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Hell Has Frozen Over: Clooney to Appear in PET SEMATARY Redo
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:55 am
by AndyDursin
Is there ANY reason they're remaking that pile of crap? lol.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index. ... e=newsfull
He may not star -- maybe he'll have the Fred Gwynne role??
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:58 am
by mkaroly
Weird that they want to remake this one- especially on the eve of the 2-disc special edition of the original coming out on DVD....
Seriously- is anyone else "burnt out" on Stephen King stuff? I'm tired of seeing his name over everything.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:26 pm
by AndyDursin
mkaroly wrote:Weird that they want to remake this one- especially on the eve of the 2-disc special edition of the original coming out on DVD....
Seriously- is anyone else "burnt out" on Stephen King stuff? I'm tired of seeing his name over everything.
Sure doesn't mean what it used to, does it? (Not that it meant a whole lot either, but it used to be fun to expect the "next Stephen King movie" and usually laugh at it most of the time...aaah high school!!).
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:15 pm
by mkaroly
right....I can't remember the last SK movie I got excited about. I think he overdid it with the TV series and remaking THE SHINING- John Carpenter put his name before some of his films, so King followed suit.
What was the last SK film you got really excited about??? I admit I was stoked about DREAMCATCHER before I saw it- I didn't like it very much. Do you think he'll do a TV mini-series on THE DARK TOWER (kind of like he did with NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES)???
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:20 pm
by Monterey Jack
mkaroly wrote:What was the last SK film you got really excited about???
The Green Mile (SE DVD on November 15th!
).
Secret Window turned out surprisingly good (although Mr. Depp added a lot to that film).
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:37 pm
by mkaroly
I still haven't seen THE GREEN MILE (shame on me).....
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:06 pm
by AndyDursin
mkaroly wrote:I still haven't seen THE GREEN MILE (shame on me).....
I loved the book/serials but was very disappointed with the film. Too soft, too romanticized -- and too much like SHAWSHANK (which I loved, but GREEN MILE the book had more of an edge to it, which I thought the movie lacked...plus it was WAY too long).
Good SKIng adaptations
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:55 pm
by Jedbu
Here is my own list of good movies from SK books:
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
THE GREEN MILE
THE DEAD ZONE
THE SHINING (Kubrick version)
THE STAND
MISERY
DOLORES CLAIBORNE
BATTLEFIELD (short story from NIGHT SHIFT; I could have done without the commercial breaks)
I just hope that someone makes THE MIST-that has to be one of the best homages to 50's horror/sci-fi I've ever read, and Joe Dante in his prime could have done it beautifully.