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Posted by petrocs on 03-10-2003 11:30 PM:

Best Steven King Movie of All Time

Here's your chance..now with the opening of Dreamcatcher and the unbelievable hype its getting (hopefully its fantastic) what do you think is the best adaptation of a Stephen King book so far..

I'm going with Misery..I have so many favorites but I keep coming back to that one

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Posted by MovieGod on 03-10-2003 11:46 PM:

His best far and away was the TV adaptation of IT!! Scared the sh!t out of me.

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Posted by petrocs on 03-11-2003 01:44 AM:

Yeah I know..I was torn..real torn..hmmm..Kathy Bates in Misery or Tim Curry as the clown in It...real close call..

Posted by stucook on 03-11-2003 07:58 AM:

my fav is shawshank redemption
great movie

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Posted by billymcq2 on 03-11-2003 10:12 AM:

I'd go for "The Shining"

Closely followed by Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile and Carrie.

I'd love to see a better version of "The Stand" as that book rocked!

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Posted by thejoke on 03-11-2003 03:10 PM:

The Shining for me to......

also liked The Green Mile, Christine and ehem....Silver Bullet

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Posted by svenbob on 03-11-2003 04:16 PM:

Well, Granted Shawshank... But I'm gonna think that your referring to horror, in which case its a 3 way tie...

-The Shining
-Misery
-The First half of "The Stand"

NOTE: The first half of that mini was absolutely extrodinary... the entire armaggedon in general... it just kind got stupid once all the "good" humans got together in that one town.... Up until then.... with everyone have those weird dreams, with the old black lady being god... Man it was so DAMNED good!

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Posted by petrocs on 03-11-2003 07:00 PM:

I guess no ones gonna vote for the Running Man

Posted by memoman on 03-11-2003 08:35 PM:

if i remember a steven king novel was adaptored into a john carpenter movie one of my favorites !

Posted by southparktvma on 03-12-2003 01:45 AM:

i loved Stand By Me

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Posted by kalvaitis007 on 03-12-2003 02:39 AM:

You guys named all the ones that I really wanted to name, so I'll name an "also ran".

Maximum Overdrive.

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Posted by DaveyDave on 03-12-2003 02:50 AM:

For me, and I've read 99% of his catalog, there are a few titles that stand out.

Shawshank - definitely.
Green Mile - a VERY close second.
I REALLY like Kubrick's version of the Shining (the shinning to all you Simpson fans out there).
However, the TV adaptation, with Rebecca DeMorney (and I can't think of the male lead) was also surprisingly good.

Dead Zone - movie AND TV series was/is great.

The Stand - first 3/4ths. Then, it falls apart at the end..
Much like IT. Beginning and even the middle was great - but that giant spider...

Needful things was fun - ok, not great - but when he's talking about his great-grandson at the end...come on...good stuff!

Golden Years - CBS TV show (I think 3 days - 6 hours) was REALLY good.

Ok...that's more than a few...
I've actually heard very good things about Dreamcatcher so I can't wait for that one as well (I _love_ Morgan Freeman)!!!

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Posted by pHo on 03-12-2003 03:24 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by petrocs
I guess no ones gonna vote for the Running Man

the book was really really good. brilliant short story, i urge anyone who likes kings work to pick it up and give it a try.

as for my favorite? gah no! i dunno.. IT was great except the ending. but theres too many "types" of king films.. you have the low budget trashing, the ultra long miniseries, and the "non horror films that work really well"

so i dunno. but theres a surprising amount of very good films based on his work when you think about it. then you read the books, and they blow you away even further.

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Posted by Mystic Slippers on 03-12-2003 03:48 AM:

i liked The Langoliers.

Posted by billymcq2 on 03-12-2003 12:10 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo

the book was really really good. brilliant short story, i urge anyone who likes kings work to pick it up and give it a try.

as for my favorite? gah no! i dunno.. IT was great except the ending. but theres too many "types" of king films.. you have the low budget trashing, the ultra long miniseries, and the "non horror films that work really well"

so i dunno. but theres a surprising amount of very good films based on his work when you think about it. then you read the books, and they blow you away even further.

