Ending sorta ruined it

Rating: 7/10 (27 November 2007)

Don't get me wrong, this is a good stephen king adaptation, and a good film, but the ending of this film was unnecessarily tragic, as opposed to the original king ending which seems somewhat optimistic and hopeful. all in all a solid horror film with copious amounts of gore, bloodshed, and suspense. it's beyond me why directors tamper with king's stories (the ending to this film deviates from the original almost as much as kubrick's butchered ending to the shining), and while this revamped ending is still satisfactory, something should be said for keeping stephen king's original vision intact when translating his storytelling to the screen.