Matthew mcconaughey is tipped to take the role of villainous randall flagg in the stand, a hollywood franchise based on the 1978 stephen king novel. The movie made me just see hardin in bad light, which was not the case in the novel. Do not delve in if you want the film to be a surprise. All of the area that is encased by the dome is part of the fayz. The body vs stand by me by florencemcc tuesday, january 20, 2015 2 book vs movie adaptation, books, film, movies, stand by me permalink 0 i grew up watching stand by me, and despite being a big stephen king fan for almost my entire life i only found out that he wrote the book behind that movie just a. Richies werewolf is gone, and while the film shows the iconic paul. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. The most immediate overhaul in it 2017 is its time period. The movie adaptation of gone with the wind is remarkably faithful to its source material its almost four hours long, which is fitting, considering the book is more than 1,000 pages. Obviously, after i finished the book, i went to the movie expecting to be disappointed. Made into the acclaimed film stand by me, the body is a mesmerizing tale of four young boys and their quest to find a dead body, never realizing how much death will affect their lives and their. Being that the timing was so long in between, its hard for me to definitively compare the two. As always, the book gives you more detail, but the actors had great chemistry. Movies are true experiences to make you feel you are there, when done the right way, for the right story.
Two things the original stand had going for it were the characters and the theme of a modernday morality taleallegory. The stand is a book that has sat on my bookshelf for years, untouched and waiting for that day when im ready to tackle it. In 1978, doubleday released the original edition of the stand, a book that was 823 pages. Stephen kings most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an endoftheworld scenario. Little did i know that both movies were based on stephen king novellas published in the same book, different seasons.
Mar, 2015 the first time i watched stand by me was in my high school film class. I think you will find that the stand is one of those books that you never want to end, so having a few extra hundred pages is a blessing in disguise. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking. But that version of the novel was missing 400odd pages, cut because. Stand by me the movie rendition stand by me the movie rendition from goodreads.
Still, there are times this all just goes completely off the rails like. Gone girl is a complex and dark psychological thriller adapted by the same writer of the book it was based on. During the 1980s, stephen king had planned a theatrical film, with. There were many evenings when i found myself continuing the book once id got home from work. The bodystand by me comparison presentation by shaelyn. Spoiler warning for two of the stands three endings. Asked in romantic movies, book search, gone with the wind. The same class i first watched the shawshank redeption in.
The movie is suspenseful and slow building, many times showing events from the past that help you put the pieces into place. Stephen king booktofilm adaptations ranked from the very faithful. A movie adaptation of the stand was in development hell for over 10 years. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most definitely not a direct sequel to the 1980 film directed by stanley kubrick, which king notoriously hated. In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture. In addition to her 2009 arrest for assault vs her female partner, sworn court. Based on the runaway bestselling 1936 novel gone with the wind. A woman is convinced her kidnapper has returned when her sister goes missing. The novel and the movie a comparison a story that describes life style of the early years of the xx century but most importantly that defines the love and survival of two sisters. While reading the road i was both intrigued and interested as to how hollywood would portray this story, and after seeing the movie i was impressed with how closely the film followed the book. In finchers film, bill is only seen once at the police station.
It depicts the struggles of young scarlett ohara, the spoiled daughter of a welltodo plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself. It falls into the categories of postapocalyptic science fiction and horror fantasy. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. I began reading the body this semester as a suggestion. The stand was the last book he owed doubleday on his contract, and immediately after it came out he hired an agent, kirby mccauley, and demanded a three book. This would be the first official adaptation of the novel since abcs miniseries. The first time i watched stand by me was in my high school film class. I started the book after reading 112263 and the shining and, i thought the stand was so much better than the other king books and short stories ive read this year. May 01, 2012 this is a case where i find both the book and the movie to be equally but slightly differently appealing. Gone with the wind is a novel written by margaret mitchell, first published in 1936. But that version of the novel was missing 400odd pages, cut because kings publisher. Its a bit like the directors cut extended versions of the lord of the rings movies. Doctor sleep movie vs book differences how mike flanagan.
The fallout alley youth zone, shortened to the fayz, is what the children in perdido beach and coates academy call the area they live in. In the book, scarlett has three children, one from each marriage wade, her son with charles hamilton, ella, her daughter with frank kennedy, and eugenie victoria bonnie, her daughter with rhett butler. Oct 01, 2016 the standin is a hilarious romp of a book. The stand is the fourth and longest novel by bestselling author stephen king, who has written over 60 books to date, including such wellknown titles as carrie 1974, the shining 1977, pet sematary 1983, misery 1987, and the green mile 1996. Stephen king novels were what made me want to be a writer. The stand was the first stephen king novel i read, and ive been reading stephen king novels ever since. Well, thats just the sort of thing we suss out here in our book vs. Gordie is the only one who is still alive in the end of the book.
