Film Den: Misery, Part 1 (Video Review/Retrospective)
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Just in time for the holidays, The Film Den covers one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made.
*This is an edited retrospective of a movie WITH COMMENTARY from me. RUclips doesn't allow uploads of full movies, and I'm not interested in doing that either way.*
“It’s a fucking romance novel.”-Dena Natali
Alaska Young
An accidental pun there Dena. :D
Considering the sort of person Annie is, I doubt there's much in the way of actual fucking in the books =P
As someone who is writing his first novel and who knows an author personally, I can say this movie is more hard to watch then ever.
Her look why saying it ;)
Yeah I wonder how she'd react if Misery's child had gone hardcore sleazy (instead of the killing of character).
I have always wanted a Misery remake staring Robert Pattinson as himself stuck in a bed being "protected" by a crazed 40 year old twilight mom.
Robert would probably enjoy that. His ultimate "Take That"!
No no no no
Not a movie...
REAL!
Make Robert Pattinson suffer by a Twilight crazy 40 year old mom fan
XDD
@@skaladarrellgodeater1070 Or have Jamie Dornan suffer being held hostage by a 50-60 year old Shades of Grey fan.
Your deadpan "It's a fucking romance novel" delivery had me dying of laughter, omg
I feel like Annie burning Paul's manuscript IN A CLOSED IN BEDROOM WITH NO WINDOWS OPEN AND RIGHT NEXT TO VERY FLAMMABLE CURTAINS explains a lot about her.
I grew up in a bookstore (literally, my mother owned a bookstore from 1985 to 2002) that mostly specialized in romance books, so I might be able to shed some light on why Misery was so popular in-universe. In the 80s and 90s, hands down the most popular and bestselling genre of fiction was historical romance*, in volume total if not specific books. Many of them were series, but they would tend to focus on a family rather than one specific person. But there were many authors who became a "big deal" just by writing novels, like Danille Stelle, Julie Garwood, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, and several others. Big movie deals weren't as much of a thing then primarily because publishing and Hollywood were chasing after different demographics. For example, Diana Gabaldon was considered a "supernatural romance" writer who was considered wildly successful at the time, but you probably know her series best not as the time-travel romance series from the 90s, but the Starz TV series from 2014 Outlander.
That bit about demographic is important because, while it makes sense that an author might be that well-known for writing a historical romance series...the fiction market was heavily gendered and segregated at that time. Leigh Greenwood was a popular historical romance writer who focused on frontier/western era historical romance (think less OK Corral and more Little House on the Prairie). The series was very popular...but suffered a HUGE drop in sales when someone found out that Leigh Greenwood was a man (people got over it eventually). So to me, the unbelievable part isn't that people knew who he was from those romance novels...but that a romance series published under the name "Paul Sheldon" would have been successful.
But all this is the sort of thing you'd only really know about if you had exposure to the publishing industry in some way, particularly the romance industry, at the time the story is set. You're absolutely correct that the story makes way more sense in a post Harry Potter/Twilight/50 Shades world. ESPECIALLY with fandom ripping itself to shreds right now fighting over genre fiction and obsessively attacking creators for making choices they think are "wrong".
* Historical romance is exactly what it says on the tin, a romance set in a historical (rather than contemporary) setting. Victorian romance is a specific subgenre with their own style. So the Misery series as described in the movie/novel, while set in the Victorian era, wouldn't technically be Victorian romance. The best example I can think of is all cyberpunk is near-future science fiction, but not all near-future science fiction is cyberpunk.
Huh, I guess Leigh can be a gender neutral name, wow thank you for posting this.
I think you just wrote a novel with this comment!.
Thank you for explaining this.
I think that Misery (both the book and the film) is a guide how not to become a crazy fan. Believe me, I heard stories that a number of people who are near (or at) the same level as Kathy Bate’s character’s craziness .
He didn't get out of the COCKADOODIE CAR!!!!
Dena, your movie reviews are almost like video game walkthroughs. I’ve watched this movie a bunch of times, yet you point out stuff I’ve never noticed before. I like that.
Reminds me of when I heard that the mangaka of the dragonball z series had intended for Goku to be really dead after the cell saga, that he couldn't be brought back with the dragon balls anymore and he was going to do other things. But fan reaction and the money the series made forced him to keep going and bring goku back again.
It's been so many years since I've watched Misery, I'd forgotten just how damn good Kathy Bates is in it. She's so sweet, then so damn terrifying when she loses it, fantastic performance from her. She's an underrated horror icon, imo.
Everytime I thought I was out, you pulled me back in.
