With a bigger budget and a longer runtime, cell could easily have been elevated above its current station as a worthy 2 am viewing on cablenot that theres anything wrong with that. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. What do you think of the ending of the movie gone baby gone. John cusack checks in anyways, and promptly loses his mind. A notso good character going out like a true man,in one of the greatest noble. Paranormal writer john cusack hears about haunted room 1408 in the dolphin hotel. Imagine the horror in my wifes face as she missed the relevant journal entry by accident and arrived at this ending. The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july which in 2007 fell on a friday is. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending. Gone homes horrifying alternate ending oldskooler ramblings.
Starring as mike enslin, a skeptical author who decides to check into a. The genius of 1408 isnt that the room is evil, but that mike enslin faces his. I went to a place on le quang sung in hcmc, right next to a dq. Can anyone explain the plot and ending of the movie 1408. Jackson is particularly effective, going the subdued route when largerthanlife jackson would have been, in this case, completely understandable. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. One of the first things noticeable is the fact that it. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. He gets a lead on a room at the dolphin hotel, room 1408, and goes to spend the night. The presidential election of 1980 and the rise of the right. Im glad and sad at the same time this series came to an end. I dont know if people are missing journal entries or just misinterpreting but i feel like i can help shed some light on some stuff. In the case of gillian flynns addictive maritaldysfunction mystery gone girl, which david fincher is currently translating for the screen, the news that flynn has come up with an entirely.
I feel that grant ended it very well, each character played hisher role to the end. Maybe instead of going into the credits as hes beginning to smile, they would zoom out and the audience would see that theyre both actually still in 1408 or something. Burning this room was the only thing he could do at the end of his life. When the room 1408 at the dolphin hotel in new york is brought to his attention, research tells him that the death tally in the room is in the double digits. The good thing about this unintended consequence is that gone home can now officially be called a real game, as a player choice can result in a second ending. However, if you saw the film while it was in theaters in the u. The wrong girl is the fourth lighthearted chicklit novel from australian author zoe foster. End of the world predictions gone wrong rapture truth. The first half of the book starts slow, but when you get to the first twist it completely blows your mind. Most predictions are related to abrahamic religions, often standing for or similar to the eschatological events described in their scriptures. Sometimes you just need to talk to a four year old and an. If our wrangle over room 1408 is really over, id like to go on upstairs and. If you saw 1408 for the first time either while abroad or on fx, then you saw it with its original, gloomy ending. To qualify as a game, the users actions would have a bearing on the narrative.
Its cursed with some really cheap cgi, but blessed with actors who are game for, and respect, the material. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these specific ways. A notsogood character going out like a true man,in one of the greatest noble. I have only seen the movie and read the synopsis of the book on the wikipedia page, the only subtle difference i see from the ending of that to the movie is that in the movie nick decides to leave amy when she reveals to him that she killed desi but decides against it when he hears she is pregnant but in the book its shown he was ready to write a memoir detailing the truth of amys abduction. This was a great book cant believe i finished it in 3 daysamy definitely has some serious mental issues but for me that is what made the book that much interesting of a read.
All book spoilers disappointed with ending to all the wrong questions all book spoilers spoiler ive read the series since they first started coming out when i was a kid, and loved the dark humor and ridiculousness of the series. Aug 22, 20 i have been reading a few threads about the plot and i feel like a lot of people are getting it wrong. The year 2007 which gave us grace is gone along with 1408 may be the. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. If i heard how bad the room was prior to that i would bring a parachute.
Predictions of apocalyptic events that would result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the common era. How in order to rebuild the future, you have to let go of the past. Olin thinks that this will make mikes stay in 1408 that much worse. The gone series is a youngadult dystopian science fiction book series written by michael grant. Ralph emerges onto the beach and is discovered by a british naval officer who has come ashore after seeing the burning island from his. When she asks him if he is ever going to write another book like it, mike says that period is over now. I have been reading a few threads about the plot and i feel like a lot of people are getting it wrong.
