I just finished reading Misery by Stepehen King and have started the film – I’m only a few minutes in. I’ve heard it’s the most accurate film representation of his books, and I’m sure it’s a very good film, but part of me doesn’t like the way it might distort my vision of the book.
Reading it, you build a whole imaginary vision of all the scenes and places, and suddenly in the film it’s all different. In this case, most of the book takes place in a single room, and I hadn’t even noticed until now how in my mind I had made such a vivid picture of it. In my mind the bed was always placed on the left wall of the room, and the room itself was much smaller and worn out, and in the film the bed is placed against the right side, and it’s more spacious, tidy looking, and the windows are different.
It’s just a minor detail, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy the film, but I can’t avoid feeling a bit sad knowing that after watching it my vision of the book will probably be distorted.
Anyway just a random thing I guess, and I know all our minds work different so the representation of each scene will vary from one person to another, but I just wanted to share my little feeling of sadness when this happens
by Powerful-Employer-20