"It's a f***ing romance novel"
Every time you said that I cracked up. Perfect
Omg yay!! I'm so happy you're covering Misery on the Film Den! Sending all my love from SF!
King said in a couple of interviews that Anny is a metaphor for drug-addiction, but I think it works better as a warning of insane fan-dome.
Also, Pauls problem is totaly avoidable. He can get his "serious" books published and still write Misery novels (even if he doesn't like them) at the same time.
And yes, the scene when he's forced to destroy his new novel is painful ... It has the taste of SJWs forcing someone to destroy what they have created cause it doesn't fit what the SJWs want from the creator ...
dena is criminally underrated. i liked this video more than all the star wars reviews i've watched today.
Ironically I agree, which especially odd, since I have already watched when first came out.
I'm a bestselling romance author and a lover of romance. You're right. The only bestselling Historical series, which is closest to what Paul seems to write would be the Outlander series which is now an HBO hit.
Ohhhhh, she's from California. Okay, now I understand.
Also, you might not be from the proper generation, but the reference to "Liberace records" is...significant. He was extremely popular among women of a certain age & demographic, and the fact that she (a woman about 2 decades too young) loves him indicates just how abnormal & out-of-sync she is. It's just a fun touch there.
as a kid, this was my first exposure to a truly psychotic character. I was too young to understand just what was wrong with Annie or why she was doing what she was doing... the nuance of the story went waaaay over my little head, but I got the gist of it. And it terrified the fuck out of me lol the imagery made me wary of so many random things, from doilies to mountain cabins in the winter :P
This is a video I didn't know I always wanted.
"Take that, Jill Valentine"
I see what you did there.
Dena you are so beautiful.
combined with her voice, style, humor, interests..even if i dont know her personally.. she's a keeper ;)
Great review Dena! This movie is really intense and I like how the actors are so on point, especially how Kathy Bates can pull off the "keeps you guessing" on-edge lines. Also the fact that this came out before fandoms as we know them today makes Stephen King look like some kind of Nostradamus. Like this just makes me instantly think of that crazy person who threatened to leak Voltron's spoilers if the Voltron team didn't make their preferred ship canon, or the unfortunate way Steven Universe fans harassed and threatened the team working on the show just for having a different ship preference. It's a scary how many Annie Wilkes' there are today and how the group mentality of having other fans who agree with and support the behavior makes the creators feel like the warden of an asylum...
Anyway, on a lighter note. I really love that Richard Farnsworth is in this movie. To me he will always be Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables and seeing his character in this is a lot like him as Matthew Cuthbert since both are soft-spoken kind, likible old guys.
The way Annie totally goes HAM on Paul for killing off Misery gives me a lot of secondhand embarrassment because that visceral, violent sense of entitlement is totally what I felt when Loki died in the first three minutes of Infinity War. Obviously I could never kidnap and hobble the Russo Brothers for offing my imaginary husband, but it's interesting how this film remains relevant in the modern era of media consumption and fan interaction.
Hell, now that you mention it, she reminds me of those Star Wars "fans" who want to remake The Force Awakens. I'm surprised they haven't hobbled anyone yet =P
As a writer myself, this is one of the reasons why I want to use a pen name even if my books don't get a big following.
Clint' Eastwood's first directed movie had almost the same plot called Play Misty For Me, its pretty decent.
It does share similarities with misery but it's not really the same. It can be a hard watch at times (for the right reason) but it's not very good. Watchable still.
You're looking extra fantastic in this Film Den, Dena! Love your hair in this! Happy holidays and can't wait for part 2!!❤️
Thanks very much ^.^
Misery is definitely a Christmas movie. I watch it with my Dad every time the season rolls around.
This is the movie that introduced me to Kathy Bates. And I have loved her ever since!
Kathy Bates kills it in this movie. She is so versatile, that even though she's an A-list celebrity, I still consider her to be underrated.
Brace yourself, because there is one aspect of the Twilight franchise I will defend. Ready? Here we go, I think Meyer's take on age old mythical lore is neat. Say what you want about Edward glittering in the sun, the individual unique gifts vampires have, is one I like. I'm not Native American, so I can't comment on the Werewolf aspect of the story culturally speaking. I've always said, if you took away the Clapton-awful love story, you're left with something that is really interesting.
