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happybird

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Sat Nov 11, 2023, 02:23 AM Nov 2023

Watching Cell, adaptation of the Stephen King book [View all]

Last edited Sat Nov 11, 2023, 03:21 AM - Edit history (1)

Ugh. Why do they change things so much? The story, as told in the book, would have made a good movie. This was crap. Boring, horrible pacing problems, and I don’t really care about the characters- the total opposite of the book. A few of the cool things I was looking forward to seeing were completely absent (the mourning groan from the other sleeping flock miles away, Mr. Harvard, the phoners slowly getting smarter).

Almost to the end and not looking forward to how that will be handled.

Edit: Ugh. Again. The CGI at the end was laughably bad. It’s amazing how many SK stories get totally fucked up when made into movies.
Thankfully, The Last Waltz is also on Freevee so now I’m letting The Band and friends soothe me.

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It has always been a mixed bag with King genxlib Nov 2023 #1
I agree happybird Nov 2023 #2
That sounds interesting genxlib Nov 2023 #3
The Gunslinger is a little tough happybird Nov 2023 #4
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