1408:Anyone read the short story by Stephen King.?

Question

Just wondering. I read it way before the movie came out and I really like it...havent seen the movie yet. Oh and if you have read the book "Everything's Eventual" I was wondering if you thought one of the other storys should have been made into a movie.

Answer 1

I have read the book "Everything's Eventual" and 2 or more of those stories got made into episodes for that "Nightmare and Dreamscapes" series. I rented them on DVD from Blockbuster.

I feel the movie is far superior to the short story 1408.

Answer 2

I read the story, 1408, and loved it which is why I refuse to watch the movie so as to keep the original story pure. I know it's cliche 99% of the time (with few exceptions such as the LOTR trilogy IMHO) but it seems its even worse with King's works. You just can't translate charcter's inner dialogs/thoughts into a visual/aural medium without making it hokey and if you just let the acting/environmentals try and depict thoughts/emotions and fail, you get a confused/frustrated audience, which seems to be the general blog consenus for the 1408 movie thus far.

Read the story! You'll want to read it over and over. The movie will be a cheap knockoff to the literary art of this awesome short story.

Answer 3

Yes that was a great book, not quite as good as some of his other short story books (nightmares, skeleton, etc.) but i think 1408 was a solid choice. Judging by the trailer it looks like they added a lot of stuff. Hopefully it's good, a lot of his past book to movie translations have been shaky at best.

Short stories to turn into movies next - The Mist, The Jaunt, and The Long Walk (novella but whatever)

Answer 4

I have. Stephen King has been my favorite author since I was in fourth grade (yes, seriously), and I first read "It." I read "1408" in his short story collection "Everything's Eventual," instead of listening to the audio book ("Blood and Smoke"), which I think actually was released first. I plan to see the movie, too, even though the films made based on his stories never do the stories justice, in my opinion. They usually have to leave out so many details due to time restraints, but the stories lose something in that page to screen translation. My favorite short story by Stephen King is "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," which is one movie I think actually worked and didn't stray too much from the original.

Answer 5

I haven't read or seen 1408 but I saw the previews and it looks really good! Stephen King is a fantastic writer. Some of my faves are: The Stand, The Black House, and Rose Madder.

Answer 6

It is too short of a story, in my opinion, and the movie expands on the theme King brought forth in his writing. The book in question is a collection of short stories and a very good read.

Answer 7

Yes I read it.

Obviously whoever created the movie had to add a lot of content and not just follow the story. Which IMHO is not a good way to use a story for a movie.

Answer 8

I didn't read the book, but I did however watch the movie. The movie was really confusing to follow, and after a while, it became boring because it was so incredibly unrealistic. It was really good, when it seemed realistic, but after that it was kind of like please, just finish. But umm...parts like where the ocean comes out of his room, or it starts snowing, I mean come on, totally fake.

Answer 9

I haven't read the book yet. I saw the movie though. I liked it. I'll have to read the book.

Answer 10

i didnt read the short story but i watched the movie. it was pretty good, im going to try to find & read the book ..