It was pretty critically aclaimed when it came out. From what I remember, I was really excited the first few episodes, but then it trailed off a bit. It had great production (for its day) and cast for a television series.
I have to agree. Started out great and then just kinda petered out.
But that's a common theme with a lot of King's longer books. All these great ideas and potential, and then it kinda goes to waste.
I gotta look for The Divide now though after all these rave reviews.
I'll let you know if I have been forever altered by the experience.
I kinda gave up on Stephen King a bunch of years ago to the point that I didn't finish the dark tower series.
I think the last books I read involved a kid being possessed by a indian spirit, and being chased around by a phantom super hero van or something like that.
King's short stories are brilliant, the story heads up that he wrote about a year with his sons baseball team was excellent.
But anything longer then a couple of hundred pages and he falls apart.
I'll never forgive him for the stupidity of the ending of "It"
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Ben Affleck is even struggling with trying to put together something for The Stand. Honestly, Affleck would be better served taking Dennis Lehane's books as that guy writes awesome stories.
I thought The Stand was a great book, one of King's best but to each their own.
I do agree though that some of the best gems are in those short story compilations.
I kinda gave up on Stephen King a bunch of years ago to the point that I didn't finish the dark tower series.
I think the last books I read involved a kid being possessed by a indian spirit, and being chased around by a phantom super hero van or something like that.
King's short stories are brilliant, the story heads up that he wrote about a year with his sons baseball team was excellent.
But anything longer then a couple of hundred pages and he falls apart.
I'll never forgive him for the stupidity of the ending of "It"
Yeah, was just thinking about this as I read over this thread. Shawshank comes to mind immediately. Even the shorter novels are better than the grandiose ones. Misery was excellent. But for some reason he just screws up the long ones, usually in the climax/ending. Or they just end up getting too ridiculous.
The Shining may stand as a good longer one. But it's the only one I can think of. And I think most people just have good memories of it because of the movie and the brilliance that was Jack.
He wrote a story called the raft which was about a bunch of kids caught in the middle of a lake on a raft surrounded by a creature that looked like an oil slick and was eating them. But he had the mood, the characters and the psychology of it right down. His Bachman books were brilliant, Apt Pupil, Getting it on, the long walk and the running man were all really really good and had a different tone from his usual stuff.
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I can't believe The Long Walk hasn't been made into a movie. Loved the story.
I don`t know how they could, its a lot of walking and talking for the most part. It might make a cool little indie movie because the dialogue is actually really smart.
It would be cheap to make, some APC`s some blanks and about 100 actors most of whom you`ll never know.
Robert Duvall would be outstanding as the Colonel.
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Watched this last night,It was actually pretty decent even if it was only an hour and a half long.Its a Canadian film and it was filmed at CFB North Bay.
Wow can't believe this thread is 5 years old, feels like we were talking about this a year ago!
Well so can anyone add to the list, I just finished watching BirdBox which starts Dec 21st on Netflix, I'd rather not spoil it at all as it is far more fun watching it that way, stars Sandra Bullock and I really enjoyed it.
I think A Quiet Place for me has been one of the best post-apocalyptic films in recent memory, it still haunts me.
I enjoyed A Quiet Place. Strong premise backed by good performances.
Snow Piercer fits here. Weird movie. Uneven but completely unique in its basic plot and style.
I would say the new trilogy of Planet of the Apes movies could also apply here, and they are all pretty good. Though I found the last one to be the weakest.
And of course you've got the new Mad Max movie.
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I actually liked "How it Ends" on Netflix. Many people gave it bad reviews because it has a bit of an open ending; and that it doesn't really explain what is happening. I kind of liked that we didn't know what was happening- I think in a real life apocalypse we would also be in the dark. This saves some of the yelling at the TV screen.
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I love Post Apocalyptic movies! I would highly recommend Children of Men just an amazing film. As well Blindness was pretty good but nearly as good, and of course all the zombie films by George A. Romero.
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I've always been a fan of post-Nuclear War movies, things that show humans trying to survive the death and decay.
Probably mentioned already, but Threads is an amazing early-80's depiction. Not so much for the graphics and such, but more for the long-term view of what society might become (e.g. in Britain the education system gets stunted, and people 10 years later can't communicate properly).
