I'm not going to do a full out summary because of spoilers and time.
I'm covering for an employee who's out at work and Christmas is always a hectic time for me. Those of you that can juggle these things like it's nothing...I salute you. :)
Maybe it was just me, but I feel like Pierce Brosnan overacted just a touch in places. I haven't seen a lot of his work, so I really have nothing to compare this performance to.
I tweeted about this but I also don't understand why they changed how Jo died. The death in the book made a little more "sense" than her just not being careful about crossing the street. [How do you get so distracted you don't see a bus...The thought alone is terrifying... I never want to be that distracted. Ever.]
I don't see a credit for the little girl that played Keisha Tidwell, but that little girl was awesome. I think Anika Noni Rose said it was the girl's first job too.
Something that amused me...and I think Mike Noonan was a bit slow in the book too...How could he not feel the differences between the two presences in the cabin? Sara's spirit always carried this undercurrent of anger to her. Unless we as viewers/readers never saw it, I don't think Jo had that about her.
I love that Anika Noni Rose tweeted both nights! : D I didn't even know she had facebook and twitter. I'm following her now...[What can I say? I'm slow. lol]
I never want to hear Matt Frewer say "booty call" again. [Just sayin'.]
Julian Richings...If it hadn't been for someone on either Twitter or the SPN list I'm on saying something, I'd have had that nagging "where the hell do I know him?" from feeling all night. [I told you I'm slow sometimes.]
The Sara Tidwell ep on iTunes...I stumbled across that and I was ecstatic...I've always enjoyed hearing Anika Noni Rose sing, but hearing her sing these songs [I love bluesy songs/artists. I love Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Janis Joplin and so many others it made no sense to me not to have these songs.] ...I was just like does Bag of Bones have a soundtrack or did she release tracks on her own, I'd like to have these...and there the Sara Tidwell ep was. I wrote on ANR's facebook wall about finding the Ep.
The scene where we find out what happened to Sara Tidwell...if that was as difficult to film as it was for me to watch, I'm even more in awe of Ms. Rose. I started to tweet something to this effect, but she seemed to be trying to keep it light and I didn't want to harsh anyone's mellow.
Another thing that puzzled me and I don't remember enough of the book to answer my own question...What happened to Sara's bandmates while she was being attacked? [I've got to do a reread I guess, but I'm up to my eyeballs in books right now, including 11/22/63.]
The tree thing...I know they didn't have the budget to pull off what happened in the book and CGI can be either a blessing or a curse...but what should have been scary wound up being funny. I think they could've gone about that differently.
I was happy to see Mick Garris working on another Stephen King project, but I feel as though certain aspects of this could have been done differently, within budget to better effect.
I'm definitely not sorry I watched it though. I guess if I had to rate it, I'd give it something like 3 out of 5 stars.
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