Dolores Claiborne Book vs Movie

[@bruh_hahaha]

Most underrated King adapted movie. Kathy Bates was criminally overlooked for an Oscar. Judy Parfitt’s brilliant portrayal of Vera should have gotten a supporting actress Oscar as well.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah every performance was phenomenal here!

[@LiirThropp2687]

I've been binging your videos. 😂 You're great. And this is, quite possibly, one of Stephen King's absolute best stories. Dolores is such a fantastic character in both the book and the film. Her humor, her take no crap attitude, her spine of steel, and her love for her daughter....I'm not surprised Kathy Bates said Dolores is her personal favorite character that she's played.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks! And yeah, this one is so good!! Dolores is one of my all time favorite fictional characters.

[@Zenobiadream]

Kathy Bates was incredible as Dolores, I really wished she won another Oscar

[@WhytheBookWins]

Definitely! Such amazing performances!

[@leeannemorelli8850]

My favorite of King's adaptation!! Great story, great movie

[@jl6714]

I have got to buy this book. I bought the movie, it is by far one of my all time faves. I can't believe how this movie slid under the radar. To me, it was so much better than MISERY.

[@WhytheBookWins]

It's such an underrated King book and movie! Definitely in my top 3 I would say.

[@michaeleggers7709]

The little girl she sees in Jesse Burlingame from Gerald’s Game

[@WhytheBookWins]

I'm planning on reading Gerald's Game later this year!

[@michaeleggers7709]

@@WhytheBookWins it’s very good!

[@KlassyKat45]

Joe was played by David Strathairn. He was in A League of Their Own, The River Wild and Goodnight & Good Luck. Glad I watched the movie instead of reading the book.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah I love David Strathairn! He's always amazing.

[@louisaparker]

I just watched the movie. It's a pity that the movie didn't include Vera's children. It would have make the plot even more interesting. In the movie it seemed a bit weird that Vera would leave all her fortune to Dolores.

[@justintai8725]

Hi, thanks for your brilliant review video. I just wanted to reply to your question. I found this on the internet. I knew that it was linked as well to another stephen King book, maybe more than one. I found this; Dolores Claiborne is linked to King’s previous 1992 novel, Gerald’s Game, by a psychic flash that takes place during the 1963 solar eclipse when Dolores kills her abusive husband at the same time that Gerald’s Game’s Jessie Burlingame is being molested by her father over by Dark Score Lake and the two women are briefly given access to each other’s thoughts. 😊😮❤

[@WhytheBookWins]

glad you liked the video! and thanks for sharing! I actually read Gerald's Game earlier this year and saw the connection between the two. While I liked Gerald's Game, of the two I prefer Dolores. In Dolores the molestation is just referenced whereas in Gerald's we actually get the description and it was tough for me to read a scene like that.

[@chucklittle]

Judy Parfitt was fab in this movie, a perfect combo of elegance, class, and being a bitch.😊

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yes! She was amazing

[@PhilipWeisman-dl4ik]

​@@WhytheBookWins Judy Parfitt came to attention as the Mother in the modern section of THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN. Later, she was Hugh Grant's Mother in MAURICE for the Merchant/Ivory Production. She appeared opposite Jennifer Ehle as Constance Wilde's confidante in WILDE. Recently, she is the older character in CALL THE MIDWIFE British tv series.

[@laciduke3865]

The little girl on the day of the eclipse, it’s from Gerald’s Game!

[@WhytheBookWins]

Oooo that makes sense! I forgot the beginning of the book King says how the events of both books takes place during the same eclipse. I'll have to do a book vs movie for that one sometime. Thanks!

[@M0rd3a]

Yes, Stephen King likes to reward his “constant readers” with little tidbits. I read Dolores Claiborne after Gerald’s Game and recognized that immediately :)

[@ChicagoMel23]

Can you please do The Stand? Book vs both movies? I didn’t watch the remake, heard it wasn’t that good.

[@WhytheBookWins]

That's a lengthy one! I want to do it at some point, but I don't know if it'll be this year. The podcast Ink to Film has covered it though if you want to listen to their take. They compare it with the new TV show

[@blossom114]

Just finished poring through Delores Claiborne this morning and rented the movie on amazon . I immediately knew what was going on with Selena in the book... and even though you wanted the SOB dead, it was difficult to read just for how prolonged it was and felt a smidgen of remorse for him because of how long it took. (JUST a smidge.) Enjoyed the movie for what it was. Very different adaptation and I understand how they want to try and condense the time frame so it makes more sense that the sexual abuse and bank and death are over a shorter time frame. I'm GUESSING most of the earlier scenes are from the 70s as the book has a lot longer range of time....going back to the late 40s when Dolores starts working for Vera, and the sexual abuse is in 62 and the eclipse is in July of 63. (an Actual event. The one in the movie isn't directly the same one because of time frame). Being a major 11/22/63 fan I was gobbling up the references to Kennedy and what real life scenarios that he is mentioned in are also mentioned in 11/22/63. The scene from Dolores's interview in the movie I immediately recognized what Vera was saying to the person before Dolores as what she had spouted off to a maid of hers that eclipse day in the 60s where Dolores basically went after her and called her out on her bitchiness because her children weren't there. (not knowing that they were dead)/Nice little scene from the book that made its way somehow into the movie. Enjoyed it for what it is. They have to dramatize it somehow and it got the point across, just dont' watch the movie first and think this this and this is going to happen with the daughter in current day when she's off in New York. From what I saw in previews I could tell that the boys weren't going to be in it , and kind of annoying, yes, but not entirely central to the direct point of the movie.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I read the book last month I absolutely enjoyed it definitely one of kings best books and then I rewatched the movie version kathy bates is brilliant as Dolores and so is Jennifer Jason leigh as her daughter

