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I really liked Life of Chuck. The Monkey was fine. Looking very forward to these next two. King is a treasure. He's THE MAN.

Posted by: goodvibe61 on Sep 12, 14:13 in response to TheWeekendWarrior's post And yet, in my opinion, most of them have been good or great

Don't worry about each and every adaptation. It's always been hit and miss, and I suppose it always will be. Some of them are really good entertainments.

I feel like I've lived my life with King at my side. To give you an idea: The first King book I bought NEW in the book shop: The Shining. So yeah; I go way back. And I was completely hooked. So then I quickly went back and read both Salem's Lot and Carrie; and so I was completely caught up (Bachman would become known later).

I used to always wait for the paperback; I did, however, make a couple exceptions. The Stand and Different Seasons ( I loved Night Shift so much I couldn't wait for the next short story collection).

I think the book that really solidified me being a life long fan was The Dead Zone. I waited for that one in paper and loved it so much i went back and bought a hardbound copy. His books were a trip, so he became one of many lifelong obsessions.

I read everything through the early/mid 90's, then I finally started taking breaks .What I do these days is, I probably read 4-5 King books every year; a couple that are new or I haven't read yet, and a couple to a few re-reads. This year I re-read The Shining (I think my 3rd time through), and then Doctor Sleep, which I hadn't yet read.

There are still a few MAJOR King works that I haven't read, number one might be Under the Dome. I've been saving that doorstop for the right time; i thought that would've been COVID, but i was reading other things at the time. One of these days though.

I tell myself that each year I'm going to read at least one ENORMOUS novel; I have a pretty long list of them on my "to read" list, and Dome is one of them. This year I read an unabridged copy of The Count of Monte Cristo; all 1450 or so pages of it, and I think it might be the greatest novel I've ever read.

All gentle readers hail Stevie!

DL: Downton Abbey previews (weds and Thursday) $2.6 million TheWeekendWarrior Sep 12, 08:50

Same link: The Long Walk $1.3m... another misstep for Lionsgate {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Sep 12, 09:01

...off a short pier {nm} RamsFan2004 Sep 12, 10:04

They definitely tried some wild crazy stuff, just nothing got traction was always a hard sell (see young boys walk themselves to death!) {nm} notfabio Sep 12, 10:18

The movie's target audience wanted to see Demon Slayer {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Sep 12, 10:25

It's grim psychological horror; I wouldn't expect some huge cash cow. Looking forward to seeing it. {nm} goodvibe61 Sep 12, 10:55

Bad year for theatrical Stephen King adaptations {nm} Moviesnob Sep 12, 11:48

And yet, in my opinion, most of them have been good or great TheWeekendWarrior Sep 12, 12:56

I really liked Life of Chuck. The Monkey was fine. Looking very forward to these next two. King is a treasure. He's THE MAN. goodvibe61 Sep 12, 14:13

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