The ending explanation needed, discussions gone home. Olin plays in his car the tape mike used during his stay in 1408. On our daily tasks, we pass a lot of information to others. The clues that some what brought me to my idea was in reference to hell for me was the cigarette, the match he spit out, molotov cocktail, burn me alive, the daughter in ashes as well as the burned hotel,weve only just began, and if you leave the hotel you dont leave 1408. I was interested in seeing 1408 when it first came out over ten years ago, but i didnt want to get strung along for a stephen king ending. Michael bramblett professor stacy taylor english 101 55z1 30 november 2011 film analysis 1408 1408 is a movie about a published writer of supernatural phenomena who finally finds what he is looking for, the real thing. All book spoilers disappointed with ending to all the. Based on the short stephen king horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer mike enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. In the final pages of lord of the flies, ralph runs through the jungle fleeing both jack and his pack of savage boys and the fire jack set in the on the mountain. Stephen kings story and the adapted film still is an effective look at what is one part psychological thriller and one part haunted house. Amy rosamund pike returns to nick ben affleck after she sees in television. The only wrong thing about room 1408 in the movie 1408 is your mind. Six stories stephen king goes to the movies charlie the choochoo. In the end, enslin sleeps with his lights on, has removed all his houses.
Andrew busch has provided the latter with reagans victory. Oct 30, 2019 stephen kings vicious and horrifying tale about a familys grief gone disturbingly wrong became an emotionally explosive and creepy film from director mary lambert, who plays up the melodrama and. What was actually wrong with room 1408 in the movie. As is so often the case, test audiences seem to have gotten this one wrong. Days gone is less a game about zombies partially because days gone doesnt include any and more an examination of loss, hope, and cruelty in the postapocalypse and all of this is evident in the days gone ending.
At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girls titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. It is directed by mikael hafstrom and stars john cusack, samuel l. Modern horror has gone through many different phases and while 1408 is not as flashy, loud, or as gory as many modern films. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events wikipedia. I claim no rights to this movie, none of the work is my own please read the description below this is the 1408 ending that was. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the train, and big little lies. I think the ending should have been less straight forward, and less hollywoody. Me faye and my husband dave regularly frequent the porn shop about 10 miles away and make use of the video booths in the back. Jackson, mary mccormack, tony shalhoub, len cariou, isiah whitlock, jr. Boy meets girl, girl is a secret sociopath, girl fakes her own death, and. In the introduction to the story, king says that 1408 is his version of what he calls the ghostly room at the inn, his term for the theme of haunted hotel or. His heart was beating so hard that he could feel it in his neck and wrists as well as in his chest.
The film is based on a stephen king short story, which i had the pleasure of reading before i saw the film. I know that most people are probably still reading or have yet to get this book, but for those few book addicts who stayed up most of the night reading, what do you think about the end of the book. I found every person quite interesting, especially oscar. Ok, so, the ending of the movie isnt as different from the ending of the book, as wed been led to believe. Research for a new book leads enslin to the supposedly haunted room 1408 at new. After his latest book, he receives an anonymous postcard depicting the dolphin, a hotel on. The first novel in the series, also entitled gone, was originally published in 2008.
He fears that theres no afterlife and heavenhell are just stories we tell our kids. Request your free book, anything but secret, today and learn the truth about the rapture get it now. Busch gathers all the elements of that sour, unpredictable, bubbling, confused, but. Going to art school, i knew a lot of gay men who went through the military just to pay for college. He searches for proof of ghosts or other supernatural activity. Author mike enslin cusack is a ghost story writer, who we later find out began penning haunted house books after the death of his only daughter. A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the dolphin hotel. Lets see it from patricks perspective about whom would you choose for amanda to be with. I was interested in seeing 1408 when it first came out over ten years ago, but i didnt. Wrong gloryhole consequences of the wrong gloryhole. Despite having several of her previous works on my shelves including the younger man this is the first book of hers i have read, though i do read her weekly column in the sunday paper. Finally, the directors cut has mike also setting the room on fire and also dying, but this time, its olin who listens to the tape with the dead daughters voice. Hotel manager samuel jackson says, its an evil fucking room. Cusack is magnificent, and considering about half the film is.
