Secret Window [movie] did a complete RIGHT turn from the novel...
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Secret Window [movie] did a complete RIGHT turn from the novel...
Generally, King gives you heartache and horror and death. For example, in his novel Cujo, the little boy Tad dies. In the movie, he lives. Hollywood seems to give King's material a somewhat happy ending, or they keep it relative to the original King material.
But, correct me if I'm wrong, with Secret Window, they turned King's "happy ending" (if you wanted to call it that) into a deeper, darker ending
So instead of a complete left turn, they made a right turn in this movie adaptation.
But, correct me if I'm wrong, with Secret Window, they turned King's "happy ending" (if you wanted to call it that) into a deeper, darker ending
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So instead of a complete left turn, they made a right turn in this movie adaptation.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
The movie sucked. How many times do we need the whole Fight Club thing recycled? That and the shot of him eating corn just ruined whatever was left of that movie.
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Originally Posted by troystiffler
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endings are like cinematic diareeha. I really, really dug the movie up till the big reveal.
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Originally Posted by Fincher Fan
Yeah, because Secret Window and Fight Club are the only movies to deal with

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Well, that IS what I was pointing out... Maaannn, it was f-ing mindblowing in Fight Club. Way too many movies do it now. And, while there may have been a few prior, Fight Club really set 'em off. Now that it's part of the problem-solving process, it's never a shock anymore. "How could it be him, or her, OH, I bet it's a Fight Club twist." I'm not saying, "since it's been done, it's never going to be good again". I'm saying, "since it's been done so many times now, it's going to be hard to blindside me like Fight Club did".
And holy crap! I forgot about the corn! What the hell? It was like dumm dumm dummmmmmmm *crunch*. I giggled a little.
Anyways, I remember really liking Secret Window, up till the last twenty minutes.




