Reader's Heart/Viewers Mind

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2007)

As a total Stephen King zealot, I agree with most of these comments regarding "the end".
But here's the thing...you have to look at it from the producer's perspective. They can't make a movie for the readers, we're such a small minority of movie-goers in general! And you can't tell me that if you hadn't read the story, then saw the movie and it ended the way the story does, you can't tell me you wouldn't have been disappointed! You would have been like, "WTF??? What happened???" Conversely, the King purest is obviously going to be disappointed, as I've been with every adaptation since "Mile" (And I'm still on the fence with "Storm of The Century"), including this one.
But at least this one was good until the last five minutes, really good. Believable characters, genuinely frightening monsters, fascinating psychological relationships...it had me.
And it lost me. But I think those who haven't read the story would enjoy being frightened for a change, and would probably like the ending, too.