[Cadaverous Pallor]

The crowd discussing what's good, what's gay, and what SAG is up to looks up.
*grand entrance*

Hello, all you wonderful people! A thread all about me, and it's not even my birthday, how generous! *bats eyelashes*

Anyway. Shawshank. Here's why I'm a statistical anomaly:

I read Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption ages before the movie came out, when I was enthralled with all things King. Like all of his novellas, it was pretty incredible, and moved me quite a bit. I read it at least 4 times before seeing the film - and Tim Robbins was NOT what I envisioned AT ALL. It was also WAY TOO DAMN SAPPY (thank you Strangler Lewis) and when you're talking Stephen King, it's hard to add sap, but they achieved it in freaking spades.

I never like adaptations of King. The movie Misery was awful for me. I understand why others would like these films but having absorbed every word of these books, over and over, it's impossible to be satisfied with the choices they make for the motion pictures.

As for popular = good....hah. Popular = popular and nothing more.