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In my opinion, this is one of the best adaptations for any of King's work (made for television), this being based on a short story.
THE ACTORS/THE ACTING: Some very excellent choices were made. David Morse (as captain Engle) and Bronson Pinchot (as Craig Toomy) stands out. The only actor who I think was miscast was Patricia Wettig (as Laurel Stevenson). At times she was very unconvincing and annoying. The rest of the cast was good. And, of course, it's always fun to see Stephen King making a cameo.
THE STORY: The story stayed very true to its original and was handled very well. The ending was of course a bit tamer than the original, but that is understandable (in the short story, Toomy gets his legs bitten off by the Langoliers, but tries to flee running on his stumps).
THE EFFECTS: Not that much of F/X. I've seen many people bashing the CG works near the ending, but I do not have any problems with that. I mean, it is made for television, not the big screen so what would you expect from 1995? It works for me.
I give "The Langoliers" ****½ out of *****
In my opinion, this is one of the best adaptations for any of King's work (made for television), this being based on a short story.
THE ACTORS/THE ACTING: Some very excellent choices were made. David Morse (as captain Engle) and Bronson Pinchot (as Craig Toomy) stands out. The only actor who I think was miscast was Patricia Wettig (as Laurel Stevenson). At times she was very unconvincing and annoying. The rest of the cast was good. And, of course, it's always fun to see Stephen King making a cameo.
THE STORY: The story stayed very true to its original and was handled very well. The ending was of course a bit tamer than the original, but that is understandable (in the short story, Toomy gets his legs bitten off by the Langoliers, but tries to flee running on his stumps).
THE EFFECTS: Not that much of F/X. I've seen many people bashing the CG works near the ending, but I do not have any problems with that. I mean, it is made for television, not the big screen so what would you expect from 1995? It works for me.
I give "The Langoliers" ****½ out of *****