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I watched Shawshank Redemption for the 181st time a couple days ago and it was the first time I realised it was based on a Stephen King novel.I was shocked,this story is a totally diffrent genre than anything else I have ever read of his.Does he have any other books written in this category?

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QUOTE(shipps @ Jan 31, 2008 -> 09:55 AM)
I watched Shawshank Redemption for the 181st time a couple days ago and it was the first time I realised it was based on a Stephen King novel.I was shocked,this story is a totally diffrent genre than anything else I have ever read of his.Does he have any other books written in this category?

 

Not really. Its a novella too, it wasnt all that long. King has a few books that are considered out of his genre, the most prominent being the Dark Tower series, which is science fiction/fantasy.

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QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jan 31, 2008 -> 10:13 AM)
Wasn't The Green Mile his also? Plus didn't he write all of the episodes of The Golden Years?

 

 

yep, the Green Mile is definitely SK, as well as The Golden Years, Stand by Me, Hearts in Atlantis, Apt Pupil. I guess you can consider Thinner out of his genre, since it really isnt horror as much as sci-fi fantasy

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Wow guys,I totally forgot about those other ones.I wonder why, cause I really enjoyed most of those.I dont think the Stephen King brand was stamped as hard on any of them from what I can remember,but probably wrong.

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QUOTE(Brian @ Jan 31, 2008 -> 11:00 AM)
I forgot how awesome "Rounders" is.

 

I think it would have been better if they just left the love interest out of the movie. She really wasnt established as anything and then she was gone from his life, and it didnt make a difference at all in Matt Damons character. They should have left it out and focused on his father-son relationship with his professor and his relationship with ENJr.

 

I love Malkovich in anything he does, and he was great as the oreo popping russian

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QUOTE(TheOcho @ Feb 2, 2008 -> 04:33 AM)
Finally got around to watching 3:10 to Yuma... damn good.

 

 

'TheOcho' date='Feb 2, 2008 -> 04:33 AM' [

 

Is there some kind of Dark Side of the Moon/Wizard of Oz thing I don't know about? Does watching it a 3:10AM make it any better? :lol:

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QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 2, 2008 -> 09:13 AM)
'TheOcho' date='Feb 2, 2008 -> 04:33 AM' [

 

Is there some kind of Dark Side of the Moon/Wizard of Oz thing I don't know about? Does watching it a 3:10AM make it any better? :lol:

:P It was a long night...

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QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 11:10 AM)
My daughter took me to There Will Be Blood, she has seen it three times and loved it. Excellent three hours. I can't really describe it, it's kind of like Howard Hughes meets Texas Wildcatter with a twist of Road to Wellville.

I saw an article recently (maybe was linked from here, I don't recall), trying to pinpoint the feeling they got from There Will Be Blood, as well as No Country For Old Men. In both cases, its excellent filmmaking, and you know that you are impressed... and yet, you feel a bit empty afterwards. The article pointed something out - neither movie has a real protagonist. Jones' character in No Country is closest, but really, he is more of the observer character.

 

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QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 12:10 PM)
My daughter took me to There Will Be Blood, she has seen it three times and loved it. Excellent three hours. I can't really describe it, it's kind of like Howard Hughes meets Texas Wildcatter with a twist of Road to Wellville.

I wasn't that into it. I think I just expected something different.

 

I do really want to see No Country for Old Men though. . .

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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 11:40 AM)
I saw an article recently (maybe was linked from here, I don't recall), trying to pinpoint the feeling they got from There Will Be Blood, as well as No Country For Old Men. In both cases, its excellent filmmaking, and you know that you are impressed... and yet, you feel a bit empty afterwards. The article pointed something out - neither movie has a real protagonist. Jones' character in No Country is closest, but really, he is more of the observer character.

 

It seemed that Daniel was the protagonist. It also made sense that Upton Sinclair, of The Jungle fame, wrote the book Oil that this mnovie was based on. The evil person was a pro business millionaire who harmed his employees and the Minister renounced Jesus at the end and said he was a false prophet etc. Much like the evil businesses and Socialism in The Jungle

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QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 12:37 PM)
It seemed that Daniel was the protagonist. It also made sense that Upton Sinclair, of The Jungle fame, wrote the book Oil that this mnovie was based on. The evil person was a pro business millionaire who harmed his employees and the Minister renounced Jesus at the end and said he was a false prophet etc. Much like the evil businesses and Socialism in The Jungle

You thought Daniel was the protagonist? He was the most evil character in the movie.

 

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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 01:49 PM)
You thought Daniel was the protagonist? He was the most evil character in the movie.

 

Oops sorry, I meant his son, H.W. But after thinking about it some more, the townspeople? Society?

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QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 04:42 PM)
Oops sorry, I meant his son, H.W. But after thinking about it some more, the townspeople? Society?

For me the protagonist was definitely HW. The only time in that whole long movie that I felt anything was when HW spoke and said that he was glad he didn't have any of Daniel in him. He was really the only moral guiding light of the film (from his concern about Mary being beaten, the price Daniel would pay the Sunday's for the ranch, and his rejection of his father).

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QUOTE(Soxy @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 05:02 PM)
For me the protagonist was definitely HW. The only time in that whole long movie that I felt anything was when HW spoke and said that he was glad he didn't have any of Daniel in him. He was really the only moral guiding light of the film (from his concern about Mary being beaten, the price Daniel would pay the Sunday's for the ranch, and his rejection of his father).

I would classify both HW in TWBB, and Jones' sheriff in No Country, more like victim/observers than protagonists. Sure you felt bad for them, and they seemed like good folks... but they didn't really DO much of anything in the affirmative. That, to me, is at the core of what was so different about those films, compared to many mainline ones.

 

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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 06:35 PM)
I would classify both HW in TWBB, and Jones' sheriff in No Country, more like victim/observers than protagonists. Sure you felt bad for them, and they seemed like good folks... but they didn't really DO much of anything in the affirmative. That, to me, is at the core of what was so different about those films, compared to many mainline ones.

I would disagree (though I've not seen No Country), mostly because HW chooses to reject his father, and I think that is affirmative. I do see your point though, in many ways, I think the journey that HW makes should mirror the journey of the viewer (or at least that's how I felt).

 

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QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 07:10 PM)
Wild Wilderness or whatever it is called is without a doubt the worst movie I have ever seen. That is no exaggeration. And that's from someone who loved another recent Happy Madison movie in Grandma's Boy.

Come on Grandma's Boy is funny as hell

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