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Monday June 09, 2008 - 11:08 PM
It was effing amazing!! I love all Stephen King works and i was surprised how great the movie was. The short story in the book was better but only bc the movie left things out of course for times sake but still It was awesome!!! 
Sunday June 08, 2008 - 11:55 PM
This movie was surprisingly GREAT! I really loved the suspense of it; it was SO action packed. Definitely worth a watch!
Friday May 30, 2008 - 9:38 PM
it was aight  i was getting frustrated near the end tho LOL
Thursday May 29, 2008 - 6:09 PM
This movie was...Nothing Special Period.
Thursday May 29, 2008 - 4:46 PM
i loved this movie don't see why so many dislike it
Thursday May 29, 2008 - 1:06 PM
this movie was so fucked, that it sucked.
Thursday May 29, 2008 - 12:48 PM
TERRIBLE 
Thursday May 29, 2008 - 2:48 AM
i likeddd
kinda fuckeddd up though
like one sec he's dreaming next he's back to where he was in the begining then like outta no where he's back in the room
i sware all these fucked up hotel/motel movies make me not wanna go to one lmao
Monday March 24, 2008 - 2:02 PM
Sunday January 06, 2008 - 4:36 PM
Thursday December 20, 2007 - 4:52 PM
Awesome,
Who expected to get scared by a fucking stephen king movie?
He doesn't make good movies. This is probably the best one.
The guys books are awful.
So props.
Anyone who didn't like the dream ending should watch the other two endings.
Enough said.
Thursday December 20, 2007 - 2:14 PM
Sunday December 02, 2007 - 3:50 AM
how can I describe 1408.
well, let's use a metaphor from the film. a paper-thin, aggravatingly drawn-out metaphor; the secret room behind the door.
nine out of ten times, when there's a creepy door/hatch/window/other hinged space-separating device, your natural instincts start to biologically prepare you for the worst-case-scenario of what might be behind the door. and every damn time, you open the door, and there's nothing but an empty room.
so was the case with 1408. right up until the moment our hapless, glaringly lazily portrayed archetypal skeptic opens the door to Samuel L Jackson's house of icky monsters and steps into a mishmash of bad acting, bad cinematography, a fucking downright PAINFULLY bad sound-effects track consisting of one well chosen song (give King some credit) and a myriad of sixteen bit MIDI whooshes, bangs, creaks, and cheap ambient creepiness that comes out sounding like something the stoner group would come up with in AV class.
adapting any suspense based or psychological horror type book to film is a nightmare- pacing a story for readers and for viewers are two entirely different ballparks. on film, it requires laser-precision editing and extremely close attention to thematic, aural, visual, and conceptual continuity. 1408 fails miserably on all of those fronts, choosing instead the approach of every worn out thriller CG gag in the book.
if I were Stephen King, I'd be pissed. it would be like if somebody took Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and made it into a PG-rated adventure flick full of dinosaur maulings and completely devoid of any serious reference to theoretical geometric mathematics...
oh wait.
FUCK.
I can't wait for life of pi.
Saturday December 01, 2007 - 9:54 PM
really bad movie it was not scary at all well steven king write good books
Wednesday November 28, 2007 - 2:08 AM
I was pretty excited for this movie, cause well, Stephen King movies are USUALLY pretty rad. But THIS, not scary, predictable, and it really bothered me how FAST that guy got freaked out.
And the whole, this was a dream, not really thing, totally played out.
Saturday November 10, 2007 - 12:52 AM
I thought it was boring, slow moving and the story was extremely erratic.
NOT at all impressed for a "Stephen King masterpiece"
Friday November 09, 2007 - 8:57 PM
Ohhh shit this was fuckin creepy as shit!!
I was terrified!
(but then again I am a pussy like that)
but over all it was a REALLY good movie...
