Originally Posted by dig420

The ending of the movie sucked, a cheap shot on the main character just for the fuck of it apparently. The ending of the book was much more ambiguous, and they probably thought it wouldn't be satisfying to the moviegoing public since they need everything wrapped up in a bow.

SK hasn't always shown the best judgement regarding his books being made into movies. He thought the kmart version of The Shining that came out recently was better than Kubrick's version, which is just ridiculous.