I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.  I like seeing a movie that’s based on a book, but I prefer to read the book before I see the movie. It doesn’t always work out that way (I’ll give you an example later in this post). But, whenever possible, I like to contrast and compare.

I’m a huge fan of Stephen King’s writing. Many of his books and novellas have been turned into films, or mini-series for television. In my humble opinion, most of them didn’t live up to expectations. Granted, these movies and series have been made across several years, and I try to judge each project based upon when it was made considering what type of CGI or technology was available, etc). You can’t judge a 1970’s film by 2016 standards; that’s just not fair. Still, I have my opinions. For example: The book Christine was good, and…