If i remember correctly, the running man was in "The Bachman Books" so it doesn't count

The book version of Running Man was far better than the movie. Just the whole concept of the whole country looking out for you made it great. When you compare the two, you can see that the movie got the most out of the term "loosely based on a Stephen King novella".

But I really wish they'd make a movie out of another of the short stories in "The Bachman Books" called "The Long Walk". It is one of the best King has written in my opinion. It could make a great movie if they did it properly.

Billy

Posted by Leigh^ on 03-12-2003 12:28 PM:

Ooh, Stephen King

#1 - The Shining

#2 - The Running Man (I thought it was hilarious)

#3 - The Green Mile

Yes.... thats it

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Posted by CcZ on 03-12-2003 01:54 PM:

Definitely "The Shining." Jack Nicholson is an excellent actor! Perhaps "The Green Mile," Michael Clarke Duncan actually was good in that movie (Daredevil Sucked), and Tom Hanks always is. Didn't like Hearts in Atlantis, but Dreamcatcher rocked!

Posted by The CandyMan on 03-12-2003 06:37 PM:

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Originally posted by MovieGod
His best far and away was the TV adaptation of IT!! Scared the sh!t out of me.

This one and the original Carrie. Plus I enjoyed the Tommy Knockers as well.

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Posted by FreneticAmnesic on 03-12-2003 07:01 PM:

I liked IT, i think they should make Desperation and The Regulators into movies, i loved those books

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Posted by dc_man on 03-12-2003 07:10 PM:

Thinner was pretty cool. Imma go with The Shining because it was an awesome movie and Nicholson 0wnz me just like PlopVCD right Darkslide.

Posted by faYth on 03-14-2003 03:51 AM:

i think IT and The Shining were the best out of all. I thought Dreamcatcher was pretty dissapointing. maybe it is because i had to watch it on my computer. maybe you get the "Steven King Effect" at the movies or on network television

Posted by DaveyDave on 03-15-2003 12:25 PM:

Watching on a PC

You know, I read your note about watching Dreamcatcher on your machine...

I'm _so_ spoiled. My fiancee and I used to watch the newest Buffy's, Telesync, Screeners, etc... on my 21" sony monitor. We'd huddle around the PC - disable IMs - and be captivated for x amount of minutes.

Then I bought a really good set-top box ($149 - Sony) that play everything that I throw at it - DVDr's, VCD, SVCD, etc...

There's NO going back to 'sucky' 21" PC monitors. It's so much more comfortable and relaxing (and engaging) watching stuff that you acquire sitting on a comfortable couch!

Dave.

Posted by SharkeysMachine on 03-18-2003 08:46 AM:

Pet Semetary was my favorite. The creepy little kid, and the sister with the messed up back. Scared the crap out of me. I wish they would try to make a movie out of The Dark Tower.

Posted by glassdragon on 03-18-2003 10:01 AM:

I'd have to say shawshank, But the Langoliers wasn't too bad except for the cheesy ending haha... I've got to go out and get the stephen king dvd boxset ... like 5 movies for 50 bucks

Posted by Dwaggy on 03-18-2003 11:07 AM:

Shawshank redemption, Green mile a close second

Heh, his best movie adaptions arent even horrors, and they're both prison movies! :P

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Posted by kap0n3 on 03-18-2003 10:04 PM:

misery SUCKED ASS

i read the book and saw the movie and i just hated it

anyway the best was by far IT (specially if you read the brick first)

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Posted by buttheaduk on 03-21-2003 01:10 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by glassdragon
[B] But the Langoliers wasn't too bad except for the cheesy ending haha... B]

haha. I watched that film recently on the sci-fi channel. Would of never guessed it was by stephen king though. It was a pretty shite film but i suppose it wasnt that bad for a STV

Posted by dc_man on 03-21-2003 02:15 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by kap0n3
misery SUCKED ASS

i read the book and saw the movie and i just hated it

anyway the best was by far IT (specially if you read the brick first)

I don't feel like reading a brick

but the movie was scary when i was 7 now its lame.

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