This is How Movies Should Be Made

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The first half of the movie can be described as interesting. Ron Perlman plays the role of a possessed cop, who has built his web like a spider on the town Desperation and the main road. He preys on travelers, catching them in his prison to use them as future hosts. Because the demon possessing him uses up the human bodies quickly.After catching quite a few people and killing some of them for... entertainment, I guess, he finds his mortal enemy in a boy. I forgot the name of the kid, but his message keeps ringing in my ears since he insists in repeating it for the rest of the movie in countless occasions. "Love god, trust him and endure whatever he wishes to bring upon you. Always do, whatever he asks without doubting anything." I'm not a religious man, but that isn't even what was annoying me. It was the hypocrisy. They spend time talking about the "free will", only to sum up that mankind is supposed to give up this free will and become nothing more than a puppet or slave to an omnipotent being. Which - even according to the movie - may or may not slay or save everyone at whim. Like a kid playing with toys and occasionally breaking some of them.Anyway, the fight between the demon and the humans isn't bad. It fulfills its purpose. The background story is kind of lazy though. They included some content with the former Chinese workers and the mine where the demon was accidentally freed some hundred or more years ago. And just when you might start getting curious about it one of them asks "What's the goal of the demon?" to which the boy answers "Does't matter. We only care about what god wants". They didn't even take the time to explain that. Like I said, lazy.Without these flaws it could have been a good movie, but as it is you might want to look for something better to spent your time on.

Well....Stephen King's dialog in books is easy to read, comfortable and real. Or seems real. Why doesn't it translate better to movies? Some do of course, but not all. I think a LOT depends on the director and "feel" of the movie. The techniques, the lighting, the timing. This particular version was more on the level of syfy channel not so great movies, but SHOULD have been on a much higher level. I remember reading the book and whether you know it is a being or something living underground or not, the tension and well, TENSION is palpable. Sadly, this didn't show in the movie. Could have been better. And the boy who is put in charge of saving everyone sure is calm. If I'd been a young kid who had seen all that, I'd be scared stiff, and MUCH jumpier. Kill the dog, hurry to let everyone out...not nonchalantly walking over to the desk, casually looking for keys...etc. etc. Maybe the next movie based on a King novel will be better. We can always hope, right?

I've Read the Book Roundabouts of Twenty or so times, one of my Favorite SK Novels and Am Quite Displeased with both Characters and Ending of movie.Point A. Steve Ames was Described as bluntly 'an 80's Rocker who never got out of it.' He had long hair, otherwise okay, Cynthia was supposed to have Two Colors in her hair, I believe Green and Pink (Could be mistaken though.) Point B: Johnny, Wasn't 'Thin' He was getting a Gut (Too much Booze., Yet, He is an Older (60's) In Decent Shape man.That and Cantak was Released/freed. Just A few days before The 'Travelers' Get to Desperation.So its not as Accurate As people think.My Advice, Read the Book, its Better.

I watched this after I read the novel, which I thought was awesome.The actors I thought were pretty good, especially Ron Pearlman who played the psychopathic cop, Collie Entragian. The special effects and the cinematography were pretty good as well.They kept the film very close to the awesome novel. Until it got to the middle because they cut out some of the most important scenes from the book that they didn't put in the film, for example, in the book they meet another character, hiding in the ruins of the town. They also find much more of the history of the town. They cut out all this in the film, which was disappointing.The ending, I thought I was very disappointed because they fitted bits that were very cheesy, that didn't fit the novel at all.I would rather read the novel first before watching the film. But still I thought it was pretty good.