The story is about a writer called Paul Sheldon who writes a very successful crime series of books around a character called Misery Chastain. He is at the end of the series and goes for a drive and gets into a car crash because of the snowstorm. Annie Wilkes who lives nearby helps him to her home, it turns out she is his number one fan. The series of the books is at an end, this makes Annie Wilkes very unhappy, and she then keeps him there until he fixes it in her eyes.
I love how the plot goes from one extreme to the next, Misery was one of the first Stephen King books I ever read, and Annie Wilkes is one of the few villains who I truly hate, as with Villains you hate them like you're ideally supposed to but at the end you still love them, brilliant example the Joker you hate him, but love the excitement he brings to the story. I love that its a story that has the potential to happen in real life, with TV shows, Films, Books, Video Games, and even the internet, making a bigger impact on us all it can really nail you with the idea of Obsession.
I've read the book, and they are pretty much identical which is very rare considering that doesn't happen very often. The language of Annie thats used is brilliant, both book and film she is a total sociopath but has that childish mentality that's so common in serial killers in fiction and in real life. Paul Sheldon is brilliant, as you're on his side in the whole story from start to finish and I actually jumped out of my seat in the end.
Kathy Bates stars as Annie Wilkes and she does a brilliant job with portraying a domineering female, as she played a similar character in American Horror Story: Coven. James Caan is fantastic aswell being the writer Paul Sheldon, I liked that he fought back throughout the film, and in the end and its a great feeling watching a film and finally the villain gets what they deserved.
Its great that this story has been adapted to be a play, as there aren't many female villains that I've seen and have made me really angry or terrified or both even. So to have a character that other actresses can play and interpret is amazing, as its always nice to watch a domineering evil woman for a change. I've seen Shawshank Redemption as a stage play and it was brilliant, so it can work. Its an insight for Obsession and what it can do to you, for Paul Sheldon he didn't really have a clue for his audience in terms of his books, but it just shows you have no idea of people and who they are.
You should definitely watch this film, if you are of age to watch of course. If you love Stephen King's writing, and need to see an evil, domineering villain. Then this is the film you need to watch, or read the book as they are identical. I'll see you all next week, with a lighter film hopefully and have a lovely weekend!
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