[@WhytheBookWins]

Agreed!

[@4thlinemaniac356]

The Spitfire Grill by King is better and even more dramatic.

[@robertgallagher5285]

Thought Jennifer Jason Leigh stole the show she's been incredible in EVERYTHING since Fast times at Ridgemont High!!!!!

[@WhytheBookWins]

yeah she is fantastic!

[@globetrekker86]

David Straithairn is alarmingly good as a villain (Joe St. George, Pierce Patchett, Noah Voss)

[@chelsHQ]

Loving the Stephen King vids!

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks!

[@M0rd3a]

New subscriber here :) If you liked Dolores Claiborne I recommend you read Gerald’s Game and Rose Madder by Stephen King. Both have a strong female main character just like this one. Stephen King said he based the character’s on his wife and her female relatives :). And I hope you read IT, even though it’s one of his “horror” books. It’s my favorite and I read all of his books. I just don’t recommend reading it at night because it is a scary book. On the other hand, I think it has some of his best characters and its a beautiful story about friendship.

[@WhytheBookWins]

That's awesome! I definitely have want to cover those. I probably will read It at some point, but I don't think I'll watch the movies. I have a stronger stomach for reading horror vs watching it. Salems Lot comes out later this year but I don't know about doing a book vs movie because I'm worried the movie will be too scary for me.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

The Spitfire Grill by King is a better more dramatic movie and King changed his writing style after reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub and If You Can See Me Now by Straub is one of Kings favorite books.

[@homelesshannah50]

Jesse was kind of a bitch in the book and she causes her husband's heart attack and she hated the stray dog for no damn reason.

[@LucyLioness100]

Hope you might get to Pet Sematary one day though that’s a tougher read due to the subject matter. The book is the King one that scares me the most (IT is close behind), but the movies just never quite capture the terror of the novel; the ‘90s radio abridgment and Michael C. Hall reading the audiobook are my favorites

[@WhytheBookWins]

def want to read this one! I'm worried about how scary it will be lol but will be covering it sometime next year! I think my next King will be Dreamcatcher. Or maybe I'll post a King poll next month and have people vote for which I should do.

[@LucyLioness100]

@@WhytheBookWins Dreamcatcher would be a riot. I never read the book or watched the movie, but my mom did both; wasn’t a fan of either but the movie kinda made her snicker

[@robertgallagher5285]

My top 3: Salem's Lot Pet Semetary Gerald's Game!!!!!

[@JERRYBRISENO]

I thought when I was reading the book that the little girl that she was having visions of was Vera as a little girl. And that's why she told Dolores yo kill Joe!!

[@homelesshannah50]

David was really good in The Uninvited with Emily Browning, a really good thriller

[@OtesOtesOtes]

3:49 have yer comment I'm using your channel for exposure to media I wouldn't usually consume. I used to spend many a lunch break listen to my twin friends (who were major film buffs) tell the plot of movies to me.

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research the author of novel is Stephen king his psychological thriller novel is best selling novel in year 1992 in USA selling fictional community of little tall Island which is Stephen king later used as setting of original tv mini series storm of century and he is American author of horror supernatural fiction suspense crime science fiction and fantasy novels . He is known as king of horror play on his surname referred to his standing in pop culture his books sold more than 350 million copies. Many of his works adapted into films and comic books he has published 14 novels under pen name Richard Bachman iam so sorry to be little long but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English language as none native speakers iwish for your channel more success and progress stay safe blessed best wishes for you your dearest ones

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing iam new subscriber Arabic lady citizen we are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well literature lovers thank you for giving us chance to read about American literature actually I still remember adventures of Tom Sawyer cartoons which was dubbing into Arabic when we kids if you please what your name it’s great ideas to show people titles of books and encourage them to read learn new information in past only travel aboard or looking for books to learn new information nowadays thank god KZbin channels as open universities google is our library I gathered main points about novel you mentioned and author briefly here it’s Dolores Claiborne the main theme of novel narrative of suffering and weakness referred to dominate metaphor in novel

[@homelesshannah50]

You think that's bad?!! The pervert father in Gerald's Game was Elliott from ET, wrap your head around that

[@WhytheBookWins]

I read and watched Gerald's Game and both book and movie were definitely disturbing.

[@homelesshannah50]

Yes they are but she's a real jerk in the book@@WhytheBookWins