Any Stephen King Fans Going To Blockbuster Soon?

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

loved it so much I can't stop watching it...

The b/w version is close to perfection

and My copy is signed by Thomas Jane;)

i dont think it was a badly made film ... it was just too downbeat for me .. and the ending will haunt me for years to come.
I don't need that challenge again.

its the same way i felt about Mystic River.

i guess at my age there are some things that affect me in too much of a negative way for me to appreciate them (other than to respect that they pushed my buttons ... but then again - Disney was extremely manipulative that way too)

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

You do realize that we are talkig about the Stephen King movie that came out last year right?

Um, yes... Frank Darabont did a color correction and the DVD has a black & white version. It's the same filme, just in black & white. The monsters look better and the whole thing feels like a 50s/60s style monster movie.

Darabont originally wanted to shoot the film and release it in black and white, but no studio would get beghind a b/w film these days. The b/w version is the director's original vision and how he intended the film top be seen.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

i guess at my age there are some things that affect me in too much of a negative way for me to appreciate them (other than to respect that they pushed my buttons ... but then again - Disney was extremely manipulative that way too)

Disney totally made me into the fan of darkness that I am. They used to make kids films filled with horrific images (the wicked witch in SNOW WHITE, the dargon in SLEEPING BEAUTY) and death (BAMBI's mom).

They were super manipulative films and I loved them for it. These days I keep running into people (my own siblings included) who think a child shouldn't know about death, which I find odd. Oh well, to each his own.

I'm totally not attacking you Urge, I respect your point of view, I simply have the opposite reaction when something pushes my buttons... I LOVE it:D It's what I always hope for in film and so rarely get.

**Fair Warning**you might not want to watch GIALLO or THE TOKAREV;)

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

These days I keep running into people (my own siblings included) who think a child shouldn't know about death, which I find odd. Oh well, to each his own.

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certain buttons i absolutely loved pushed ... especially pigtails and high heels ... or the 'holy crap' sensation i got from Cloverfield.


make no mistake - my kid understands death and we watch certain types of horror/violence - but i am of a mindset that the real world will hit him in the face soon enough and robbing him of some of the childhood innocence before need be is not in my game plan.

he's not at a point where i could explain to him why a father who loved his son could shoot and killed him - when it turns out he didnt have to.

my kid is tough in some ways - fragile in others ..

you need to accept that - yeah - some parents are overprotective - but others are very perceptive about how some things affect their kids.

it's not going to work out the same for everyone ..