Differences between stand by me book vs movie page 1. And maybe that elusive gone girl sequel isnt too far. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. What are some significant difference between the book and. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. May 31, 2009 personnaly, i loved the book read as a teenager, but i alos loved the movie. Of course, we all know how that worked out he became perhaps the bestknown storyteller of the 20th century. The movie did glaze over important scenes that made me care for hardin.
My thoughts on stephen kings magnum opus the stand. In this apocalyptic story from the late 70s, king quite literally walks us through a. Everyone except vern thinks his brother stole it right after it was buried. In the book, he pops up a lot, both in person and in nicks inner monologue. The characters, exquisitely drawn in the original, became grossly unsympathetic to me. Despite this, the movie still decided to cast a white woman. Set in a virusdecimated us, kings thrilling american fantasy epic, is a classic. A couple of weeks ago, that day came and do i wish i had read it sooner, laws yes, moon that spells sooner. The longer version was like a 1,000page comic book full of pointless violence.
I felt like it wasnt given the right amount of time in the movie. If you want to find a book that is connected in some way. Nov 16, 2012 the task of turning stephen kings the stand into a featurelength movie has long been viewed as a difficult one at best a nearinsurmountable challenge at worst, for one simple reason. The task of turning stephen kings the stand into a featurelength movie has long been viewed as a difficult one at best a nearinsurmountable challenge at worst, for one simple reason.
But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. When writer and director mike flanagan got the green light to adapt stephen kings 20 novel doctor sleep, he found himself in a unique situation. What would have made the movie better was showing how hardin felt after the breakup. When a governmentrun lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, most of the population of the world is wiped out. At 2 hours, 5 minutes some things get compressed, a few. While it is certainly a horror story in the sense that frightening events and supernatural powers are depicted, it also qualifies clearly as science fiction. By everyone other than the children of perdido beach, the area is called the perdido beach anomaly, pba for short. They are never as good, to readers, because movies can never go into the full detail that a book does. This scene is in addition to the soldier who comes to tara and who scarlett shoots, by the way.
Rather than the threat being ghosts or vampires, it was a sickness, nicknamed, in the. But does the stand hold up, and how well did a network miniseries convey the. There is only one exception, the rosie project, which is currently. Personnaly, i loved the book read as a teenager, but i alos loved the movie. What i learned from rereading stephen kings the stand. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. I just finished reading the book a week ago, it took me about 3 weeks off an on to read but i loved it.
The stand is one of stephen kings most enduring and popular works. Striking a far less hysterical tone than in the shining, king has written his most sweeping horror novel in the stand, though it may lack the spinal jingles of salems lot. All the key plot points are in tact, and nothing really important is left out. The likeable, quasidesperate hero is surrounded by a motley and hugely entertaining crew of friends and enemies, all of whom have to deal with adults. As far as sex goes, a man performs oral sex on a woman in a 20 second scene. Yes it is her famous line in the movie gone with the wind. Even though dark places and gone girl are not related by plot or character, the newer film is sure to appeal to fans of the fincher thriller. In the movie, however, the big showdowns result is a byproduct of physical strength and the willingness to stand up to pennywise. Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.
Book talk the stand book vs movie i saw the stand on tv when it first came out, but missed parts and didnt get to see the whole thing straight through, so i didnt really remember much. Nov 12, 2017 in a movie, i love seeing what the producers are able to come up with, especially when turning a book into a movie. Nick doesnt want to end up like his distant, unloving dad. Aug 24, 2012 so please understand that i take no joy in saying this. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. The movie leaves out a really key scene when scarletts gone back to tara after the war. There is a film version of night surf as well, a short from 2001 that was. The very, very spoiled edition if youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of spoilers, weve got a few thoughts that require giving up some of. Stephen king is denouncing comparisons between his 1978 novel the stand and the coronavirus social media users have drawn comparisons between the two due to the novels premise. This early book by stephen king might not be exactly seamless, but it does give.
