Friday, August 17, 2007
Desperate times
I remember reading the novel Desperation when I was in high school. I remember being indifferent about it, not loving it as much as Needful Things or The Green Mile but not disliking it as much as Gerald's Game or Insomnia. Oh, by the way, all those novels are by Stephen King. If you are a fan of Stephen King you also know that he writes a pretty lame column every other week for Entertainment Weekly. Regardless of my content with the novel Desperation, the made-for-tv movie just plain SUCKED. Don't ever watch it...just read the book...or better yet, skip it all together and read It or Misery - two great novels with two great accompanying films (OK, just the first half of the It movie was great, but the second half wasn't THAT bad). Oh, and this post totally reminds me of the time I recommended Needful Things to Lisa. When she finally finished the book after about 9 years she threw it against the wall because she hated it so much. HAHA. Good times.
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I hated Needful Things soooo much. I wanted to kill people. I have to say though, I hate King's books, but I really like his column...I don't find it nearly as lame as his novels.
I have to say, I think he is brilliant. I think he has insight into the human psyche that few can match. He understands our condition, and how and why we feel. It is why he can scare us I think, but I am more impressed by the other emotions he makes me feel.
I mean, Shawshank Redemption...please.
Hearts in Atlantis. I am all about.
I loved Desperation; in fact, I love a lot of Stephen King's stuff. But the book was so much better than the movie. You should read The Regulators, which he wrote as Richard Bachmann and released at the same time. It's a different story, but with the same character names and similar themes and plot intersections. I just reread 'Salem's Lot for like the 7th or 8th time - it's one of my faves.
Yeah but King's columns in EW pale in comparison to the columns of Joel Stein, Dalton Ross, and Mark Harris.
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