Sunday, December 19, 2010

Stephen King's Storm of the Century.. typically a Stephen King movie!

A movie for Stephen King and a movie for David Lynch are guaranteed to leave you dis-satisfied. You will want to know MORE, lots of whys and hows. However, David Lynch movies leave dis-satisfied but you know that seeing the movie again and again will unlock more mysteries and give you more clues to understand the movie. Stephen King on the other hand gives you the best entertainment during the movie time yet, watching the movie a million time will leave you clueless because Stephen King deals with the super-natural things he introduces in his movies as normal things that need no explanation. In the Storm of the Century (I won't spoil the movie), we are introduced to this man-like person who does all sorts of supernatural things like killing people who are miles away from him, making things disappear, changing his looks, having silver vampire teeth every once in a while, a real weirdo. And all the movie he is asking the people to 'give him what he wants and he will go away'. Well, the hook of the movie for me was not what is it that this guy wants, nor was it the storm that cut off the island from the world, not the wierd deaths happening nor why did he kill this and not that, the hook for me was WHO was this man? Was he the devil? Was he an alien? What was he? How did he get all these supernatural powers? Well, Stephen King offers a one liner explanation in the 5.5 hours running time of the series/movie which is most frustrating. This movie is a masterpiece to watch, get entertained, and get frightened without being disgusted from blood and all these slashers. However, if you are looking for more than entertainment, if you are looking for a movie analysis or a deep meaning to the super natural, then you will be as dis-satisfied as I was when the movie ended.
I love Stephen King's works, I love his movies, they keep me excited from beginning to end so I decided I will watch his work in the future with that objective in mind: entertainment while it lasts. I see his movie and then life goes on, no analysis, no deep thinking, nothing. Just the mere entertainment and joy of watching his great buildup of characters and classy horror.

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