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Originally posted by hello,danny
I think it's silly to compare books and movies--they're two TOTALLY different art forms. That said, why does a movie get props because it's faithful to the novel?
Anyway, the mini-series is limited by the fact that it's a mini-series--and a NETWORK one at that.
Kubrick's nightmarish vision is one of the greatest horror films ever made--the horror films of today should take a much needed lesson from Kubrick's ability to SLOW DOWN, STEP BACK, and allow the terror to infiltrate the otherwise mundane.
Horror movies today have become too fast, too manic, too impatient. Kubrick took the genre and made it an art. I'm waiting for someone to step and have the bravery to do the same.
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agreed - though i still think some adaptations are better than others - though its not an issue of how "close" or "true" the adaptation is - sometimes its more about the "spirit" of the novel