A King lovers thoughts about a wonderful movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 2000)

A fantastic filmatisation of an even more fantastic book! Frank Darabont has done it again! Last time he succeded amazingly with King's The Shawshank Redemption and now he is successful again. It's a long movie but to be honest I didn't look on my watch one time. I was really thrilled throughout the entire movie and I must say that this is a movie for everyone. Tom Hanks acts wonderfully while I'll be supprised if Michael Clarke Duncan isn't nominated for the Academy Awards. He is simply unforgettable, as he had to make himself 30 kilos bigger he certainly fits the role. From beginning to end the story just gets bigger and bigger until you will have to think hard to catch up with all the amazing things that happens. It is like Horror, Drama, Thriller, Drama, Comedy, Drama and Fantasy all together. With the serious discussion about death sentence mixed with supernatural it makes a film worth thinking about. I didn't think that they could make a movie from a King book so close to the book itself. But at that point they really succeded. I'm a big fan of mr King and have read about a dozen books by him, but I think this one takes the prize. In one word astonishing! Go see it!