After his remark about how stupid people in the military are, I stopped buying his books. Years ago. He kinda lost his mojo anyway. “Gerald’s Game” was a terrible mess.
I can proudly say I’ve never read one of his books and the only movie I saw was ‘It’.
I don’t like scary stuff.
His early books were good but his later works are repetitive, not very good or choke full of liberal
diatribes.
“Gerald’s Game” was last King book I read.
It’s perversions was sickening, especially the lakefront scence with the protagonist’s father. Sickening.(biographical???)
The scene in the tunnels with the preteens orgy in “It” was as revolting as it was unnecessary.
Either King has run out of ways to shock his readers or he is indulging in his own sick fantasies.
Either way I have bought my last Stephen King book long before this event.
(I must admit he had a good run run, everything from The Shining, Salem’s Lot to Delores Clayborne and Hearts in Atlantis. My favorite was The Stand and Christine )
ET: How verbose was this script, Gene? Roger?
Ebert: Well, it was as wordy as a Stephen King book intro.
Siskel: Nothing is that wordy fat boy. War and Peace is a quick read next to one of those ...
Ebert: Bite my crank Gene. You’re dead.
Yes, the TV movie reeked. He can’t seem to break out of his niche market of `tards, Larpers and basement dwelling failures to launch.
And his opus magnum `The Gunslinger’ was a monumental movie fail. I don’t know why King’s movies blow-so-badly.
Oh yeah. It’s because the stories are stupid.
If you want to see a real stinker, watch `Desperation’.
More years than I care to remember I bought his books & car tapes because of a stressful job. Now, when trying to read his stuff, I find it’s not only baloney but I can’t help but think about that nearsighted weenie gnashing his buck-teeth and cursing president Trump.
Gerald’s Game was one of many boring wastes of trees by this hasbeen.