Shawshank is a great film, I enjoyed green mile too, very much so but it is very sentimental and mushy (which I have a weakness for) but will accept that for most others its not a patch on shawshank.
I second M_Fs views on shawshank bashers*
*new euphamism? 😉
Shawshank bashers
That could equally be appropriate for those that hate it and those that really, REALLY enjoy watching it.... :-0
or shawshanker
sorry
I agree that Stephen King does seem to suffer from the mainstream, "hes popular, everyones heard of him, so I cant look arty reading one of his books on the tube" thing
I thought IT was wonderfull, ditto four seasons, read most of his others too.
In his best books his characters are involving and real, his reocurring Maine backdrops a nice touch, he tells a good story.
shawshanker
LOVL! Classic!
And as for SK as a writer... his early stuff was very good and he has a great sense of humour in his style. Thinner (written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) had one classic line about a cat on a fridge (you'll know it if you've read it 🙂 and as above, 'It' was a wonderful book - a great tapestry of a story.
Another great book by him was 'The Talisman' which he wrote with Peter Straub.
Of course he is no Steinbeck or Miller, but he knows he isn't and doesn't expect his readers to think he is either. But he can write a good novel. I tend not to agree with use of recurring references in his novels though (set in Maine, main character a writer) - I think he has done that one too many time.
samuri
there is a film of Apt Pupil
It was directed by Bryan Singer of Usual Suspects and X men fame - and stars Gandalf as the Nazi
can't really remember if it was much good or not
I liked both, but prefer Shawshank.