Pretty Good

As Good As It Gets

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

"The Tommyknockers" is one of the few science fiction mini shows that's based upon a Stephen King novel. The production values aren't exactly lavish and some of the acting is rather over-the-top. It's the writing and the narrative which I enjoy the most. The characters are depicted as being ordinary ones and no more brave or heroic than anyone else. The fact that thy have no idea what is about to be unleashed upon their small town, adds to the tension. Each of the main cast members are given quite a lot of depth which is all the better. It isn't as if we witness loads of aliens with bald heads and big, dark eyes roaming the countryside. Both the novel and the teleplay opt for a more subtle approach and it works. Having the story set and filmed in the countryside helps to keep the narrative on an even keel and also makes the whole thing more imaginative. The ending is a bit of a letdown as it all feels rushed and is rather clichéd. Even so, I still enjoy this production.

A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutates.Say what you will about author Stephen King, but he is a giant in the horror industry. In fact, he may be the most giant of the giants. And adapting his work has been hit and miss, with just as many misses as hits. Some might even say more misses.And the misses seem to be more heavily concentrated on the TV films, because they are stretched out to extended hours. Sometimes scenes seem repetitive because of the commercial breaks and so on. In particular, "Langoliers" is an awful, awful, awful adaptation. And "Tommyknockers" is just the opposite. The characters are developed, the extended time only builds suspense rather than grows old. This is the job done right.

This was nothing like the book. I was thoroughly disappointed in this adaption. Instead of "becoming" the tommy knockers and subsequently being burned up in a huge fire, the towns people were just brain washed and were somehow OK at the end? They even changed the extremely dynamic and charming relationship between the two main characters of the story and turned it into something annoying and predictable. There were entire sections that were removed for no apparent reason. Honestly if you like the premise of this, please just read the book. It is much more convincing and detailed, everything that is good about a Stephen King novel.There was nothing good or redeeming about this, don't waste your time.

The I rating is for the moment the credits went up on this utterly boring tripe.It makes no sense and its like 2 or 3 movie excerpts were stitched together. Logic? There was none-dolls that come to life for no reason and daft sub plots about cheating husbands. Science fiction should have an element of at least mystery and at least some logic but this has none.Why make a kid disappear through a magic trick? If these aliens who emerged towards the end had been used right they'd have scared people into submission yet one gets attacked with a shovel? Really this is an insult to viewers who enjoy proper science fiction like War Of The Worlds or The Invaders or Quatermass. The average zombie film makes more sense It says nothing in the end only you wasted time watching it