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I genuinely liked the movie, but hated the ending enough that it was years before I watched it again.

Anyone who hasn’t, go read the book. The ending is soooo much better and really had me hoping King would explore that whole world more… Easily one of my top five stories of his.

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The changed ending for the film is a fucking masterpiece. Even King says it, and he’s famously bitchy about filmmakers changing his storylines.

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- capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I strongly disagree… It was deus ex machina trash with a twist. Using the original ending would have left the audience wanting closure and not getting it. Instead, they wrapped it up nice and tight and King got to murder another kid.
  
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  - Soupbreaker@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I completely agree with you. I’ve left very similar comments whenever this movie’s come up in the past, and someone always shows up to say “Even King agrees the movie ending’s better!” Well, it’s bullshit.
    
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    capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Right? King, who’s endorsed and even appeared in some of the worst adaptations of his books. He’s truly a master, but a movie writer he is not…
    
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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The book ending is super lazy. The “I was actually writing this story this whole time and now I’m leaving it here for someone to find” trope was used sooo many times before (“Handmade’s tale” to name one). Movie ending was at least original.

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Maybe the first time I read a comment disliking the movie ending! Yeah, the story leaves the ending open, maybe scarier? But the movie ending is a sledgehammer to the face.

Either way, can we agree the religious-nut lady was one of the most hateful characters of all time? I’d have shot her just to keep the situation from spiraling out of control any further. Seriously! You’re in a fight for your very survival and this bitch is riling up the crowd, the very people you need to help survive, and against your child?!

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- capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I can totally agree with that. I found her to be one of the most humanly believable villains in any story I’ve seen or read. She’d fit in to so many real world situations as that exact person. Absolutely the kind of nut job you’d see having a meltdown tantrum as someone recorded her on their phone.
  
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