I would rate it a 4 because it scared me
Sunday October 07, 2007 - 9:44 PM
Sunday October 07, 2007 - 6:44 PM
i don't quite see why so many people dislike this movie... i loved it.
probably mostly due to the fact that i was familiar with alot of the happenings, like the door, the thinny, the time loop... and since this movie was just that good, i'm gonna search out the book so i can get the better version, i mean this movie was fantastic, so the book will probably blow my mind... lol i'm so buying it to add it to my collection.
and i loved the ending. i'm usually the kind of person who likes angsty endings where the main or most loved/liked characters die in the end, but this one was still a great ending. the look of shock on her face hearing her daughters voice on that tape recorder, it was perfect. i couldn't think of a better way to end it. i mean if the guy hadda killed himself, like every other person who had been in that room before him, that ending would have been too pradictable. and he seemed like a much stronger character than to just give in. so all around i'm quite please with the whole movie. nothing less than 5 stars
Monday September 24, 2007 - 10:00 PM
I am bias because I already adore John Cusak.
Monday September 24, 2007 - 7:16 PM
Monday September 24, 2007 - 8:50 AM
A little to unrealistic at times. Some parts were good, while others were bad.
Ehhhh... I expected a bit more.
Sunday September 23, 2007 - 12:31 AM
I liked it, but it wasn't what I was hoping for. I didn't like the ending very much. I thought they could of done a better job.
Wednesday September 12, 2007 - 10:43 AM
I thought this one was pretty good, actually. Just when you thought, "oh, great, that's it?" there was another twist. Poor John Cusack. He had a rough night!  I guess I'm gonna have to read the book now.
Tuesday September 11, 2007 - 4:36 PM
It was alright, i just expected something different i guess.
Thursday August 30, 2007 - 5:25 PM
really entertaining... thought they were on to something the whole time i was watching it.. but for some reason, the ending came and i was very unsatisfied.
too predictable?
maybe the timing was bad?
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 4:57 PM
verrry good for a s-king flick....but the story was SO much better.
Friday July 27, 2007 - 12:55 AM
"It's A Fucking Evil Room!" Best Line
Thursday July 26, 2007 - 6:05 PM
It was alright but i won't watch it for a second time the ending was stupid but isn't all Steven Kings movies like that now a good movie that i recently just watched Chuck & Larry even though it was done by someone else that movie was WICKED..........Funniest movie i have seen in along time
Sunday July 15, 2007 - 3:44 PM
Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 7:48 PM
This was a fun movie....I enjoyed watching it. But I wouldn't give it more than 3 stars. I mean... it was entertaining and watchable but that's about it.
Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 5:33 PM
I have to admit it had me going there for awhile, it was building up... and building up... and I have a feeling that the end wasn't exactly what I was expecting (but no movie ever is)
It's nice to see people are trying to make good thrillers again, but other then that this movie was just pretty good... I wouldn't pay money to own it.
Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 10:45 AM
Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 7:31 AM
Sunday July 08, 2007 - 3:01 PM
Great story, although it was built up more than it should have been on previews.. Kind of disappointing in the "scariest film of the year" department, but pretty good nonetheless
Sunday July 08, 2007 - 2:10 PM
so so boring i will admit great story behind it and everything but we were very dissapointed could have been better
Sunday July 08, 2007 - 1:01 PM
thought it was an awesome movie. gonna go see it again
Wednesday July 04, 2007 - 2:36 AM
movie was awesome..... went go see it twice.... bettah the 2nd time.!!!! fully understood what was hapening
Tuesday July 03, 2007 - 6:25 PM
Adapted from the terrifying short story by suspense writer, Stephen King, 1408 is the tale of a debunker of paranormal occurrences who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes.
Mikael Hafstrom's 1408 is extremely claustrophobic, which works well with the main premise of the film – being trapped in a hotel room during a full blown ghost attack. I can’t really think of many things more terrifying than not having anywhere to run while various supernatural occurrences are happening. However, the only issue I have with the film was the long pause in the middle where we are led to believe Mike Enslin has dreamed this whole movie up. There's nothing wrong with this, though, because pretty soon, we get back to the dramatic horror of the film and it's good to go.
If you have avoided seeing it because it's a Stephen King short story (like I thought about doing) or whatever, you should really just take a night off to the cinema and see for yourself. I enjoyed it.
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