Well what did everybody think of 1408?

[Boni]

My opinion is that the movie is better than the short story, it's all about fears, not gore, I love movies/books/games that deals with the psychological aspect of terror, and not the blood and flesh and stuff like that...

[JRM]

When I first watched this movie I thought it was just so confusing and pointless...but I watched it again a few days ago (and bought it since it was on sale, haha)...and I couldn't believe I didn't like it at first. I love this movie now.

[kitt]

Stephen.... DON'T SAY SORRY! I hate to get all heated here but are you people MAD?! The story is superior for 2 reasons. 1. A movie based on a story is ALWAYS INFERIOR! Why? Because there would be no movie without it(the story)! 2. What we have to read makes us imagine, to imagine we must utilize or minds in a way movies do not ask of us. Movies paint the picture for us, tell us when to be frightened or safe, happy or sad, turned on or turned off!

The short story terrified me in a way the movie could never accomplish. Stephens right, the short story is a lost art, but only to people who have a serious lack of imagination and prefer Hollywood to make there decisions for them. For an example, the way Stephen described how the wall paper in this room felt, like old dead skin, immediately made me sick and sent a shiver of displeasure down my spine... I would like to know how the movie did that for anyone here.

**** that SSS ****! Stephen rocked that story out like ac dc rocks you like a hurricane, sorry for the weird comparison but it's true. It is, and may always will be, one of my most loved shorts.

[cwinter4]

looking forward to seeing this one.

[Sarlinov]

i liked the story just fine but this movie left me cold

not ball-breakingly terrible but cheap thrills throughout nonetheless

[saga]

1408 a really great movie it whas scary and exaiting it whas fun to wach it

[Not Me]

I don't remember there being a daughter or marital strife in the story. Did I forget about that or was it an example of artistic license?

BB

[Sarlinov]

I don't remember there being a daughter or marital strife in the story. Did I forget about that or was it an example of artistic license?

BB

just a little bit of human interest...which did not interest me

[Nabila]

I saw the movie and liked it as it sure was entertaining. It wasn't scary. Now I must read the story and I'm sure it will scare me. SK's books always scare me more than the movies.

[Cognac]

certainly one of the better adaptations.