Scene Changed from Book

[SKEMERGrrl]

I had loved the scene where Darnell dies in the book. Christine crashes thru his house and chases him up the stairs. I remember seeing the movie and being so excited to see that scene and then completely letdown when he was just crushed in Christine's front seat.

[GNTLGNT]

Directorial(and budgetary)choice....

[katelynandsamsmom]

Its been a while since Ive read it. But I think they shouldve also put in the parts where arnies parents or it was just his dad that was killed by christine too. I think it happened before the final scene in darnells garage. That was creepy and too even after christine was destroyed, people that were involved in her demolition met untimely deaths years later. Idk if Im wrong just let me know. Its been a while since I read this. Maybe I need to pull it out again.

[leftrightwriterman3613]

I've always wondered exactly why a director would choose this method of presenting their interpretation of someone's work. I suppose it's simply because they are the director! However, I think they made a bad mistake with Christine.

Another thing I never quite understood -- stupid, maybe -- was why Stephen's publisher told him that Christine was not one of his better efforts at writing novels. Hmmmm??? Anyway, Stephen said in either the foreword or afterword that it still didn't keep him from cashing the checks

Personally, I always thought it was a great story.

[Nemesis44UK]

I for one, agree with the OP. I was really excited about watching that part. It really wasn't even that good a scene, with Christine's seat just moving forward? Sure, I get the heart attack etc, but it was not very cinematic.

Having said that, I appreciate that budget and time constraints may have forced the change, but I think they could have done it a different way.

[Stardust]

There was a lot changed in the film version of this book. Christine is a two door in the book and a four door in the film (or vice versa can't remember which) But I believe the two door (or is it the four door?) Plymouth Fury doesn't exist, I remember reading somewhere Stephen King made a mistake about that. It's the original owner LeBay haunting the car in the book, but the car it's self is kind of alive in the movie, Arnie and his mum die together in the car from exhaust fumes in the book, but not in the film. There are heaps of differences. I relly liked the book, the film was good too, but I saw that first. I think if it had been the other way round I'd have been a bit disappointed.

[Pucker]

I have to admit that this is one of the scenes in the book that probably stretched even the most powerful suspenders of disbelief. As a matter of personal taste, I enjoyed the story more when Christine was doing -- albeit under her own power -- things that a car would be able to do. I wouldn't say that it necessarily takes away from the quality of the story when you chuck the physics right out the window, it just becomes a different kind of story. Of course, on the other hand, I had no problem with a killer whale breaking into a house and trying to swallow Bo Derek whole (who wouldn't?) in Orca . . . so what the hell do I know?