Secret Window!

[Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III]

I caught the last half of this beaut on HBO tonight. Steven King has some kind'a mind, lemme tell 'ya!

A writer allegedly plaigerized (can't spell that!) someone else's work, and suffers the consequences. That's the story line, but as anyone who knows King's work, that is just the beginning!!

It might not be a classic, but if you're looking for a scary movie for a Friday night, rent the movie, microwave some popcorn and ENJOY!

...............Bob

[Chicago Jake]

Bob, I remember that movie fondly. Although when I went back and looked up my review, it is less favorable than I remember. I tend to enjoy movies based on Steven King much more than his hopelessly tedious books themselves (I'm sure that will infuriate some of his fans!)......Jake

From the TNMC:
david koepp's "secret window" (johnny depp, john turturro, maria bello, timothy hutton, charles dutton, len cariou). david koepp has worked with david fincher long enough for their directing styles to have blended together. this movie had many of the directorial elements that I loved about "fight club", mostly the POV camera movements that constitute an entire character unto itself! unfortunately, the story was pretty prosaic and uninteresting. this plot would have made an excellent one-hour twilight zone episode, but was a bit stretched to fill out a feature film. still, not too bad. a reclusive writer is accosted by a scary hick who claims he has stolen his story; and worse yet, screwed up the ending!.... and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues. with a lesser actor than depp it would have totally sucked. WITH depp, it rose to the merely ordinary. some nice sublte touches, though: the main character, who is so surrounded by death, is named "mort", and an issue of "ellery queen's mystery magazine" features prominently, while ellery queen's son, timothy hutton, plays a supporting character! what a hoot for those into trivial subtleties such as myself.

[Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III]

"this plot would have made an excellent one-hour twilight zone episode, but was a bit stretched to fill out a feature film. still, not too bad."

I think that characterized my thoughts. Still, it was worth a bag of microwaved popcorn!

...........Bob

[hardwork-DJ]

Chicago said:

Bob, I remember that movie fondly. Although when I went back and looked up my review, it is less favorable than I remember. I tend to enjoy movies based on Steven King much more than his hopelessly tedious books themselves (I'm sure that will infuriate some of his fans!)......Jake

Hopelessly tedious books This coming from a man reading TLOTR and Star Trek novels time and time again Give me The Stand, Talisman, Dreamcatcher, etc. to re-read anyday over (yawn) TLOTR series.

~DJ~

Edited to add: I never watch movies created from Stephen King's work. Just hate seeing his stories massacred. For that matter, I usually don't like seeing any movie of a book I've read by any author.

[leftear]

I bought the DVD. It's not the greatest of Stephen King's work (and the film doesn't do justice) but I liked it. With nothing to do on a Thursday night, pop some corn and watch it!