• MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee
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    At first glance I thought this looks likes some gritty Tim burton reboot. Then I realized we already got that.

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      To be fair, the Tim Burton film was far closer to the original novel. And that’s what I grew up with, so the 70s gene wilder version (that Dahl hated) never gelled with me.

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        Just like Stephen King hated the far superior The Shining movie. The author’s can be wrong sometimes.

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          King: What’s with these changes? Jack Torrence is supposed to overcome the evil and save his family!

          Kubrick: Dude, have you even read this story? Jack Torrence is an irredeemable monster.

          King: [tearing up] I’M THAT IRREDEEMABLE MONSTER

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              Kubrick’s movie was a good, scary movie that was definitely inspired by the book.

              The TV series was lower quality, but I believe a better adaptation of the book.

              I really appreciate that movie version of Dr Sleep did an amazing job of blending Kubrick’s version with King’s novels. Enough so that I think it pulls Kubrick’s movie back into line where it feels less divergent from the original book.

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              According to King, the only conversation they about the book/film was Kubrick called him and asked whether he believed in God.

              I (and my partner) have read into that Kubrick did indeed see into the book that King was writing about himself and wanted to get a handle on what kind of frame of reference King had in doing so.

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        1 year ago

        I didnt read the original print of Charlie and the chocolate factory but:

        Didnt dalh orginally write the oompah loompahs to be black pygmies from africa?