I wrote this review review as I watched the movie to compare it to both the book and original movie.
After watching it fully this movie belongs on the list of the year's most pathetic film adaptations, I honestly can't believe a studio was actually brave enough to produce it! - They have obviously never read the book or seen the original film.
Read on for my review if you want to find my views, but if you want to stop here I completely understand, just allow me to say 'do not waste your time on this tripe!' - Track down the original 1989 film because this remake actually makes that movie seem decent!
This adaptation of the story is quite different from the the original story, which at least the 1989 film kept in line with the story of the book. - so much new rubbish has been introduced! Everything from the 'funeral ceremony' the daughter witnesses to the family not meeting their neighbour Jud who is in fact the one who introduces the father to the Pet Sematary is not how this story unfolded; it seems that the director thought the daughter discovering it, alone mind was a better idea...
There is so much inconsistency in this adaptation that I don't know whether to laugh or scowl.
Loise's first day of work nor his dreams about the Pet Sematary are remotely in line with the original story, the fate of the family's cat Church is vaguely in line, but again quite inconsistent with the original book and even the original movie (which while not a great movie at least it was consistent with King's book!)
Jud showing Louise where to bury Church is vaguely in line with the original story, the cat's return is grossly inaccurate and hardly consistent with the story it is based upon!
None of the following events for the first half of the film follow the story with any degree of consistency either.
As for the second half of the film is just as bad.
It's similar to the original story but again hardly follows the book's story
The new story appears to be that Louise was unhappy with the 'changed' cat and decided to release it into the wild to fend for itself (nothing like the book or original movie)
The next part of film involves Loise's daughter being killed by a truck (not the toddler as in the book or even the original movie adaptation!) - So we get a massive plot hole with the wrong character being removed from the story, so there goes the remainder of the story's validity!
The rest of the film is absolutely pathetic, this should never have been allowed to be made! - if anything it's an absolute insult to the original story, movie and to Stephen King himself!!
What an absolutely shocking monstrosity of a movie! It belongs in the rubbish!
After watching it fully this movie belongs on the list of the year's most pathetic film adaptations, I honestly can't believe a studio was actually brave enough to produce it! - They have obviously never read the book or seen the original film.
Read on for my review if you want to find my views, but if you want to stop here I completely understand, just allow me to say 'do not waste your time on this tripe!' - Track down the original 1989 film because this remake actually makes that movie seem decent!
This adaptation of the story is quite different from the the original story, which at least the 1989 film kept in line with the story of the book. - so much new rubbish has been introduced! Everything from the 'funeral ceremony' the daughter witnesses to the family not meeting their neighbour Jud who is in fact the one who introduces the father to the Pet Sematary is not how this story unfolded; it seems that the director thought the daughter discovering it, alone mind was a better idea...
There is so much inconsistency in this adaptation that I don't know whether to laugh or scowl.
Loise's first day of work nor his dreams about the Pet Sematary are remotely in line with the original story, the fate of the family's cat Church is vaguely in line, but again quite inconsistent with the original book and even the original movie (which while not a great movie at least it was consistent with King's book!)
Jud showing Louise where to bury Church is vaguely in line with the original story, the cat's return is grossly inaccurate and hardly consistent with the story it is based upon!
None of the following events for the first half of the film follow the story with any degree of consistency either.
As for the second half of the film is just as bad.
It's similar to the original story but again hardly follows the book's story
The new story appears to be that Louise was unhappy with the 'changed' cat and decided to release it into the wild to fend for itself (nothing like the book or original movie)
The next part of film involves Loise's daughter being killed by a truck (not the toddler as in the book or even the original movie adaptation!) - So we get a massive plot hole with the wrong character being removed from the story, so there goes the remainder of the story's validity!
The rest of the film is absolutely pathetic, this should never have been allowed to be made! - if anything it's an absolute insult to the original story, movie and to Stephen King himself!!
What an absolutely shocking monstrosity of a movie! It belongs in the rubbish!