I'm assuming you mean Dolan's Cadillac is up next, but the '09 TV adaptation of Children of the Corn is a pretty faithful adaptation of the original story, iirc. Bad, but faithful.
Sorry, I usually find your take agreeable...but I couldn't disagree more, especially where that ending is concerned: its a complete betrayal of what those characters just went thru...what they FOUGHT.....HARD for... The ending of the novella is, at the same time, one of the most bleakest, yet also cautiously optimistic endings (and, as we all know, endings are not always Kings forte) but he nailed that one; his own perfect little Twilight Zone. Then Darabont 'leans into' that line, basically a mere thought...and makes THAT idea become real...............seriously ?!? Nope...sorry...glad y'all enjoy, but I'll stick with the actual story
Fair enough! As you know I loved it and King has gone on record of saying he did too, but I totally get preferring the story version…as you said, also bleak!
I watched this one fairly randomly on a streamer a year or so ago having read the novel in my late teens and keeping a vivid memory of this great story. It was the color version unfortunately. I expected not much from this having heard nothing about this adaptation. What a wonderful surprise of a viewing. And that unsuspected ending caught me off guard and I need a good 15 minutes to recover from it. Brilliant choice. No surprised king approved. Too bad there’s no other Darabont king project planned.
I remember watching this my mom and we looked at each other after the ending going "well that was dark" honestly the ending felt like RB kind of ending vs a SK ending.
You should do a review on a little known Stephen king written t v movie called the golden years
Already got you ua-cam.com/video/4v7qq6YgScc/v-deo.htmlsi=c6DRcNLcaGVKJc3j
I'm assuming you mean Dolan's Cadillac is up next, but the '09 TV adaptation of Children of the Corn is a pretty faithful adaptation of the original story, iirc. Bad, but faithful.
I’ve kind of skipped the corn movies for now but am planning on doing all of them in their own ranking some time. There’s just so many of them!
Brilliant film and great review. Classic.
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I prefer the film adaptation to the short story oops!
I think I probably do as well! 😬😅
Let's be honest, you really only need one reason: Thomas Jane.
Well, yes, this is true!
Sorry, I usually find your take agreeable...but I couldn't disagree more, especially where that ending is concerned: its a complete betrayal of what those characters just went thru...what they FOUGHT.....HARD for...
The ending of the novella is, at the same time, one of the most bleakest, yet also cautiously optimistic endings (and, as we all know, endings are not always Kings forte) but he nailed that one; his own perfect little Twilight Zone.
Then Darabont 'leans into' that line, basically a mere thought...and makes THAT idea become real...............seriously ?!?
Nope...sorry...glad y'all enjoy, but I'll stick with the actual story
Fair enough! As you know I loved it and King has gone on record of saying he did too, but I totally get preferring the story version…as you said, also bleak!
I watched this one fairly randomly on a streamer a year or so ago having read the novel in my late teens and keeping a vivid memory of this great story. It was the color version unfortunately. I expected not much from this having heard nothing about this adaptation. What a wonderful surprise of a viewing. And that unsuspected ending caught me off guard and I need a good 15 minutes to recover from it. Brilliant choice. No surprised king approved. Too bad there’s no other Darabont king project planned.
Definitely - fingers crossed he might do another in the future though!
I remember watching this my mom and we looked at each other after the ending going "well that was dark" honestly the ending felt like RB kind of ending vs a SK ending.
It definitely does has a Bachman feel to it - so good!
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top 5 king adaptations. 1/ Shawshank redemption. 2/ The Green Mile. 3 / The Mist. 4/ Dolores Claiborne. 5/ The Shining.
That’s a pretty good five!
and Salms Lot