The Tommyknockers
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Movie Reviews of The Tommyknockers
Movie Review: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
First of all let me say that I am a HUGE Stephen King fan. I love his books and some of his movies. But I don't love this movie. I don't know how someone could come up with this bad of a movie from a pretty good book. First of all, without giving too much of the movie away let me say this, in the book they uncover a flying saucer. Whatever the thing in the movie is, it isn't a flying saucer. It blows my mind that they would change something this central to the point. And as some other reviews have stated, by just watching the movie, you have no idea why some of the characters are not affected by the ship like the others. My recommendation would be to take a little more time and read the book. You will be better off if you did. If you want to watch a Stephen King movie watch It, The Shining, Pet Semetary, Storm of the Century or the Stand.Movie Review: Excellent Book... Not a very good movie and bad acting!
Summary: 2 Stars
I love the book "The Tommyknockers" and I also enjoy most movies that are made from King's books, but this one (and "Thinner") is an exception. First of all, the acting is horrible. The funny thing is that the best acting comes from former pornstar Traci Lords, and that still isn't very good (but she does look very hot...). The effects are pretty poor and always look the same (ie. green lights). Some of the things from the book translated nicely, like the shed, but otherwise I believe that if I hadn't read the book first that it wouldn't have made any sense at all. It's really sad when I have to say the line: "The best thing about this movie is Traci Lords.". Skip this and read the book.Movie Review: A lot of green light and not much else.
Summary: 2 Stars
Rule number one if you're making a Stephen King movie, especially if it's a TV movie; make it scary or don't make it at all! THE TOMMYKNOCKERS fails to do this miserably! For most of the film, you're watching a lot of green light and a lot of silly inventions. Granted, that's all in the book, but it written chillingly by King in a way only he can do it. There are some exciting alien moments at the end, but by then it's too late. You've just spent three hours watching a bad knock off of an X-FILES episode.
On the plus side, I had no problem watching the infamous Traci Lords act like like a total slut! Bless her!
Movie Review: Why?
Summary: 2 Stars
There's a hilarious article archived in "The Onion" about Steven King claiming he was drunk when he wrote "The Tommyknockers." All joking aside, the book was regarded as one of his worst. Putting Jimmy Smits in a movie version isn't going to set things right. If you are dying for a good King adaptation, why not revisit Cujo or The Shining, or even the new remake of Salem's Lot? Let's just push this one back under the bed and forget it's there...Movie Review: Knock knock! Who's there? Campy Sci-Fi Fun.
Summary: 2 Stars
Brutal body-snatching alien mayhem,
green glowing force-fields
and Traci Lords with disintegrator death-ray lipstick.
What's not to like?
Worth watching once.