People who do what we do are often asked questions like “What’s your favorite TV Show,” or “What’s your favorite movie.” For most of us, those questions are rarely simply answered. I couldn’t, if you paid me, name my favorite movie (unless, of course, it is a lot of money … if that’s the case, I’ll just go with Varsity Blues and thumb my nose at critics across the planet). However, if you were to ask me what my favorite book of all time is, it is a ridiculously easy question: Stephen King’s The Stand.
HitFlix’s Drew McWeeny reported this week that Warner Bros. is putting ink to paper for a deal to bring the team behind the last couple of Harry Potter flicks, director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves together for a multi-picture adaptation of the apocalyptic drama. There’s already been one adaption, an ABC Made for TV project directed by Mick Garris, which was, for my money, pretty good (for television). I actually welcome the idea of a big screen version, but this is a very bad idea. Let me tell you all of the reasons why:
Again, I’m actually looking forward to seeing this movie. I’m sure I’ll be there on opening day. I just wish there was a director/writer team that I have some faith in to pull of an epic story of this nature. After Deathly Hallows Part Two, I wouldn’t trust these two to cross the street with a paperback copy of The Stand in their hands.
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If I knew what The Deathly Hallows was all about with regard to your notations and what they did with it which might have bearing on the proposed Stand, I might understand.
But … that’s not going to happen.
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The quick version (For the guy that says “I read your posts, Ivey … promise!” but apparently can’t be bothered to follow the link in the article:
Yates sucked at directing action.
Yates sucked at managing multiple story lines in action.