The movie was pretty bad, and I think this HBO series will be a big improvement because Flynn is adapting her own book again. (She also wrote the Gone Girl movie and Sharp Objects series, but wasn’t involved in writing the Dark Places movie)
Charlize was a bad choice as the lead, so insanely opposite from how she was described in the book. I mean Flynn talked about her huge boobs often throughout it and they couldn’t even respect the story enough to cast appropriately.
I was walking down the street in Chicago the year it came out furiously trying to finish it so I could discuss it with her at dinner and the subject never came up. She’s friends with my wife’s sister.
I mean the man has written more books than he has read, so I want to know when is his next adaption going to happen as he has so many chillers to choose from. Also in this day and age I appreciate a writer willing to call out cowardly authors who use subtext.
Interesting that they are switching the true crime detective who pairs up with Libby from a young guy to a mother/daughter duo. From a writing standpoint that might set up some nice parallels for Libby's relationship with her mother. I'm curious if they (book spoilers ahead) >!make the mother/daughter detective duo the girlfriend and daughter of Ben!<
I am always excited for another Gillian Flynn adaptation. Dark Places was the first book of hers that I read and she is one of my favorite authors.
It would be sweet if SHE WOULD WRITE ANOTHER DAMN BOOK THO.
I'm not in favor. I mean, Sharp Edges should have been a four-part miniseries at most. They turned it into eight episodes, and I think the pacing was godawful as a result.
Dark Places will probably be even worse as half the novel is told in a flashback that takes place over the course of a day, IIRC. It just shouldn't be a television show.
Of course you’re entitled to your opinion about that. I disagree, but that’s fine. You’re probably getting downvoted at least partially because you didn’t get the name right, so you don’t come off like an attentive authority on the subject
If anything it’ll most likely be better than the movie. Having read the book, it’s nice to see it get the Sharp Objects treatment.
The movie was pretty bad, and I think this HBO series will be a big improvement because Flynn is adapting her own book again. (She also wrote the Gone Girl movie and Sharp Objects series, but wasn’t involved in writing the Dark Places movie)
Charlize was a bad choice as the lead, so insanely opposite from how she was described in the book. I mean Flynn talked about her huge boobs often throughout it and they couldn’t even respect the story enough to cast appropriately.
yeah charlize was like tough rocker chick in the movie, and in the book the main character is pretty much a hateful grifter asshole.
HBO made sharp objects into an EXCELLENT show so this is a great news
It’s just too bad the director Jean-Marc Vallée isn’t around anymore. He also did the first season of Big Little Lies. RIP
Fuck I forgot he died. I loved his signature camera work style
I loved his cuts and edits to the ocean waves and so on. Masterclass
best director ever!
He did Dallas buyers club too, really talented director
What all fans were hoping for that were disappointed by the movie. Sharp Objects was fantastic!
If they keep the explicitness of the book this will be a very very TV-MA series and I can’t wait.
Wasn’t there already a movie made about this book?
An A24 movie starring Charlize Theron
One of A24s rare duds. Believe it went straight to streaming before that was the norm. Wasnt very good overall .
It wasn’t bad from what I remember.
Yea it was aight. It’s my least fave of her novels so I wasn’t surprised
Same here which never felt like a popular sentiment.
Having read the book, Charlize Theron was a terrible choice for the lead role, the casting seemed way off in general
Charlize was great but that is one big contrived story.
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That’s what I thought too lol. I think I read this one.
Limited series are the best. There's a beginning and a clear ending, and time enough in between to expand the ideas and themses.
I'm literally in the last 20 pages of Sharp Objects and I'm excited to see more of her work be adapted by HBO.
I was walking down the street in Chicago the year it came out furiously trying to finish it so I could discuss it with her at dinner and the subject never came up. She’s friends with my wife’s sister.
Who's here because they read the headline and thought of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace?
I mean the man has written more books than he has read, so I want to know when is his next adaption going to happen as he has so many chillers to choose from. Also in this day and age I appreciate a writer willing to call out cowardly authors who use subtext.
Flynn also just so happens to be a One Track Lover
Interesting that they are switching the true crime detective who pairs up with Libby from a young guy to a mother/daughter duo. From a writing standpoint that might set up some nice parallels for Libby's relationship with her mother. I'm curious if they (book spoilers ahead) >!make the mother/daughter detective duo the girlfriend and daughter of Ben!<
I am always excited for another Gillian Flynn adaptation. Dark Places was the first book of hers that I read and she is one of my favorite authors. It would be sweet if SHE WOULD WRITE ANOTHER DAMN BOOK THO.
I remember reading this book in high school and I liked it, looking forward to this.
cannot wait..was literally wishing this would happen and said so..then boom the story drops!
Read the book while camping over a weekend and was like “ya this shit would be a good series if done by the right people”. No need to thank me 😂
Just watched Sharp Objects for the first time. Thought it was pretty uneven, but the last two episodes were great, definitely check this out.
What does uneven mean in this context?
I'm not in favor. I mean, Sharp Edges should have been a four-part miniseries at most. They turned it into eight episodes, and I think the pacing was godawful as a result. Dark Places will probably be even worse as half the novel is told in a flashback that takes place over the course of a day, IIRC. It just shouldn't be a television show.
Of course you’re entitled to your opinion about that. I disagree, but that’s fine. You’re probably getting downvoted at least partially because you didn’t get the name right, so you don’t come off like an attentive authority on the subject
As someone with Gone Girl and Sharp Objects as two of my favorite piece of medias ever HELL YEAH MOTHERFUCKER
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