Its funny cuz my favorite part in the book was the Dunning stuff in Derry but that was the worst part of the series for me. Like why is Frank making him shoot a cow?
Thats funny because i only liked the first episodes and when it turned into a romance thats when it lost me. It should of focused on the conspiracy more...
I enjoyed the first episodes, I probably should have read the book first. Also I had no idea that was James Franco and thought he was great. Interesting he grates on you.
@@TT-qc2mu Frank asked him to dispatch the cow with a sledgehammer. A gun is only mentioned when Jake recommends using a gun that covers the cow's brain with metal, but Frank makes a facetious reference to how he and his friends are "struggling in the dirt." In my opinion, this part of the show is the most sinister and shows how Frank is heartless when it comes to killing.
I loved Franco's performance in this show. I thought that he's gonna get emmy or globe. Strongly disagree with you. But I agree that the show is amazing. Probably the best tv show based on a book.
I just finished watching it and omg one it’s of my favorite shows now 😭. It gave me such a throwback to other shows and movies based on Stephen King books
I have listen to the audiobook a few years back. At my night shifts, just me and the voice of the narrator for hours. It is a great story and it was great experience.
I was surprised by James Franco taking the role of Jake but I was pleasantly surprised after watching the whole series. I'm not a huge Franco fan but I couldn't have pictured anybody else playing Jake after watching it. I felt like he did well. The book is my favorite King book of all time. I loved the series.
I read the book based on your recommendation at the start of this whole quarantine mess and it is now one of my favorite books. Following your review of the show, I will definitely give it a shot. Thank you once again for being you and sharing with us your incredible insight.
The show wasn’t my cup of tea but the book is my favorite King book, and a favorite in general. I think people assume I’m crazy when I say it’s my favorite love story in a book.
I ended up in Dallas days after finishing this book (not a planned trip) and I was able to go and see where the assassination happened. One of those strange coincidences that happen sometimes. It is a great book.
I thought this was a solid series. Didn't like the first couple episodes. The later ones were much better imo and the finale was masterpiece shit. I'd go 7/10 for the whole series. The book is also my favorite king book
I absolutely loved the series, but one plot hole stands out - They could have popped Oswald on day one, then immediately go back to the future. If JFK lived, they know Oswald was the only gunman. If JFK was killed anyway, just go back in time again to “reset” the mistaken hit job. Simple as pie.
Sarah Gadon killed it as Sadie. I've seen her in other roles (Dracula Untold) and she was very good there. In 11.22.63 she embodied the character King had written. I've read the book twice, listened to the Audio book three times. Best ending of any King story.
Hey Daniel, check out the films of George MacKay who plays Bill Turcotte on the show. He became my favorite actor of all time after a few weeks of diving into his filmography. His best films: 1917, True History of the Kelly Gang, For Those in Peril, and like 7 more that I can't fit here. Just about every performance he's ever done is memorable and unique. He is my S-tier actor.
The novel was the best King novel I’ve read. (That ending was great)The show... was good. The only thing I liked about the show more than the book was having Bill join Jake to Dallas. If anyone has watched the series and hasn’t read the novel, please read it!! It’s such an adventure, and definitely not a typical king novel in the best way possible.
I just finished binge watching this, for the past few hours, back to back to back. I got thoroughly engrossed and really enjoyed it. found myself pretty emotional at the end. very good review.
I think the series was great and James Franco was the best choice for Jake. However I hated that they added Bill as a new character to the story because he’s such a pain in the ass sometimes.
James Franco was the only thing that I liked about this show. He's really the only reason I even gave it a chance when it first came out. I'm just not a King fan. Although I was reading King in the 80s while in elementary school, I got to a point where everything he does is too predictable. He always has great ideas, but I find that he just can't get the idea out in such a way that keeps the idea interesting.
Highly underrated series and performance by James Franco and the cast. It literally felt you were transported in time back to the early 1960s in terms of its immersion and details.
I’m my heart, James Franco was perfect for this role, how dare you, lol. That being said, thanks for calling attention to one of my favorite books. This is the book I recommend to ppl who say they aren’t Stephen King fans.
I feel like people in Hollywood think James Franco looks like James Dean so he fits their old school vibe. Doesn't work for me because Dean was a fox and a half and Franco just isn't.
I completely disagree with you that Jake Epping is bland in the novel, his identity conflict that follows him as he lives like in the 60s, as he gets more and more sucked into his life in Jodi was so fascinating and interesting to read.
I always enjoyed that when he changes things it doesn't necessarily improve the world. Im a full believer of the butterfly effect. I feel that his death triggered many things that we can't foresee. I loved the show.
Finally, something I adamantly disagree with you on. I was beginning to think we have the same tastes on everything. James Franco is an American treasure, sir!