You know, I actually agree with you. I read every book, and they are all terrible. However, some of the ideas are neat. The unfortunate aspect is that she didn't really do much world building beyond what the plot required, or necessarily flesh out some of the mythology that did matter. Vampires glowing in the sun to act as a lure for their prey could have been a good idea if it was ever shown to be used that way, instead of a throwaway thing to make Edward seem "cooler". The idea of the werewolves being more shape-shifters that happen to use a wolf form had something to it, but it might have worked better if a couple members of the tribe just happened to align better with some other animal. The pack dynamics were just too ingrained for it to make sense that they weren't true werewolves. Vampires having different abilities wasn't anything revolutionary, since even Anne Rice used that trope, but that is one of the very few good aspects of the Twilight lore. Even the idea of the vampires having a loose caste system, with essentially mafia style leaders was an alright touch, but we still don't see anything else about that aside from the Volturi messing with everyone. As is, dropping the romance aspect wouldn't leave enough for even a short lore book. But, if Meyer expanded the lore, and maybe made a spinoff in a different genre, I might be willing to give it a shot.
^ this guy gets it.
I'm sad, I feel like cheering myself up.... let's see what Dena has to offer!
Damn you Dena, Damn you!!!! You peaked my curiosity, so now I'll actually end up watching this scary movie!
*bites his hand*
At least it isn't gory. It's mostly psychological. Dunno if that helps or not, tho =P
It might make it both better, and worse, heh. Better, cause it's much more "for me", but worse, cause it'll get me scared, and I'm a scaredy cat.
In all seriousness, your video did help my mood, and let me get distracted from my worries for a while, so I am grateful. I will actually watch the full movie.... for your review, and to appreciate that one episode of "The Critic" where Jay Sherman is being held captive by .... well... Annie basically
Awesome ^.^
@@Cyborcat You should review the Shining?
I remember my first time watching Misery, I was like 9 lol and I finally listened to the audiobook recently
aww that pig is preaty cute almost makes me feel bad about eating bacon
Yes, they are cute, but unfortunately they are also delicious =P
@@Cyborcat well the only pig i would not feel bad about eating would be Napoleon from animal farm i would turn that jerk into a
B.L.T
Yes! Have waited for someone on RUclips to do this one!
Merry... Christmas? I never knew that this movie came out around Christmas time, so I definitely appreciated the backstory you gave. Definitely excited for part two, I love your commentary!
Are you gonna mention the actor playing Paul? Because anyone who has seen The Godfather will surely recognize him 😉
I talk about him a little in Part 2, but honestly I'm not super familiar with James Caan outside of this movie (haven't seen The Godfather movies, believe it or not--I know I should).
Cyborcat In that case, I definitelly recomment the first two. The third movie was average (and a bit dissapointing) compared to the first two
Well you know what they say "Misery loves company"
*cue Pinkie Pie performing a rimshot*
A Christmas classic 😏
Holy crap, new Film Den!
Truly I have been blessed this day.
When I first saw Misery it wasn’t from a Stephen king book or movie it was from family guy.
Hm. Is the woman liked the book, except the ending, why burning the whole book, and not just a few last pages of it? It's easier to rewrite the ending than writing a new book. :-O
No, it was the non-Misery manuscript she forced him to burn. The end of 'last Misery book' could not be changed, as that was already published> so it is Canon. As we all know, if it is Canon, it is true... for fanboys and -girls anyhow.
Oh, ok. Thank you. I was confused about it. :-)
I love how King clearly implies that this is the type of person that loves romance novels. I mean, of course, we don't see the inner workings of any other Misery fans, so Wilkes is the audiences only option, and that doesn't mean non-psychopath don't read them, but still...
In that same strain, I worked briefly at a Barnes and Nobles after the turn of the century. Romance was the largest section, had the highest turnover, and was constantly being refilled with new works DAILY.
'murica
I was in my thirties, and have a very young son. I like Twilight. I see all it's faults - well nearly all of them. But then I can like just about anything.
Great choice for an it follow-up. I can only imagine how many parts a green mile film den would get
When he realized that she was not all there, it was like watching him fall into the abyss, amazing actors, amazing movie. Great review.
I can relate to Annie, ending a series on a odd number is so frustrating, the collection wouldn't be evenly displayed.
A new Film Den. My favourite Christmas Present for sure
One of the few very very very good Stephen King's adaptation. The novel is quite fuckin' already too!
And honestly....you can't go wrong with James Caan in my book.
I remember the Sonic Boom cartoon devoted an episode to parodying this.
This film actually creeps me out more than any other horror film 😅. It's one of Cathy Bates best performances
I was rather disappointed with the movie. I don't think they did justice to Annie's character, Paul's relationship with Misery, Paul's hellish life, or his drug addiction (which they cut out of the movie entirely). As much as I love Buster and his wife, their addition takes away from the claustrophobic atmosphere that the books had.
