Yet Another Prime Example Of What NOT To Do To A Stephen King Novel
This was not the best Stephen King novel to begin with, but I enjoyed the depth of character and the intricate detailing of small town life in Maine. The character development was exemplary and the writing of this novel was very well done.
The premise behind the whole story was that we, Human Beings, are the aliens. Wonderful, thought-provoking and disturbing.
What they DID to this story with this, another Made For TV Adaptation of the book, was rob the story of the depth of the character development and eradicate the small town feeling of community and family that you got from the book. Which left ... absolutely NOTHING.
The effects are of the pre-Star Wars days, the cast is the most miss-matched combination of miss-cast actors you've ever seen and the performance of the key characters (Bobbi and "Gard") is sadly mis-directed, plasticly hollow and miserably lacking. Not the actors' faults, either. They both have done better both before and after this.
One of THE worst adaptations of Stephen King's work I've seen.
This movie gets a 2.1/10 from...
the Fiend :.
This was not the best Stephen King novel to begin with, but I enjoyed the depth of character and the intricate detailing of small town life in Maine. The character development was exemplary and the writing of this novel was very well done.
The premise behind the whole story was that we, Human Beings, are the aliens. Wonderful, thought-provoking and disturbing.
What they DID to this story with this, another Made For TV Adaptation of the book, was rob the story of the depth of the character development and eradicate the small town feeling of community and family that you got from the book. Which left ... absolutely NOTHING.
The effects are of the pre-Star Wars days, the cast is the most miss-matched combination of miss-cast actors you've ever seen and the performance of the key characters (Bobbi and "Gard") is sadly mis-directed, plasticly hollow and miserably lacking. Not the actors' faults, either. They both have done better both before and after this.
One of THE worst adaptations of Stephen King's work I've seen.
This movie gets a 2.1/10 from...
the Fiend :.