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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2007, 04:03:44 AM »
Quote from: Milla Bobilla Banana Boink on February 06, 2007, 03:42:38 AM
the miniseries has better special effects than the kubrick movie! and better acting.

No. Jack Nicholson is a hell of a lot better actor than Steven Weber.

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Stephen King doesn't make the movies, he just gives up the rights easily cuz he is a fan of movies. and his B movies totally rule, they are classics.

At least now, when he's really rich, he could demand them making the films more true to the books.
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2007, 04:20:13 AM »
Well if the character is not supposed to be a crazy asshole, then jack nicholson might not be the best actor.  Jack nicholson is good for badass, and crazy.
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2007, 04:24:00 AM »
He was not supposed to be crazy at the beginning of the movie, but he sure as hell was mentally instable from page 1 in the book.
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2007, 04:27:24 AM »
Quote from: Milla Bobilla Banana Boink on February 06, 2007, 03:42:38 AM
the miniseries has better special effects than the kubrick movie! and better acting.

Stephen King doesn't make the movies, he just gives up the rights easily cuz he is a fan of movies. and his B movies totally rule, they are classics.

The TV movie I saw had cheap CGI effects and Daytime Soap Opera acting.  The kubrik version has been studied and analysed for years.  I don't see the crappy TV movie on the shelves of any film school libraries.  As a fan of the book, I was really let down by that movie.

King is listed as the Producer of these movies and TV shows -

Producer - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

   1. Desperation (2006) (TV) (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's Desperation (USA: complete title)
   2. Riding the Bullet (2004) (executive producer)
   3. "Kingdom Hospital" (2004) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (USA: complete title)
   4. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003) (TV) (executive producer)
   5. "Rose Red" (2002) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's Rose Red (USA: complete title)

   6. "Storm of the Century" (1999) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's Storm of the Century (USA: complete title)
      ... aka Tempête du siècle, La (Canada: French title)
   7. "The Shining" (1997) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's The Shining (USA: complete title)
   8. "The Stand" (1994) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's The Stand
   9. "Golden Years" (1991) TV Series (executive producer)
      ... aka Stephen King's Golden Years
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2007, 04:36:18 AM »
The Kubrick version had been perfect if it had been just a little more true to the book. But it's still better than the TV movie.
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2007, 05:00:36 AM »
I find dozens of moments in movies touching.  During my little crying holidays I try to time the ride for those moments.
Movies like iron giant or beauty and the beast are touching during more of the movie than the time they aren't, but I found touching moments in movies like hell boy, and terminator 2, and a bunch of other movies that seem like they aren't about touching shit.  Actually I can be moved by... pretty much anything, not all of it is moving like bicentential man or animatrix is moving, but if something is exciting enough I will get moved by it too.

On WP I heard a lot of aspies talking about how removed from emotion they felt they were.  Personally I am the polar goddamn opposite to that.  Although an ability I have that it looks like it may be rare is I can pretty much turn it the fuck off at will.
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2007, 07:37:15 AM »
how dare you call Steve a lesser actor!!?!?!??! he's a much better actor, he just hasn't won a stinkin oscar or ten since he is totally underappreciated. :grrr:
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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2007, 07:38:24 AM »
Quote from: Milla Bobilla Banana Boink on February 06, 2007, 07:37:15 AM
how dare you call Steve a lesser actor!!?!?!??! he's a much better actor, he just hasn't won a stinkin oscar or ten since he is totally underappreciated. :grrr:

Jack was an actor even before that guy was born. How many movies with Jack Nicholson have you seen?  8)
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2007, 07:43:45 AM »
enough. how many movies with Steve have you seen?
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2007, 07:59:49 AM »
One as far as I know. I was not impressed.  8)
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2007, 08:04:31 AM »
well i've seen many more so there. :P
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2007, 12:05:03 PM »
The one thing I liked about the TV movie was the mentions of the hotels past and the Jack character being truer to the book in personality.  If it was the tv version Jack, in the Kubrick Movie, with the craziness of Nicholson at the end, and a fuller story, it would be perfect.
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2007, 04:54:02 PM »
Quote from: Litigious on February 06, 2007, 04:03:44 AM
Quote from: Milla Bobilla Banana Boink on February 06, 2007, 03:42:38 AM
the miniseries has better special effects than the kubrick movie! and better acting.

No. Jack Nicholson is a hell of a lot better actor than Steven Weber.

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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2007, 06:34:53 PM »
The bit in Conan the Barbarian where Conan beheads Thulsa Doom.  That one gets me every time.  <Sniff>
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Re: Touching moments in movies.
« Reply #29 on: February 07, 2007, 12:01:15 AM »
Quote from: QuirkyCarla on February 06, 2007, 04:54:02 PM
Quote from: Litigious on February 06, 2007, 04:03:44 AM
Quote from: Milla Bobilla Banana Boink on February 06, 2007, 03:42:38 AM
the miniseries has better special effects than the kubrick movie! and better acting.

No. Jack Nicholson is a hell of a lot better actor than Steven Weber.

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