Scots Taffer on 10/2/2009 at 00:59
Self-indulgence is also another trait that doesn't endear me towards directors. :)
Angel Dust on 10/2/2009 at 02:34
But you like the Coens right? :p
Scots Taffer on 10/2/2009 at 03:06
Bah, whatever self-indulgence the Coens are guilty of is still entertaining.
Note: have not yet seen Barton Fink which may be an exhibit worth of evidence
Angel Dust on 10/2/2009 at 07:40
Oh I agree, "The Big Lebowski" is pretty much an entire film of self-indulgence but I'll be damned if I don't love every second of it, but quite often one man's self-indulgent wank is anothers masterpiece eg "The Fountain" :thumb:
fett on 10/2/2009 at 18:57
Self indulgence is fine so long as the "self" in question has something worthwhile to offer. The Coen's, Terry Gilliam, and Tim Burton (shutup you) can indulge themselves all day long as far as I'm concerned. Stephen King on the other hand...needs an editor.
june gloom on 10/2/2009 at 23:15
No, what he needs is to be replaced with his 1979 self.
Scots Taffer on 10/2/2009 at 23:47
Considering as his 1979 self didn't even know who he was or what he was writing, I'm glad King's over that phase of his career.
And personally, I never got anything from many of those books anyway, way too wildly incoherent for me to care about. Misery is probably the only book of his I've read he actually nailed, even then it kinda goes third act nutso.
He should've stuck to short stories, it really is his true oeuvre.
Stitch on 11/2/2009 at 16:29
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Misery is probably the only book of his I've read he actually nailed, even then it kinda goes third act nutso.
Don't they all?
Slowly building tension and dread is all well and good, but what you do with it once you pass the point of no return is the true measure of a good horror writer.
fett on 11/2/2009 at 18:10
Quote Posted by Stitch
Don't they all?
Slowly building tension and dread is all well and good, but what you do with it once you pass the point of no return is the true measure of a good horror writer.
Maybe it would be best if we didn't talk about Koontz itt then. :erg:
Queue on 11/2/2009 at 18:13
Quote Posted by Stitch
Don't they all?
Slowly building tension and dread is all well and good, but what you do with it once you pass the point of no return is the true measure of a good horror writer.
...or having a really good shag.
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Honestly, I'm not even sure what passes for "horror" now-a-days. And while I don't read King, I do admire his work ethic.