Her daughter, liza minnelli, worked to pay off her debts. Theres no way they could do justice to a book so epic in a 2 hours movie. The body vs stand by me by florencemcc tuesday, january 20, 2015 2 book vs movie adaptation, books, film, movies, stand by me permalink 0 i grew up watching stand by me, and despite being a big stephen king fan for almost my entire life i only found out that he wrote the book behind that movie just a few years ago. The stand, insomnia, salems lot, the talisman, it, the eyes of the dragon among many of the books to find a connection to the dark tower. Three or four years ago i finally did after buying a new copy of the expanded edition. You either love it or hate it, but you cant ignore it. While the film chooses to focus primarily on issues related to racism and the controversy of those stereotypes, the book addresses several other issues such as gender roles. Book vs movie stephen kings the stand 1994 from book. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. Aug 03, 2012 the stand looked at those ordinary people the readers of his book and said. Stephen king decries comparisons between coronavirus and.
They are both universal stories of friendships and the movie does a great job adapting the story to screen, but there are several passages like the one i quoted above that are just so moving that no matter how much i loved the ending scene of stand by me, i cant rate it higher than the book. Complete and uncut by stephen king in chm, doc, txt download ebook. This is just a nitpicky detail that i noticed literally five minutes into the movie. It enjoyed a morethan30year reign as the alltime hollywood box office champion, and it won eight academy awards in addition to two honorary awards. With kings mammoth novel sitting around 1,8 pages, the bloody details. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. In the movie vern has been looking for his buried quart of pennies for 4 years. In the book the yankee soldiers show up and loot tara after scarletts come home but before ashley returns. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sidesor are chosen. Every book in the top ten of dymocks annual top 101 books for 2016 as voted by australians has been made into a movie. Its impossible to portrait so many charaters character development in a 2hours movie, and most of all, i dont see how they could portait the final chapters of the book in a movie. There are many spoilers in the gone girl book to movie comparison. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story night surf and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, which kills off.
Frank sinatra, who was a friend of the family, also helped. It may have been just kings fourth fulllength book, but over the past four. The movie can only hope to echo this dynamic, but it does its best. It is probably the biggest book ive ever read, one of the most enjoyable books ive ever read, and is hands down my favorite book that jolly old stephen has ever written. I think it makes sense to do things differently in any stage, movie or tv adaptation of a book. The book includes many other themes besides the glaring racial struggles portrayed in the film. The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. Sep 11, 2016 my thoughts on stephen kings magnum opus the stand. Here are the major differences between the doctor sleep book and mike flanagans movie. The fault in our stars remains very true to the book.
Not only is flagg a main antagonist in the series the heroes of the dark tower also visit topeka in the world of the stand in the series fourth book, wizard and glass. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king. Differences between stand by me book vs movie page 3. Despite kings thoughts on the subject, the 2011 movie contagion is rising in popularity, showing that demand for fictional depictions of. With amanda seyfried, jennifer carpenter, wes bentley, daniel sunjata. Nothing short of aweinspiring, beautiful, and captivating. Overall, the cast was spot on, but its difficult to portray a 500 page novel into a two hour movie. In the movie the story takes place in castle rock, maine in 1960. Meanwhile, amys parents, rand and marybeth elliot, are also much smaller characters in the movie. This is a case where i find both the book and the movie to be equally but slightly differently appealing. Here, however is somone elses take on it, so enjoy. Just like any other after fan, the movie satisfied the need to see it acted out, but the book saga is way better.
Chris pulls a gun on ace and his gang when they find the body. In the book, maturin informed young bill denbrough on how to defeat. The losers club in stephen kings novel first face their fears between 1957 and 1958, where they spend their time. I just literally finished listening to the uncut version on audio, read it years ago, loved it then but im nothing but disappointed now. It should be noted that the differences between the book and the film were minor, hardly noticeable, and most importantly, stayed true to the characters and themes of the original story. And if i had to choose my alltime fave it would be the book, dont let the lenth scare you. The stand and here is the bleak new world of the day after. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Gone with the wind, american epic film, released in 1939, that was one of the best known and most successful films of all time. Six stories stephen king goes to the movies charlie the choochoo hearts in suspension the secretary of dreams castle rock entertainment. Everything we know about stephen kings new the stand miniseries. How many children did scarlet ohara have in the book gone. Stephen kings sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen.
It is probably the biggest book ive ever read, one of the most enjoyable books ive ever read, and is hands down my favorite book. Stephen king has written another new ending to the stand but do. But cbs all access upcoming limited series the stand will bring a twist that will. The stand book vs movie i saw the stand on tv when it first came out, but missed parts and didnt get to see the whole thing straight through, so i didnt really remember much. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. Stephen king film adaptations, ranked from least to most faithful. The publishing house believed that kings original 1168 page manuscript was too long and intimidating for readers, so they cut out nearly a third.