Stephan King

[bertine]

I would make this a lj poll except I am sure it would leave out a book. What I want to know is what is your favorite Stephan King story and why. It can be anything he has done.

PS I change my mind, The Shawshank Redemption doesn't count. Everyone loves that one.

Comments

[bertine.livejournal.com]

The movie or the book. I haven't read the book just seen the movie.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

The book. It's a great read.

Well, I love the movie as well. They're very different. Kubrick always gets the novelist into the screenplay credits, but he subverts the movie to his vision/theme.

Jack Torrence in the book is a better character than in the movie. He's a decent fellow, yet a flawed alcoholic writer, who gets manipulated by the hotel. In the movie, he's a dick right from the start.

There was a decent mini-series based on the book, with the one brother from Wings, and Rebecca DeMornay. It was good, but forgettable.