Comments on: Psycho IV: The Beginning

By: AsimovLives

AsimovLives — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:52 +0000

Olivia Hussey, this woman used to be one of the most beautiful women in film, became an immediate sex symbol thanks to Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo And Juliet (the movie, not the play, that’s from Ol’ Bill). And she stared in that horror classic Black Christmas as well, which i never saw, only the dreadful remake. Oh yeah, what was i saying? Oh yeah, Olivia Hussey, once upon a time one of the most gorgeaus woman in movies. Truly.

By: Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:17:26 +0000

I think we’re dealing with a matter of semantics here. It’s not King’s storytelling that’s generic; it’s his subject matter. When you remove his voice and his way of drawing you into a story and making you feel like this killer ____ story is the best goddamn killer ____ story you ever read, all you’re left with is another killer ____ story.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:13:26 +0000

See I disagree Gwai. The thing that I love about King’s writing is he can tell you a story about anything and make it interesting, make you give a shit. Whether he’s writing about dimension hopping cowboys, killer dogs or a marital dispute, the man can make it seem like the greatest, newest tale ever told. When you take him out of it, you are left with generic stuff. What Kubrick and Depalma and Reiner and Darabont do perfectly is find the beating heart or the black twisted soul of the stories and screw around with it.

By: Gwai Lo

Gwai Lo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23:44 +0000

I’ve always felt that King’s storytelling is fairly generic. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it’s what makes him so readable. But it’s this generic quality that explains why film adaptations of his work range so drastically in quality. Filmmakers like Kubrick, De Palma, Cronenberg and Darabont can take his stuff and run with it, while filmmakers like Mick Garris just take his writing at face value and churn out Movie of the Week material.

By: Jareth Cutestory

Jareth Cutestory — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:40 +0000

CCH Pounder is so great. She has such gravity, such presence, yet is so nuanced.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:41 +0000

So Vern, are you going to write something on the Gus Van sant remake? As a fan of the film, I would love to read your take on it.

By: odo19

odo19 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:34:05 +0000

I’ve never read an interview with Garris but if he does come off as that intelligent I would be surprised. His movies are almost uniformly terrible. His King stuff is especially bloated and cheap. Faithful yes…but still garbage. Like Griff said Darabont is the only real director who seems to be on the same wave length as King(Dark Tower adaptation please). Though George Romero is a close second. Maybe he’ll prove that if he can ever get From a Buick 8 off the ground.

By: frankbooth

frankbooth — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:27:56 +0000

http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/kenneth_loring.html

Oddly enough, there is a park named Loring in Minneapolis. Coincidence, I’m sure.

By: Griff

Griff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:16:03 +0000

Mick Garris’s Stephen King stuff pales in comparison to Frank Darabont’s, now THERE’S a filmmaker who “gets” King (also Rob Reiner, but he’s only directed two Stephen King movies)

the Mick Garris Stephen King stuff although not terrible, does suffer from that bland “made for tv” feel

By: CrustaceanHate

CrustaceanHate — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:07:45 +0000

M. Casey: The commentary track is supposed to be by a filmmaker named “Kenneth Loring” but his observations about the making of the film become more and more ridiculous as it goes on. Turns out there’s no such guy as Kenneth Loring and the whole thing was scripted by the Coen brothers themselves.