Best King Movies

[hamount]

I have to admit, I haven't seen many King movies, but I liked Misery and The Green Mile.

[Steve Vernon]

The Green Mile has to be one of my favorites. Also dug Silver Bullet, Stand By Me, Cujo and The Mist.

[Hedda Gabler]

Shawshank Redemption
Creepshow (with a big shout-out to Leslie Nielsen)
STORM OF THE CENTURY

All 3 are equal in my heart.

[Teriw]

The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Misery
The Body, I mean Stand by Me...even though I saw the movie first I still always wanna call it The Body.

[Hedda Gabler]

Sheesh! I already answered this.

[peteOcha]

Sheesh! I already answered this.

No worries! With all the threads and new posts to manage I'm pretty sure I've doubled up on answering things as well.

[srboone]

I know I've repeated myself on this forum. Usually it's been a few monthsand there are new people who I haven't had a chance to torment with certain viewpoints, so I don't mind doing a repeat.

Like this one:

I don't care what Mr. King says (or anybody else who disagrees with me), but The Shiningis the best movie based on a work by King; not adaptation, that's a book on film, any film school dropout can do that--but a work of art that can stand on it's own merits. King has stated that the difference between the book and movie is fire and ice: His Overlook burns down; Kubrick's Overlook freezes. Fine, But Kubrick understands that the true horror of The Shining is it's relentlessness--something you can't get from a 3-part miniseries.

[frik51]

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sk

[peteOcha]

I'd have to agree with you Squire! The Shinning is great, as you said, on its own it still makes for a fantastic movie. I don't even mind the differences. although most of the time I do.

[TerryE]

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sk

I would say they got things pretty well right on this list. I'd move quite a few, but not far. But they shouldn't have counted any of the sequels that had no link to King. I was glad to see The Mist in the top 10.

[Teriw]

I hate the poor acting in the shinning (kubricks) Everyone but Jack Nicholson sucked and even he wasnt at his best...but still really good. everyone else though just annoyed me. specially the mother.

[TerryE]

I'm no big fan of Shelley Duvall, but I wouldn't call the acting bad. We may not have enjoyed it, but I'm absolutely sure that Stanley Kubrick got the performances that he wanted from everyone involved. He was such a perfectionist that what you saw on the screen was pretty much what he was looking for.

[srboone]

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sk

It took me forever to figure out how to start the countdown. But #2? I can accept that only because Shawshank is indeed a great movie (though I think The Shining is better.) Thanks, Siep!

[frik51]

Welcome!

sk

[Tommy]

I've seen every King film, except for Dolan's Cadillac and all those "dollar babies" that have been making the film festival circuit here lately (a very cool idea on King's part, just wish I had access to them) and my favorites are

The Shining (Kubrick's version)
Stand by Me
Shawshank Redemption
Carrie (de Palma's version)
Misery
Pet Semetary
Creepshow
Storm of the Century

"It" would have been on the list because I remember loving it when I was younger and it first aired, I recently re-watched it and while I still have a soft-spot in it for my heart (love Tim Curry in it and wish he could do the role again), a lot of the acting came across as campy and just plain bad, the adult actors much more so than the child actors, I'm glad a new version is coming out and I hope it does the great book justice