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Subject: Re: The Two Towers (off-topic)

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 05:20:25 12/22/02

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On December 21, 2002 at 15:07:51, Dan Andersson wrote:

>A good example of the perils of adaptations is 'The Shining'. Kubrick made a
>work of genius. Changing scenes and castin brilliantly. King hated it. The
>faithful version is bland and uninteresting. A pile of stinking dung, to be
>exact. King approved of that one though.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

Exactly. I know of film lovers (just as my self) who _loves_ the version
approved by King and hates Kubricks masterpiece. There will always be such
people. The great majority of film lovers prefer Kubricks version, I think,
though.

/David



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