King novel most in need of a signed limited edition...

[RJK1981]

I love open-ended conclusions for some books AND movies. Obviously if I want to watch something mindless I'd rather have a conclusion, but I like when I am able to use my own imagination to form a conclusion. I would assume the movie of Cell will have more of a defined conclusion, and most likely that will translate better to the screen for that movie

[Sock Monkey]

My problem with Cell wasn't so much with the open-ending, but what I felt was a rather lackluster third act. There was a tonal shift that occurred after a character's death that I felt the book couldn't recover from. I thought the actual ending of the book worked fine. I have no problem with open-endings as long as they are pulled off properly.

Spoiler!

The ending to Shawshank is a good example because it didn't matter so much if Red and Andy did meet up as it did that Red's outlook on life had changed due to his relationship with Andy. Though I don't think there is a single person who read Shawshank and didn't decide that the two friends met up. The movie version only cemented that resolution.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Sock Monkey,

Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to use Spoiler Tags around your references to The Shawshank Redemption.

[Dan Hocker]

I fixed it. That said though on a movie / book that old I'm not really sure spoiler tags are necessary.

[Sock Monkey]

Sock Monkey,

Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to use Spoiler Tags around your references to The Shawshank Redemption.

Sorry guys! Thanks for the fix, Dan! :-)

[Martin]

I would not have wrapped it with a spoiler since I would everyone had read the story and watched the movie by now. With that said

Spoiler!

I think the main thing about the movie ending is that in the book you never know if Red made it out of the country. He is a felon trying to leave the country and is unsure if he will be stopped and arrested. The movie shows you what happened.

Sorry guys! Thanks for the fix, Dan! :-)

[jester05jk]

I haven't done either yet. It's in both of my piles tho and has been for a while.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I haven't done either yet. It's in both of my piles tho and has been for a while.

I feel vindicated.

[srboone]

Well, I got yelled at on goodreads for saying "Rosebud is Kane's sled"!

[Martin]

Wow!

Well, I got yelled at on goodreads for saying "Rosebud is Kane's sled"!

[srboone]

It was a reaction to someone complaining that I had made a post about Wizard & Glass being one of Roland's mistakes (both the events and the telling of them to his ka-tet). I had been used to the one-click spolier tags on the CD forum. The idea of typing out spoiler tags was...unthinkable!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Well, I got yelled at on goodreads for saying "Rosebud is Kane's sled"!

LOL! I bet they loved you at goodreads. That's like revealing the "surprise" about Jaye Davidson's character in The Crying Game.

[srboone]

Love your signature quote, T-Dog. I felt like I had lost IQ points from watching Malibu's Most Wanted!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Love your signature quote, T-Dog. I felt like I had lost IQ points from watching Malibu's Most Wanted!

Thanks Squire!

LOL! You have my sympathy for sitting through Malibu's Most Wanted. That "comedy" should come with the government health warning "may cause numbness of the brain."

[srboone]

Well, I just avoid anything that has Jamie Kennedy in it now!