I must be watching different versions of these movies because I see some good to great actors giving some fine performances in them (some of them giving better performances than I would have expected). Most of the problems i see comes from 1) the screenplay, 2) the scene composition or 3) effects used. There are notable exceptions: I don't think anything could have saved Maximum Overdrive---a misfire from the start; Pet Semetery suffered more from the direction than anything else--it seemed liek the actors were constrained by what the director wanted on screen--because both had done good work in the past. I found Duvall's performance in The Shining quite effective (and she's done some brilliant work, see Robert Altman's 3 Women.) I didn't initially like the choice of Hanks for The Green Mile, but that was before I saw him in it; Shawshank has flawless casting and acting.
And Sam Rockwell may not seem an obvious choice for a leading character in a King adaptation, but that's the thing about actors, the good ones can transform themselves to fit any character--I think he would be terrific in just about any King caharacter.
And Sam Rockwell may not seem an obvious choice for a leading character in a King adaptation, but that's the thing about actors, the good ones can transform themselves to fit any character--I think he would be terrific in just about any King caharacter.
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