Totally agree about James Franco’s performance. And I generally like him in most roles (he was fantastic in the Deuce, IMO). But I thought his performance felt amateurish and not believable in so many scenes. It really lacked something throughout the series. Overall, I liked the show and would probably give it a 7 out of 10. Btw, just wanted to point out again that something’s up with your mic. For the last couple vids there’s been a low bass sound every time you tap on the desk. I never noticed it before so I think it’s something new. Maybe it’s just me. But it’s pretty obvious so I don’t think you can miss it.
I was in the JFK museum in the Dallas, TX book depository building when they were filming a scene in Dealey plaza where Kennedy was shot. Really cool experience to see it being filmed!
This is the show that, if I can say this quite plainly, revealed to me that some levels of basis are unremovable when it comes to adaptation. I once heard an interview with Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author who wrote the Metro series, who was once asked how he felt about more people experiencing his story through the game adaptations rather than his book. He essentially said that the experience of reading is so intimate that no medium aside from reading could spread that. And people are enjoying his world and story, who cares how it is done. I watched this series after being enlightened by those words. And yet, my love the book stopped me from truly enjoying it. Hell, the Derry arc being gone completely-while understandable-broke my heart. I agree with you that this series is fairly good-surprisingly good even. But I think the experience I had reading 11/22/63 dwarfs the entirety of this show.
I don't hate the show, but it completely guts the heart and soul of the book. His relationships with the students in Jodie was crushed down into one throw away line. I really wish they would have taken more episodes and developed the characters and relationships that the book made you care about.
Have yet to read the book but really enjoyed the show. The acting seems to be divisive but I thought the actors did a great job and I really felt for them and the things happening. My only issue is sometimes it felt like it lost focus on what was supposed to be happening and just focused on the B story for too long at times or wouldn't elaborate more on the stuff I wanted to see more of. Regardless I enjoyed the show A BUNCH! Definitely adding the book to my list of things to read.
Haven't seen the show yet, but my girlfriend is coming over tomorrow and I plan on starting it. I just finished the book before coming back and finishing this video. I'm not a big crier at all. I'm 20 and the only real time I've cried in the past 8-10 years was when my grandfather passed...and when I finished this book. I found myself much more invested in Jake and Sadie's relationship than the plot at some points (lol). The last 20 pages of this book KILLED me. I had a knot in my throat the whole time, and it was the last line in the book that finally broke me. This was an amazing book, and I can't wait to watch the show (but i know it won't be able to live up to what the book did for me).
Did anyone else ever notice that Sadie's husbands car was the same make, model, year, and color as the one from the movie Christine? A 1958 Plymouth Fury. Basically a Christine cameo. You can see it in Season 1 Episode 5 as Jake is walking up to the house and it's parked outside. Kinda strange that her husband was a nutjob exactly how Arnie was from the movie Christine.
It's my favorite book of ALL TIME. The Hulu show was pretty good. I didn't like some of the changes that made no sense as to why they did it. But it's one of the better adaptions.
4 года назад
I'm a long time fan of the channel. I'm also a long time fan of Stephen King. I have not seen the show, but I read the book soon after it came out. I am 70 years old and was 13 when the assassination happened, so I have real world experience about this time in history. Spoiler alert from this point forward. I enjoyed the book very much (The Stand is my all time favorite from Stephen King)......with a big exception the the resolution to the assassination. I have seen Mr King interviewed, and he explained how he came to his conclusion of the events after researching it in depth. Without sounding like a conspiracy nut, I have also done a great deal of research in to the assassination over the years. I am 100% convinced that a conspiracy took place, and that the killing shot was from behind the fence on the grassy knoll. There are far too many things to go in to for a comment here. But, obviously, I was quite disappointed in the resolution of that aspect to the story. Other than that, it was an enjoyable book.
I remember jake was Washing his hands or something and there being a bathroom labelled “coloured” in the book and that being one of the major moments. Maybe I’m misremembering, probably time for a reread
My comment probably doesn't matter because this is 3 years later...but there was a big moment where Jake needs to use the bathroom and sees the "colored" bathroom which was just a stream, if you needed to piss you just did it into the stream, if you had to shit you sat on a piece of wood that was laid over the stream
Daniel, why don’t you add a secondary, spoiler review after a non spoiler review? Seems like a missed opportunity. Could be less editet, more looser. You could do it live, do discussion the book/series with the fans.