And next to the humidor were mike enslins last three books. The second book, hunger, was released a year later, followed by the third book, lies, on may 4, 2010. Enslin is broken and beyond skeptical about the paranormal activities his investigations have all but proven dont exist. And though days gone may not always nail these persistent themes, or. On finally understanding the matrix sequels youtube. A first alternate ending has mike still setting the room on fire as well, but dying alongside it, then sam reading the manuscript of the book 1408 he wrote before the movie ends. I dont know if i would say the ending is bad, but if the whole there are ghosts in this game would actually have satisfy some people. Book four, released on april 5, 2011, is titled plague. Olin, the hotel manager, begs mike enslin not to stay in room 1408, and says that after reading mikes books about spending nights in supposedly haunted houses and castles, he gets the impression that mike has absolutely no belief in the supernatural. I have been getting massages almost daily because the massages feel great, cheap, and i dont have to use my mother in laws bucket shower. The ending was something i loved about the movie for its ambiguity. One of the best examples of this, early in the film, is a bookstore book signing. Apr 01, 2011 unless, of course, you want to feature in our next 15 most hilarious auto corrects gone wrong.
Well i read the book and i had a hard time finding the difference between the book s ending. Jackson for their second king feature together after the superb 1408, and both turn in good performances. Days gone ending explained in full detail screen rant. With a small cast, and a limited conceit for the film after all, the main characters spends the majority of the film in one hotel room. Mikes latest project is a book entitled ten nights in haunted hotel rooms, and it seems that in room 1408 of the dolphin hotel, this skeptical. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Director mikael hafstrom said that the ending for 1408 was reshot because test. Gone wrong definition of gone wrong by the free dictionary. In 2002, 1408 was collected in written form as the 12th story in kings collection everythings eventual. She goes ballistic when he cums inside the ending is so.
While gone girl was a better example of how to condense a book into a film, you might still have found yourself wondering exactly what gillian flynn changed in her screenplay as you walked out of. Sep 29, 2018 the first 500 people to click this link get 2 months of skillshare for free. Major spoilers on the gone girl film adaptation and book ahead. In the 2007 psychological horror film 1408, john cusack returns to what he does best. It is the third tale in the audiobook collection blood and. The cynical and skeptical writer mike enslin writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, graveyards and other haunted places, usually debunking the mystery. But it was a simple ending just to throw people off much like a lot of the red herrings of the entire game. As research for his latest book, enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a new york city hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. Take it at face value and its a normal ending with the main character getting out alive but his recorder happened to have caught the part where he spoke to his daughter in 1408 as the wife looks on in disbelief to unsettle the audience and give it an ominous feel as opposed to a cheezy happy ending it seemed to be headed for. You come home and find a note from your sister telling you not to worry about the stuff thats missing. This book is better than girl on the train and gone girl by far. Wrong gloryhole consequences of the wrong gloryhole, sex stories, loving wife.
Kings reading of it is really well done, and keeps the pace up and the adrenaline pumping. He sees the room as a solid ending chapter for the new book hes working on. The university press of kansas has provided the former in its series on crucial elections. Well, theres a third ending too, but youll need guns. His wife has a look of disbelief and he cracks the faintest little smile. I also thought he was in hell because the mail guy told the old man a number that added together equal plus 1408 as well. Six stories stephen king goes to the movies charlie the choo choo. Read more wrong gloryhole consequences of the wrong gloryhole. The next time you feel frustrated or at the end of your rope over something in life, just remember the following quotes to keep things in perspective. Jul 11, 2008 with a small cast, and a limited conceit for the film after all, the main characters spends the majority of the film in one hotel room. It was without a doubt one of the most intriguing, unconventional series i have ever read. I know i must not be the only one who dreaded going into the basement. Apology letter for giving wrong information sample letters.
In typical stephen king fashion, the short story adaptation ends with john cusacks character mike dying in the hotel fire he started and reuniting with his dead daughter. Unless all you want are dinosaurs roaring and a whole bunch of action baloney and recycled moments from better films in the franchise. It is true that the moral dilemma in the end was a really, really tough one. What is the explanation for the ending of the movie before we go. I was expecting some kind of supernatural reveal, given the history of the house and oscars death. The game did a great job of building tension where you wouldnt expect it. However, things get out of hand and for one reason or the other we provide the wrong.
The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. He turned around and very slowly edged himself out of the little space between the wall and the bed, a space that now felt as narrow as a grave. When it comes to official communication especially workrelated, it is important to ensure that the information passed is accurate. Harold camping again claims the rapture would occur on may 21 and that the end of the world would occur on october 21. Its not that the book is bad, but the movie is better probably the best. The story is based on a short story written by steven king and directed by mikael hafstrom. Jun 20, 2007 1408 begins with a decent idea and a threedimensional character.