Which was better?

**Antony butterworth** · October 22nd, 2009

Hello fans of the king

The book is brilliant

and the film is awsome

**Jojo87** · October 23rd, 2009

I liked the story and the movie. Both was good.

**ADT** · October 23rd, 2009

I would have to say all King's book are better than the movies. There is so much more detail, emtions, and just weirdness in the books.....If you want to see a movie of King's I would suggest not reading the book first. Will be disappointed every time. Mr King takes you by the hand and leads you to places in yourself you never knew was there. I do not believe anyone can reproduce Mr King's imagination.

**DelvianBlue** · October 29th, 2009

The short story was definitely better. Movies are almost never as good as the book.

**hapijoyo** · October 29th, 2009

The movie was okay but didn't give as much info about the nasty history of the room or describe how desperately the writer tried to fight the poison of the room like SK's words did. Reminds me of how disappointed I was with The Shining in film after reading the book.

**Sherrie43** · October 29th, 2009

Definitely the story...always!!

**Lina** · November 30th, 2009

I have finally read the story, and then I started to think which one I liked more: the movie or the story. And I can say only that I like them both. But, of course, there is nothing better than a good book! Reading is always better that any movie, and 1408 is a real great story.

**peaceluvnsploosh** · December 1st, 2009

I think i liked the movie better.... idk i just like how they adapted it from the story although the story was great too i like the movie

**Farah** · December 18th, 2009

If you view the movie as a completly different entity as the story, then it was good, but they are not the same, the adaptation was waaaaaaaaaaaay off, about the only thing they had in common was a horrible hotel room that was trying to kill the smarta** writer, I did like the movie, but as with most Stephen King movies, I have to put the book out of my mind or I go bonkers. Esp. with The Mist...what was up with that ending????

**MissTallica** · December 21st, 2009

This shouldn't even be questioned... the short story of course...
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie, it didn't suck, like so many other adaptations from SK stories/novels. But still, nothing compares to the reading experience of SK's short stories.