YES! I'm so happy someone else's favorite SK book is 11/22/63! Also love Chris Cooper, my favorite grumpy dad actor ( J.K. Simmons is a close second) especially in October Sky.
i mean jake is bothered by the racial divide in some points of the book, there's a whole scene with him looking at the ''black'' side of the restroom and realizing that it's just a ditch and a plank instead of an actual toilette, this same scene is also referenced more than once in the book, he also comments at some point about all of his students being white i believe, and there's a few characters that have very racist comments like Rosette on Mercedes Street, so you can't say that the show "at least acknowledges the existence of racism" because so does the book, but i mean at the same time, the book isn't about racism, so it doesn't need to be at the forefront of his social interactions the whole time
Read the book. One of my favorites. Since hubby doesn't like reading I am hoping the show is easy for him to follow. He has always been intrigued with the assassination of JFK even though he was a toddler at the time.
@@TT-qc2mu so far only Carrie and half of 'Salem's Lot. My friend and I are doing a slow buddy read of all King's fiction in publication order and talking about what we read each week on my channel. ru-vid.com/group/PLFYvCg_UwaXRvyWnsoPwY96eGkC-R5r4e
@@TT-qc2mu wow, thanks. And let me apologize in advance for how long the videos are! We have actually been discussing a way to cut the run time down, so future videos should be better. Enjoy
Do you review alternate history series? Just learned about "Clash of Eagles." Barely know a thing about it, except the basic premise. Worthwhile, recommended, disrecommended?
Loved Chris Cooper in Lone Star a totally underated movie (as in not highly seen). Really enjoyed 11/22/63, as both book and a series. I don't know that is one of my all time favs of King's but it was very good read. I should rewatch the series.
Ok, watched your no spoilers part here. I read the first 1/2 of the book just a few years ago and loved it but the middle got so bogged down and slow I gave up. Then I watched the excellent (9 out of 10 IMHO) Hulu series. I totally agree that James Franko was not the best choice for the part but otherwise it is an excellent series. Back to the book I now have the hardback and determined to read it all this time.
Also in the biography film "127 Hours" for me it's Franco's best performance. I wish he take more serious roles cause I prefer him in it. despite I like Pineapple Express.
As a Kennedy fan, I really thought they nailed all of that. But I also think that the whole central premise and conclusion is kind of horrifying. Knowing what's coming and being surrounded by people who don't...
I started watching the series, but it felt rushed. I had the same problem with HBO's Game of Thrones. Streaming services and cable channels both suffer from the tradition of creating shows for the summer and winter breaks of the broadcast networks. These book adaptations can't be done well in so few episodes.
I didn't like how they handled the "time fighting back" aspect in the show. In the book, it's proportional to what is being changed, so when Al was explaining how he couldn't save the little girl from being paralysed even with multiple attempts, it just made Jake stopping JFK's assassination (which seemed easier in the show than in the books) so much more unbelievable.
I read the book, and it definitely wasn’t my favorite King book, but it’s still really good. I think King can write that time period excellently (“It” is my favorite King work because of the kids’ half). I didn’t realize the adaptation was out, I’ll have to watch that!
I saw the miniseries back near its original release and really liked it. I'd say that it was probably the bit of King media I most liked that I was familiar with at the time (though having read The Dark Tower series, I'd choose that now, I think.) Franco's performance here really worked for me because I read it as helping to drive home that Jake isn't a hero or some paragon of anything. This isn't a comic book (adaptation) or an epic -- he's just a guy who has an incredible opportunity and tries to do what seems right, even if he's a less-than-exemplary, kind of annoying guy. But I haven't seen Franco in very much, so maybe he's just sticking to a brand that I don't know well enough to be annoyed by. I'm also very curious if the "Yellow Card Man" (as he's credited) shows up in other King stories either as is or as some more major character whose story is being summarized by his longest appearance in the show/book. I'd be down for an axis of King's multiverse which follows various time travelers and their attempts to change various things or at least exploit the capacity to time travel.
