this section is dedicated to my thoughts on Stephen King's works as turned into movies. I do not foresee myself ever reading and Stephen King nor do I see myself taking any of this rather seriously, so as a result I intend to keep this all in the same place. If I feel behooved to change my perspective at sone point I will but. idc

Christine (1983)

• Violent car.... car that kills people... not to be confused with Crash which is about... sex probably.. not titane which is freaky
• misogynistic
• interested how john carpenter got his hands on this... despite this, I think that it feels very much like it was made for tv which is presumably what this was... is this a cult movie? do people care about this movie?
• why does stephen king spend so much time discussing teenagers?

It is hard to see why this movie is relevant to the specific time period in which i came out, simply because I lack the cultural context of the movie. Was this movie made because Stephen King was popular? or because the story resonates with people? Is this a story specifically about cars? It does not seem to be resonating with the horror that traditionally pertains to cars i.e. crashing them (need to watch crash, it is not a desire but a requirement.)

Maybe it is my personal disconnect from it and my lack of boyhood- I understand and get Carrie, if not because at some point I experienced the lens of teenage girlhood, even if this was not true to my identity. Is this for someone who experiences interests in cars, or perhaps boyhood? Is that what being a teenage boy is about? To a straight white man in the 70s?

• "Arnie doesn't know anything, anymore"
• "Have you ever realized that part of being a parent, is trying to kill your kids?"
• The vibe is weird here, it seems like it is a male's perception of how people percieve him and his car when he is a teenager but not necessarily the truth... i can understand a teenage boy becoming obsessed with a car but the people around him shitting on it all the time are uh.... confusing
• this is somebody's joker methinks
• I am unsure if I am supposed to be rooting for arnie... there is a part of me that feels like i should at least sympathize with him but i feel zero remorse this guy has always sucked.
• this is indeed shot like a john carpenter, and i guess that is lowkey cool....
• modern christine plays "SOB" by Nathaniel Ratleiff and the Night Sweats when trying to run over your local bully... is also a kia

I would be remiss if I did not mention the red symbolism being used in this movie, which I imagine is King's doing. I fear he is not doing anything particularly cool or inventive with this, rather he is using the red to foreshadow death. Not unlike how we know arnie is a bad boy now because he has started popping his collar. "do they still make this shade of red anymore?"

• completely on fire car driving around is cool. fine.
• lmao can one outrun a car? is christine a female main character?
• i appreciate being able to skip ahead in this movie, i feel like it makes this movie a lot less long feeling despite only being 90 mins
• i wish this was a lot more weird than it actually is.. for this being a movie about a murder car it is boring. i think a key element of horror is suspense and most of my critique with stephen king is that he does not do suspense particularly well.

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