after the lush and inspire aerial shot in fast motion in the opening of the movie and this slip into utter boredom and a one tone note right till the end . where to begin and well i will start with the character . i really enjoy them in the book and here they all be type and one dimensional moron that either have victim or asshole write on their forehead from the get go . how any one do not see through the store owner lealand gaunt ( in a hammy and out of place performance by sydrow ) be beyond me . this film lack in thrill and suspense and and in some sense yes and entertain value . it stretch itself for far too long with not a lot of pay off . why introduce too many annoy should die quick type of character and then forget about half of them half way through . in the book practically everyone that go into the store meet a grisly fate . here and besides one of the only decent scene that translate well from the novel ( the fight between wilma and nettie ) and be a letdown and do not have much ball . i be sorry but after and one off screen death and a boring shoot off and and some bickering and then a couple explosion just do not do it for me . the brutality and mean spiritedness from the book be sadly miss . the explosion of the church scene be so over the top and badly execute and all of sudden the entire city be in a brawl . it make no sense and character that weren not introduce all the way through suddenly be and who be these people and why should i care . the story be all over the place and none of the scene have momentum . i think ed harris and bonnie bedeila be good actor in this and but the movie give them not enough substance for me to give a damn . amanda plummer be credible but too pathetic to really be sympathetic ( in the novel she be a sad and depressing character ) here it be a too one note . j. t. walsh be entertain and but the role be far from interest or layer . too predictable . the soundtrack be too classy for the material it be support . it stand out like sore thumb . easy there buddy and easy . something a little less theatrical i would assume would have work . i will admit some of the gore it do manage to have be good enough i guess and the director seem to hold back a lot of the time though . if your go to make a movie that reach the 2 hr point be sure to have far more go on then this disaster of a adaption of on of king good novel . i often find myself laugh at scene that be suppose to be take seriously ( ed harris speech at the end and or the character hugh priest in general ) and and be bore and uninterested most of the other time . personally the director should have do so much more with this story and his approach be too tame and hide behind too much crisp cinematography to ever come off a a decent movie . the movie look good and but not the look i think this story deserve . i mean and this dude helm alaska and not a good sign . i would rather just read the book and a you should too a if it be far more entertaining and layered character development and grisly violence and mayhem and a nasty sense of humour and and far more oomph . this be a butchered version and that have not much to offer . out of .