute reasons to them for not liking it. They don't even have to have a reason. They have every right to dislike the film, talk about it, and vent. They don't merit being called racists, snobs, or being accused of only not liking it because they have closed minds. I didn't like it. I've avoided giving an actual review of it (although I've been told otherwise), but if pushed I would and my reasons are many and I would be VERY thorough. So unless really want to hear what I think and why I think it, stop attributing things to me (or anyone else) who says, "Meh, didn't like it." Sometimes less is more.
3. Whereas this film was anemic and had all sorts of troubling signs and portents, the opposite is true of the next King adaptation coming down the pipe. It will be released very shortly. I think we will all be very pleasantly surprised. I say this being one of the people who was most troubled by the change from the 50s to the 80s for the first film. I don't expect a literal adaptation (although I would love to see one someday) but I think we are in for one hell of a ride. Let's give the Tower some time and space before debating it. I think it is time clean our palate with some of that dirty water flowing through the drains of Derry.
What I will say three things:
1. Stop blaming Stephen King for the films people make. He wrote the books you love. Dwell on that. Say, "thank ye Sai." When it comes to movies Stephen King is like the rest of us. He hopes for the best. He would love to see his worlds realized on the big screen. He did, after all, spend his time as a kid hitching rides to see the classics first run. He saw a lot of schlock. He saw the good too. When he sells the rights to try to translate his stories to the big screen, I imagine that money is the least of his motivations. A perfect film would be, after all, like having Galatea come to life and step down from the pedestal. If you must blame someone, place it were it belongs, i.e. the Studio, Director, and Producers. Blaming Stephen King makes you sound like an idiot.
2. Stop giving people who didn't like the film a hard time. People who didn't like the film are not a minority. There is nothing wrong with them. Quit putting words in their mouths or trying to attribute reasons to them for not liking it. They don't even have to have a reason. They have every right to dislike the film, talk about it, and vent. They don't merit being called racists, snobs, or being accused of only not liking it because they have closed minds. I didn't like it. I've avoided giving an actual review of it (although I've been told otherwise), but if pushed I would and my reasons are many and I would be VERY thorough. So unless really want to hear what I think and why I think it, stop attributing things to me (or anyone else) who says, "Meh, didn't like it." Sometimes less is more.
3. Whereas this film was anemic and had all sorts of troubling signs and portents, the opposite is true of the next King adaptation coming down the pipe. It will be released very shortly. I think we will all be very pleasantly surprised. I say this being one of the people who was most troubled by the change from the 50s to the 80s for the first film. I don't expect a literal adaptation (although I would love to see one someday) but I think we are in for one hell of a ride. Let's give the Tower some time and space before debating it. I think it is time clean our palate with some of that dirty water flowing through the drains of Derry.
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