Better than the book

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2015)

This is one of the few films that I found to be an improvement over the original story. There were a couple spots in the novella that were a little weak. Don't get me wrong, the story is great, but the film made some improvements, and in doing so, made a better story. I will add a note about Stand by me, another adaptation of a S. Kings novella. This time, the story took the city of Portland Maine and made it Portland Oregon; a brilliant move. The stories told within the story were removed except for a few short snippets. The pie eating contest was important, but many of the other stories told within the original novella were a little too strange and took away some of the vigor of the story for me. Two great stories, made into two greater films.