Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

kkickham-87832 I guess people don't read. I, for one, have read at least about 2 dozen King books, and the Mr. Mercedes trilogy, was a favorite of mine. The miniseries was quite a bit slower than the book series when it comes to the plot, and the actors were chosen poorly in some cases. The actress playing Holly is not nearly eccentric enough, and neither she, nor Jerome, were largely enough incorporated into the story. Hodges is not Irish, and while I like Mr. Gleeson, he wasn't quite all American retiree that should have been portraying old man Hodges. They even went as far as to incorporate him as an Irishman and use that in the series. I believe he was a bit too crabby and more of a curmudgeon than he should have been. He was supposed to have been cynical, yet soft, especially for Janey, Jerome, and Holly. Jerome, and especially Holly, are key characters in the trilogy, but it's as if they were barely a part of the story. They didn't even get the credit where credit was due, winning bus passes and keys to where city. Holly put Brady into a coma and saved the day.Lastly, the screenwriter and director really butchered this production when they completely changed parts of the plot on the whole, ie the end. I'm not sure why they couldn't have made the ending story take place at the boy band concert, because it comes into play later with the zappits. I can't figure out why Brady stabbed Lou, either, because they were 'friends,' as much as Brady could be, and she plays a large role in the another one of the stories. Why did they change her name from Freddie to Lou, and why did they change Anthony Frobisher's name to Robi? No one called him that in the book. I don't understand why Odell was a golden retriever. I don't recall it being difficult to find an Irish Setter.

jnbbookworm On the one hand I was disappointed that it was so different than the book. King is a master storyteller and rewriting the book is foolish who ever made the changes you are not Steven King. So after much contempations I have decided that it can only help SK sell more books because you have people like me saying the book is better the book is better. On the other hand it was like watching an entirely different story so there is that. All that aside the acting was great and the story was ok for a tv series just the book is better

wotsonurmind Same problem as before with Netflix. The story is based on a book by Stephen King which to anyone who has read it is almost made for a single season of TV Series. The story is succint and although not brilliant is serviceable enough. The TV adaptation actually embraces this concept whole heartedly and starts of perfectly with a good pilot episode,followed by good additional ones slowly pushing the characters to the audience. Somewhere after the fifth episode (maybe around the time,someone warned them of extension to a second season), literally very little happens. The characters slowly become a parody of themselves as an attempt is made to film an epsiode where literally nothing happens other than a particular character dying and so on. Then it becomes complete garbage with cliched options given to the actors and everyone trying their best to not do anything and just push the entire plotline to the second season. Netflix producers had the option of starting a new story for the second season instead of having no conclusion at all.Watch 'The Sinner' for example to see how to answer most questions and have good story going on for the entire series.

acdc_mp3 I was a huge Stephen King fan of his earlier works, but not a fan of the interpretations of his books to the movie or TV screen. I have not yet read Mr. Mercedes, but decided to give the show a try anyway. From the first episode to the last, I was all in. I loved the characters, especially the interaction between Brendan Gleeson and Holland Taylor. I also related very much to Bill Hodges' gruffly angry Irishman demeanor and found myself laughing because I muttered exactly the same types of things he did when I am annoyed. He is actually a protagonist that I root for because he is flawed in many ways. The absolute no-holds-barred disturbing events that happen during the show was something I did not expect, and was pleasantly repulsed and creep-ed out by much of it, which is something at rarely happens to me. Its been a long while that I talked to myself during a show like I have during this one! I love when a show invades my mind later in my day while I am driving or working the way this show did. All in all, it is a great ride so far and I am looking forward to season 2. I cannot even begin to guess how it go. Maybe I will read the book while waiting for it to begin!Check this show out and be entertained.