Is his fashion choice), but is a keen intellectual in terms of what's really 'out there'. He has shitty fashion sense (a tattered Hawaiian shirt John Cusack stars as Michael Enslin, a writer whose specialty is debunking paranormal activity - ghost sightings and occurrences. This was a solid film adaptation of King's work and one of the better ones to come out based on his material in the Gist of it and even threw a few touches from print to screen exactly.
The story was fairly intense but very quick and like most of King's best writing, it told a ton of detail in a very limited amount of pages. Prior to catching this, I found the short story of 1408 and read it - stopping just short of the ending (endings in books are almost always stronger so I preferred to not taint Short stories have just a basic story and it gives filmmakers room to incorporate their own solid vision as well. Thing instead of focusing on the essence of the work. The reason being, I would imagine, is that his books have tons of detail and most filmmakers try to capture the entire A hefty portion of his good filmĪdaptations are from these small, articulately crafted stories. Silver Bullet (I loved it and don't give a rat's ass what you thought), Stand By Me, Shawshank Redemption, etc. The truly funny thing is, if you really look hard at his film adaptations, you will notice that the majority of the really GOOD King films have been based on his short stories, not hisĪctual books. But unfortunately, not many of his film peers have any ounce of idea on what to do with his material. His own style and that uniqueness is what keeps him popular even today. When you read his or Richard Bachman's books, you know who the writer is without seeing it in print. See, Stephen King writes very SPECIFIC to himself. Mind you I have no historical data to back this up, but I encourage you to rent from the King section at your local Blockbuster and try to prove me wrong. For every good King adaptation, I can name 4 other crappy ones. Say that because his film adaptations have only a 1 in 5 chance of not being shit-soufflé. I don't say that because I hate King, I actually love his writing. Which means it has an 80% chance of sucking the wind out of the atmosphere. is that you do not stay in that room." - Gerald Olin "I will let you have this, give you access to my office, you can take notes and put it all in your book. Michael Enslin doesn't believe in ghosts, but inside room 1408 all that is about to change The Dolphin Hotel invites you to stay in any of its stunning rooms. Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewskiĭemi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Beans El-Balawi, Kate Isitt