[Kizzy]

The ragged trousered philanthropist

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jason.

IA with The Shining, I love it and the book is better than the film.

I prefer De Palma's original Carrie to the book though, idk if that's an unpopular opinion.

I think I might read that soon actually. I read somewhere that Stephen King hated the movie

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think I might read that soon actually. I read somewhere that Stephen King hated the movie

He did apparently, personally I love the film but I do think the books better.

I just found out as well that he released a sequel to The Shining a couple of years ago called Doctor Sleep (I had no idea) so I'm going to give that a read soon... has anyone read it? It sounds pretty good.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think I might read that soon actually. I read somewhere that Stephen King hated the movie

Yeah he does lol, he said the film was disappointing and never understood why it's considered a classic. I read that he also tried to talk Kubrick out of casting Jack Nicholson as he wasn't how he pictured the character of Jack and he wanted someone more normal-looking so it would've made his gradual descent to madness much scarier (which I get but Nicholson's performance was amazing).

Like Jamie, I think the film is great but the novel is better. There's parts from the book that are missing in the film.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

He did apparently, personally I love the film but I do think the books better.

I just found out as well that he released a sequel to The Shining a couple of years ago called Doctor Sleep (I had no idea) so I'm going to give that a read soon... has anyone read it? It sounds pretty good.

Ooh I didn't know this.

[Lostie!]

Even I knew

[Xtopher]

I'm really into Stephen King right now, so I highly recommend his novel, It.

Since reading it, I've ordered 4 more of his books (which comes in today, yay)