So I saw the show when it first came out and thought it was really good. I've never really been into books and even now that I have a number of audioboks from a few different authors I really don't have much of a knowledge or even a care for authors and books. And I generally just can't stand horror. Personally I find it boring and narratively unsatisfying(at least in regards to film and TV never tried and audio book and don't really care to). So naturally despite knowing that Stephen King is a prolific horror author and that he has a number of on screen adaptations I really knew any of the titles his name was attached to. I while after I saw the show (and basically forgot 90% of it) I came across you talking about how you loved the book so much. So I used an audible credit because at very least if I didn't like it audible has a great return policy. but I found my enjoying it and I wasn't really comparing because I had forgotten so much from the show. Personally I thought the book was just ok I'll probably listen to it again some day once or twice. For me that rates as just alright because I tend to re-watch or re-listen to things I love often. I have seen Star Wars The Clone Wars 8 - 9 times now, the last airbender 4-5 times, Geroge's 6 films a couple hundred times, and so on. Since I opened my audible account in 2017 I've listened to all three of the stormlight archive books 4-5 times now the two kingkiller chronicles 3-4 times skyward 4 times (that is my favourite book ATM), both era's of mistborn 3 times, the Ahsoka novel 3 times, the punch escrow 3 times (not my genre so I found it only ok but Matt Mercer read it so it's automatically better), and Shadow of the Conqueror twice. There is more but to not go on for a year the point is if I might listen to 11.22.63 again once or twice in my life that honestly means that I find it to be a 3 or 4/10 using Daniel's version of that scale (which I also happen to think is the fairest way to use the scale :P)
I just finished watching the show. I actually started watching because of this video so I thought Id come back and leave my thoughts. Ill keep it short. It is fantastic so long as you dont think too much and just let yourself be carried along by the story. Are there massive gaping plot holes? Sure, its a time travel movie so of course there are. Are there unaddressed issues that they really should have brought up at some point? Yeah, I dont get why we never had a scene with Al in the present at the end of episode 8. Supposedly Jake was only gone for two minutes so where was Al? But none of these questions are in any real way detrimental to my enjoyment of the story. It excelled at bringing me back to a bygone era more so perhaps than any show Ive ever watched and it was a wonderfully tense and engaging look into a fascinating bit of history. 8.5/10
your main criticism are exactly mine as well. Bill was handled terribly (and his acting I found very much TV-like). I didnt get over James Franco though. And the guardians were a bit strange i found. I would LOVE to see another adaptation wirh a different lead and closer to the book. Cant imagine it being so hard if you give the main character a siedekick to talk to and work things out AND staying closer to the book. I bought the book because of JFK but while reading I just wanted to forget about the mission and just stay there with George an d Sadie…
The starting was great, the ending was spectacular, but it was a bit let down towards the middle, especially, after he loses his memory. Should have had least 4 more episodes to show a much detailed version of the book. It felt very hasty leading to the final episode
I recently read the book and absolutely loved it. Went straight into the TV show as soon as I finished it and was honestly so disappointed by the first 2 episodes that I didn't continue. I usually like James Franco but wasn't a big fan of his portrayal of Jake. I have to agree with your criticism here. Second, and what bothered me the most, was how they were shoving the "the past does not want to be changed" all up in my face and then did not stay consistent with it. I get that the show needed more action and wanted to be scarier but I was sooo bothered by this. But I do value your opinion so I am considering giving it another shot...
Chris Cooper! What's your favorite Chis Cooper movie? I love October Sky; next to American Beauty it may be CC at his most emotionally repressed hard-ass, but there's glimmers of a heart of gold beneath that his son (Jake Gyllenhal) just might be be able to reach _and_ become a sissy-assed rocket scientist.
Also, I stopped thinking of King as a horror writer and started thinking of him as a horror-focused urban fantasy author sometime around the publishing of Wizard and Glass.
One question that I had to the book readers as a tv show watcher only, why couldn’t they just kill Lee and go back to the future and see what changed? Why go through all of this just to see if it was him or not? Morally, it wouldn’t matter much to kill him if you could just go back and reset it. This was one of my biggest gripes with the series and I would like to understand if there was a solid reason.
I need to reread the book before watching the series. It's been a while, 9 years. I gave it 4 stars, don't remember what prevented it from being perfect for me, but I remember thinking it was very solid. Oh, and Oswald's wife is Marina. And I think Franco was a producer on this, so of course he'd cast himself in the lead, because actor's are selfish (although, I think he's an alright actor. Can't stand his brother though)
3 года назад
I am a long time Stephen King fan and I really liked the book and the series very much......EXCEPT, in my opinion, he blew the Oswald is the lone assassin premise completely. I know he says he did a lot of research in to it and came to that conclusion. But I have done years of research on the subject myself, and I do not know how Mr. King could have to come to that conclusion at all. I will not go in to that on this channel. Aside from that flaw, I very much enjoyed the book and the series. I fell in love with Sadie in the series. That actress is adorable. I also thought that James Franco did a fine job.
I highly recommend Peacock's Brave New World mini series. So well done, it's amazing!! U should check it out Daniel! The production values alone make it brilliant
Have seen the series but not read the book (still intend to read it eventually). It was enjoyable but I don’t know too much about JFK and his assassination as an Australian. Recommend you check out Time and Time Again by Ben Elton - similar concept but about a man trying to prevent the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of the First World War. It was a great book and really sticks with me years later!
You've been mentioning trying to read some si fi. Was wondering if you've read the hyperion cantos by Dan Simmons. Won the Hugo and the locus awards. It's amazing
planned to read the book and watch the adaptation simultaneously. book first then series episodes second, can anyone please tell me how the book's chapters are divided into episodes of the series accordingly?