As an aside, the Novril is stated in the books to have a very bitter taste, so that's why it makes sense to put it in the wine. In the books, he considers putting it in her icecream, but dismisses it because the bitterness would contrast unmistakably with the sweetness.
I can't help but notice Dena and Annie/Kathy Bates have very similar voices!
Thank you Ms Dena, always fun times with your movie retrospectives.
Hope you and yours have a really nice Christmas season.
Thanks very much, and you too ^.^
I wonder if things would have gone differently If he had warned her that it had a bad ending, maybe lied saying it's so the "next one" more of a surprise for long standing readers like her?
Awesome review, love your content. Can't wait for part 2
I would hate to be in his situation... It probably wouldn't end that well for me... Once again, you did a good job on your retrospective. I hope you get more popular soon because you deserve it... Just don't find yourself in a crazy person's house.
Yessss, another Stephen King video I'm going to watch on repeat!
Annie Wilkes - the predecessor to all those idiotic Star Wars fans bitter that The Last Jedi didn't fulfil their fanfic fantasies.
omfg I physically clapped when i saw you were covering this. can't wait for the next parts! :D
your reviews are so enjoyable keep it up. You should really do a crossover with the doms lost in adaptation on this film.
That book burning scene made me have a newfound respect for even the dumbest fanfics I wrote. I'm very critical of my writing (to the point of being vicious and insulting to myself), but I don't have the heart to physically and permanently destroy them.
Also, thank you for that observation about Misery making more sense or being hilarious/tragic/horrifying now that we're in a world where Twilight and 50 Shades exist. I'm thankful Stephanie Meyer and EL James stand by their books, though I wonder if there is an author like Paul out there in another genre who wants to get out but is trapped. *shivers*
In short, Stephen King can be absolutely brilliant. XD
while twilight is shit, i will say it has some intresting characters in it, with the focus on pretty much anyone else and a better auther and you get pretty good stories, from the vampire who mastered his blood lust to the seer who is playing the stock market, hell even the police officer who is worried about his kid dating some creepy pale guy
I gotta agree, when my best friend told me about the character in the book Rosalie and I think Emmett having really neat backstories I was like, "why didn't she make the book about these characters?" I don't remember what he said the backstories were but I know they were historical and had actual trauma and all I could think is how sad it is that the interesting characters are the backgrounders.
Nightman221k one is a civil war era vampire who hunted vampires, just go to the wiki and read the backstories most are amazing... Then you have eddie and bella.
Hell if i made it i would keep them but as last book villians, their kid has brain washing powers if the movies are to be seen in horror light just look at them as she shares her mind fucking horrifying more so Then the cgi
ruclips.net/video/PLipq7gIkmE/видео.html just watch their faces that is brainwashing
11:36 I’m laughing my a** off at your reaction to this line LOL and your annoyed face is the cherry on top! You’re awesome!
This movie is a good 60 percent cause that scarred me against women and getting involved with them. My mom used to watch this movie a lot because it was one of her favorites and I'd watch it with her all the time since childhood. Great movie but fucking scary as fuck. First time I saw this as a (stupid) kid, I thought Anne was Paul's wife getting angry and mutilating him over a book he wrote and that marked the day I never vowed to get married myself and most certainly not to a woman. Enough about my personal fears but one other thing, Kathy Bates resembles a fatter, grotesque aged version of Milla Jovovich in this film. Imagine if Milla did the remake or perhaps a sequel that reveals information that Anne had a younger sister who wants revenge on Paul years later after he killed Anne. That would be my idea of a story for Misery 2.
Poor Sonny Corelone.
I think he would rather be riddled with bullets than be with Annie
Wanna see Richard Farnsworth at his best? Check out The Straight Story. A G rated Disney film directed by David Lynch about a man traveling many state lines on a tractor because he is dying and wants to make piece with his brother.
That sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out.
Richard was a stuntman prior to acting. Extremely nice man.
some pigs are cute, some are the size of oil tankers
That kind of romance was a lot more popular in the 1980's - Misery came out in 1987. Perhaps the most famous single series of books was (now I think completely forgotten) Jalna-series, still selling well though it started a decades before, and then there was of course author Dame Barbara Cartland... Do an image search, but wear sunglasses.
Dena your reviews are amazing. Thank you for doing this! And have a good Christmas 😊
Thanks very much and you too ^.^
annie wilkes is from bakersfield, CA
"It's a fucking romance novel" Please make that into a T-shirt
That's not a bad idea, actually XD
I wonder why Annie is single.
You have to be joking right?
