On Feb 8, 10:41=A0am, Kurt Busiek <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-02-08 00:58:27 -0800, tphile <tph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> > We have no choice but to be selective.
> > and with King, the movies are usually better than the novels, and
> > faster
> > I recently seen The Mist, do I still need to read the book?
>
> Our mileage certainly does vary.
>
> Most of the movies based on King books are bad, to my mind, and even
> the good ones aren't a worthy substitute for the books. =A0CARRIE, THE
> GREEN MILE, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, MISERY, STAND BY ME, THE DEAD
> ZONE...
APT PUPIL is supposed to be pretty good as well. That DIFFERENT
SEASONS led to three good to excellent movies is perhaps another
reinforcement to the notion that novellas are better fodder for movies
than novels.
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