I really liked the 2007 movie and am an avid Stephen King fan. When I heard Spike was taking a crack at it I was really excited!
20 minutes in we have a great creature throwback, but we also have stereotypical gender queer kid and his closed minded father partnered with the main character's daughter off to a party. Her mother recently fired as a teacher for teaching sex ed in school outside of the approved curriculum (the stand up for free thought hero who also forbids her daughter from going to a party, the uptight parent). Her father encourages her to go as long as she takes the queer kid who says he could "fall for a guy or a girl" since he doesn't "fall for gender". Said daughter drinks in a cautionary tale leading to her rape.
Honestly it felt like every broad stroke trope was thrown against the wall and whatever stuck made the script.
I checked out about 30 minutes in gagging on what passes for "character development".
Maybe I'll take another crack at it when I feel like being preached at by a lazy writer.
20 minutes in we have a great creature throwback, but we also have stereotypical gender queer kid and his closed minded father partnered with the main character's daughter off to a party. Her mother recently fired as a teacher for teaching sex ed in school outside of the approved curriculum (the stand up for free thought hero who also forbids her daughter from going to a party, the uptight parent). Her father encourages her to go as long as she takes the queer kid who says he could "fall for a guy or a girl" since he doesn't "fall for gender". Said daughter drinks in a cautionary tale leading to her rape.
Honestly it felt like every broad stroke trope was thrown against the wall and whatever stuck made the script.
I checked out about 30 minutes in gagging on what passes for "character development".
Maybe I'll take another crack at it when I feel like being preached at by a lazy writer.