tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post114828332874247752..comments2023-04-11T03:27:30.609-07:00Comments on The Exploding Kinetoscope: The Blowing of the Mind: THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)Chris Stanglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06300723935864517305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-36499358678973228882007-07-10T16:41:00.000-07:002007-07-10T16:41:00.000-07:00I don't know that there's any "actually" about opi...I don't know that there's any "actually" about opinion-oriented evaluation, but... For what it's worth, I think the incoherent and obnoxious LAWNMOWER MAN is much, much worse than SLEEPWALKERS, and certainly LAWNMOWER MAN is the larger insult to King's source material. SLEEPWALKERS has a lot going on that I find interesting, and the last 20 minutes are completely joyous gonzo horror perfection, it's like they were imported from a different movie. I'm sticking with LAWNMOWER MAN as Worst Ever.<BR/><BR/>Also there's this nice cop whose buddy is a cat, and when the cop gets killed, the cat looks at his body and is sad, and yes, SLEEPWALKERS made me cry!Chris Stanglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300723935864517305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081408.post-83602012396473522922007-07-10T11:42:00.000-07:002007-07-10T11:42:00.000-07:00Actually, the worst film theoretically based on th...Actually, the worst film theoretically based on the work of Stephen King is SLEEPWALKERS. That's the "real" reason King had his name removed from LAWNMOWER MAN: he was setting out to "redeem" the quality of films based on his work by getting more hands-on involved. The two films came out around the same time; unfortunately, SLEEPWALKERS, the hands-on film,turned out just as bad as LAWNMOWER MAN, the ersatz adaptation, thus undermining the whole strategy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com