Comments on: Hotel recommendations http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/ Official website Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lou_sytsma http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 lou_sytsma Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:55:02 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1485 Me either Bev! The Mist should rock! Me either Bev! The Mist should rock!

]]> By: bev_vincent http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 bev_vincent Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:44:59 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1484 I was on the set of The Mist a couple of months ago and I really liked what I saw. Fast paced, lots of handhelds, lots of improv (especially Mrs. Carmody), a sincere cast, and people with a great deal of reverence for the story. I can't wait to see how it turns out. I was on the set of The Mist a couple of months ago and I really liked what I saw. Fast paced, lots of handhelds, lots of improv (especially Mrs. Carmody), a sincere cast, and people with a great deal of reverence for the story. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

]]> By: fishmonger19 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 fishmonger19 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:21:59 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1483 Dag! That's a helluva search engine you got there, Mr. Vincent! I have a feeling if it is somewhere in his canon, it was done in an off-hand sorta way. Like when you say, "the world is too much with us," even if you don't necessarily know of the Wordsworth poem. I'm glad it's doing well. It certainly seems to be the highest profile theatrical King adaptation since <i>Secret Window</i>, which itself was the highest profile in a long time, and <i>1408</i> is light years better. It gives me great hope for <i>The Mist</i>. Dag! That’s a helluva search engine you got there, Mr. Vincent! I have a feeling if it is somewhere in his canon, it was done in an off-hand sorta way. Like when you say, “the world is too much with us,” even if you don’t necessarily know of the Wordsworth poem.

I’m glad it’s doing well. It certainly seems to be the highest profile theatrical King adaptation since Secret Window, which itself was the highest profile in a long time, and 1408 is light years better. It gives me great hope for The Mist.

]]> By: bev_vincent http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 bev_vincent Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1482 I just searched "The Reach" -- not there. Perhaps you did make it up. The reviews of 1408 have been predominantly positive without being overwhelming. It had the biggest dollar opening weekend ever for a King adaptation (not figuring in inflation/ticket prices), and with a low budget of $25 million it will make money before long. I just searched “The Reach” — not there. Perhaps you did make it up.

The reviews of 1408 have been predominantly positive without being overwhelming. It had the biggest dollar opening weekend ever for a King adaptation (not figuring in inflation/ticket prices), and with a low budget of $25 million it will make money before long.

]]> By: fishmonger19 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 fishmonger19 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:03:53 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1481 Heh. Yeah, the Onion's review was rather slight, too. All they focused on was that the main character was another writer and that it didn't particularly make sense to them. Not one mention of whether or not it was scary or effective. Oh, "The Reach" is a possibility . . . I have a feeling I might totally be making it up, though. :-) Heh. Yeah, the Onion’s review was rather slight, too. All they focused on was that the main character was another writer and that it didn’t particularly make sense to them. Not one mention of whether or not it was scary or effective.

Oh, “The Reach” is a possibility . . . I have a feeling I might totally be making it up, though. :-)

]]> By: bev_vincent http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 bev_vincent Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1480 I read one pithy review that described the movie as: Minutes 1 - 30: Don't go in that room Minutes 31 - 90: I shouldn't have gone in that room Thanks for pointing me at your LJ. I can't think of any direct references to an island full of noises, but if there is one, I'd guess it would be either "The Reach" or "Storm of the Century." I read one pithy review that described the movie as:

Minutes 1 – 30: Don’t go in that room
Minutes 31 – 90: I shouldn’t have gone in that room

Thanks for pointing me at your LJ. I can’t think of any direct references to an island full of noises, but if there is one, I’d guess it would be either “The Reach” or “Storm of the Century.”

]]> By: fishmonger19 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 fishmonger19 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:49:36 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1479 Oh, good, I'm glad it shows up and that somethin' melts! I agree. And my hat's off to the producers having the balls to go ahead and make a movie that's mostly about one guy in a room (however spectacular they decided to ramp up the effects notwithstanding). PS, Bev, I think you might get a kick out of my most recent post on this ol' livejournal. Check it out if you get a sec. Oh, good, I’m glad it shows up and that somethin’ melts!

I agree. And my hat’s off to the producers having the balls to go ahead and make a movie that’s mostly about one guy in a room (however spectacular they decided to ramp up the effects notwithstanding).

PS,
Bev, I think you might get a kick out of my most recent post on this ol’ livejournal. Check it out if you get a sec.

]]> By: bev_vincent http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 bev_vincent Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:41:53 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1478 The phone voice did show up in the finished movie, but only once and only for a moment. The melting phone that followed was very creepy. I would call it one of the better though not one of the best adaptations. The phone voice did show up in the finished movie, but only once and only for a moment. The melting phone that followed was very creepy.

I would call it one of the better though not one of the best adaptations.

]]> By: fishmonger19 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 fishmonger19 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1477 I saw a studio preview of 1408 a few months ago. Apparently, it was before they had finished the ending, which was a relief as that was the part with which I was the most disappointed. I stil wish, wish, wish, though, they had included the phone voice. Maybe it's just because of the way King read it in the audiobook (or the way it came back in DARK TOWER), but that was the scariest goddamn element of the story, to me. The scares in the movie, as well-executed and random though the were, still had a little too much logic to it. Whereas in the story, menus could change languages, phones could belch demonic voices speaking nonsense, things could start melting . . . that would've made the movie a solid classic. But, yeah, B/B+ sounds about right. I saw a studio preview of 1408 a few months ago. Apparently, it was before they had finished the ending, which was a relief as that was the part with which I was the most disappointed. I stil wish, wish, wish, though, they had included the phone voice. Maybe it’s just because of the way King read it in the audiobook (or the way it came back in DARK TOWER), but that was the scariest goddamn element of the story, to me. The scares in the movie, as well-executed and random though the were, still had a little too much logic to it. Whereas in the story, menus could change languages, phones could belch demonic voices speaking nonsense, things could start melting . . . that would’ve made the movie a solid classic. But, yeah, B/B+ sounds about right.

]]> By: sarahlangan http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 sarahlangan Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.bevvincent.com/2007/06/hotel-recommendations/#comment-1476 I think my expectations were too high for 1408. I thought it was miscast (Jackson) and really badly directed (lingering on something FOREVER doesn't make it scarier. In fact, it makes it funnier). A great premise gone wrong. I didn't care for the back story at all. Cusack's screw-up writer was interesting enough on his own. Great first 45 minutes, though. Yay short story I think my expectations were too high for 1408. I thought it was miscast (Jackson) and really badly directed (lingering on something FOREVER doesn’t make it scarier. In fact, it makes it funnier). A great premise gone wrong. I didn’t care for the back story at all. Cusack’s screw-up writer was interesting enough on his own. Great first 45 minutes, though.

Yay short story

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