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Post by doccreed on Feb 15, 2019 1:42:07 GMT
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Post by osnafrank on Feb 15, 2019 9:11:34 GMT
One of the best King filming. The Oscar for Kathy Bates was well deserved
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Post by neesy on Feb 15, 2019 14:46:47 GMT
One of the best King filming. The Oscar for Kathy Bates was well deserved That's right because
He didn't get out of the cock-a-doodie car! glcSpWMnSriJbYYbROwL
Scary how sick Annie was but I was happy in the end - good movie
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 20:02:22 GMT
Kathy Bates & Anthony Hopkins are the two actors I would say perfected bringing a novel character to screen
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Post by kingricefan on Feb 17, 2019 3:31:49 GMT
Kathy Bates walked a very fine line in her portrayal of Annie Wilkes. She never went over the top with her acting. If she had we all would have been laughing at her. Instead we were mesmerized and terrorized. Sure, there were moments where we did laugh at her (which was deliberate on the screenwriter and director's part), but there was also an underling sense of dread that we felt at the same time we were laughing. Bates deserved that Oscar here- there's no one else that could have done this role justice like she did.
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Post by doccreed on Mar 13, 2019 4:41:47 GMT
Kathy Bates walked a very fine line in her portrayal of Annie Wilkes. She never went over the top with her acting. If she had we all would have been laughing at her. Instead we were mesmerized and terrorized. Sure, there were moments where we did laugh at her (which was deliberate on the screenwriter and director's part), but there was also an underling sense of dread that we felt at the same time we were laughing. Bates deserved that Oscar here- there's no one else that could have done this role justice like she did. Good point. I think the audience is reacting to Annie the same way Paul is. At first, we are nonplussed and in disbelief. Much of the comedy hits us early on, then, as his predicament becomes more serious, we see her as a rattlesnake. We're constantly on edge. When will she shake her rattle and when will she strike? Paul never knows. In the book, he talks about her moods as storms or tornadoes moving across her face (a crevasse). It is interesting that King compares her to impervious stone idols. She is a godlike force to Paul and he relies on her for everything. He hates himself for how he depends on her. I have some ideas about the novel being the ultimate emasculation of a writer and a man. We know King says there is drug symbolism, but I think Annie also is the She Goddess or Earth Mother. She even threatens to cut off Paul's manhood. She shames him several times throughout the book and she cuts off not only his foot but his thumb, a clear suggestion of a phallus. Thoughts? (I know this is the movie thread, but this applies to her character in both.)
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