I'm so glad u did a Misery review also since you have been reviewing Stephen King movies will you ever do a review on Carrie in the future id love to see that?
Kathy Bates just kills it in this movie-literally.
and seriously LOL at the twilight and 50 shades of grey being mentioned in the same sentence as if they're separate entities within the same genre. 50 shades of Grey was originally Twilight fanfiction, that then had to be transformed and characters names changed (and all the supernatural stuff thrown out) title changed and resold as 50 shades
Yep.
Something that makes me feel weird is how happy Annie was with the book until Misery dies. Was Misery’s Child just a normal book in the Misery series that killed off the Misery character at the very end? If it is that seems hella weird bro
A book taking a tragic turn toward the end isn't that weird.
...but why is he starting from the end of the book that was burned? Does she want a huge gap in the story? Why not make him re-write Misery's Child?
It's not Misery's Child that she had him burn. Misery's Child was published and she was shown buying a copy. Rewriting Misery's Child wouldn't make any sense because it still exists as a published book.
The book she had him burn was an untitled non-Misery book that he was CURRENTLY working on. She had him burn it so he would forget about moving on from Misery and write another Misery book.
I watched Misery
Hello, I thought I was going to see the film not get have u talking all the way through!
You not knowing the difference between RUclips and Netflix isn't my problem. Maybe try reading the description next time.
Am I the only one that thinks the novel burning scene is WAY more painful to watch then the leg scene?
The real scary thing I always found about Kathy Bates’ performance is how she makes Annie feel endearing. She really does seem likeable and happy in those moments where she is happy. But oh man, when she switches….she becomes downright terrifying. The fact she can make you (well me at least) both simultaneously love and then hate her so quickly shows how incredible she is in that role.
I listened to the audiobook version of the Misery novel. The lady that read it was also really good (particularly at the nasty parts) but she never really captured the endearing part of Annie’s character (though I would argue book Annie is even worse, though they’re both serial killers) which imo is honestly part of what makes her such an extraordinary villain. Kathy and James deserve all the love and applause that they get for this movie, they were both incredible.
Part of me wonders what it would have been like if they kept the lawnmower scene in the movie lol….but yeah maybe that was a little too much.
Actually from what I've heard pigs make very good pets
How about that, I'm watching clips of this film on YT after I had a dream last night about the hobbling scene and I stumble in your channel that I'm familiar with. I think I blame hospital 5 years ago for that traumatic scene in my dream.
Yay, you did Misery.. I remember recommending it, and getting a reply from you.. Most of my comments did. I liked that.. My comments feeling acknowledged and responded towards.. Guess I'm lonely
ugh, this didn't show up in my sub box :/ Thanks to Part Two for giving me the heads up, would've missed out on all of the fun!
would you believe that this is the first time ive ever watched this movie. (well I'm not watching it, I'm watching you watch it0 that's not weird is it....oh dear....any who keep up the good work.and hearing your rant about twilight and fifty shades reminded me of my school days when harry potter was the biggest thing ever. everyone I knew would never shut up about those books and because everyone was a faster reader than me I would get spoiled befor I even got started. and form then onwards I have this burning dislike of those books.and as for twilight being targeted or being appalling to a certain demographic I would agree with u on the most part but I know a few, people that for the life of I can not understand why they liked that dreck. like these people I know, if only in passing, seem to be rational, sane and more over (baring twilight) seem to have good taste in storys. so I'm honestly perplexed that they to seem to find injoyment in it.each to there own I suppose
wtf have I been!? How did I not know you returned from your holiday vacation!
Hmm, just thinking about it now, maybe she left the phone without its insides there in case someone else came into the house? Like maybe it's there more for the look of it in case she ever gets suspected than anything? Just a thought :O
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I am generally angry that i didn't get a notifacation for this video untill now!
I’ve been looking for this for awhile. Thanks
20:40 LoL Well, his options _are_ limited at this point....
I REALLY love your cat picture in the background !!!!!!! Do you really have to use the cockadoody word "F--k"??? U a durty birdy!!!!! LOL xxxxxxxxx blessings and prayers to you!!!
One of Kings Best Movies, Kathy Bates nails it! Thanks for the Review
It's a *FUCKING* romance novel...
Lolz
Could You do a similar video with the movie "The Edge" starring Anthony Hopkins ?
I watched Misery for the first time last year. I had no idea what I was in for
5:09 wasn't she Will's mom
Who?
Lol I finally get that paul sheldon meme.
Yay! Get to enjoy your video with mah coffee!
The same actor,Graham Jarvis who plays the lodge manager is the same actor who mugged Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis in "The Out of Towners"