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List the Top 10 best and the Top 10 worst Stephen King movies/TV series
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:12 pm
The Top 10 Best
1) Pet Sematary
2) Shining
2) Cujo
3) 1408
4) Shawshank Redemption
5) Green Mile
6) Creepshow 1 and 2
7) Stand by Me
8) Carrie
9) Silver Bullet
10) Needful Things
Honorable mentions: Misery, Salem's Lot, The Mist, Apt Pupil, Christine, The Running Man, Children of the Corn, IT, Storm of the Century
Top 10 Worst:
1) Thinner
2) Delores Claiborne
3) Dreamcatcher
4) Cell
5) The Night Flier
6) The Stand
7) The Mangler
8) The Dark Half
9) Sometimes They Come Back
10) Firestarter
Honorable Mentions: Maximum Overdrive, Secret Window, Sleepwalkers, Lawnmower Man, Graveyard Shift, The Dead Zone
1) Pet Sematary
2) Shining
2) Cujo
3) 1408
4) Shawshank Redemption
5) Green Mile
6) Creepshow 1 and 2
7) Stand by Me
8) Carrie
9) Silver Bullet
10) Needful Things
Honorable mentions: Misery, Salem's Lot, The Mist, Apt Pupil, Christine, The Running Man, Children of the Corn, IT, Storm of the Century
Top 10 Worst:
1) Thinner
2) Delores Claiborne
3) Dreamcatcher
4) Cell
5) The Night Flier
6) The Stand
7) The Mangler
8) The Dark Half
9) Sometimes They Come Back
10) Firestarter
Honorable Mentions: Maximum Overdrive, Secret Window, Sleepwalkers, Lawnmower Man, Graveyard Shift, The Dead Zone
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 3:03 pm
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Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:33 pm to mizzoukills
quote:
The Top 10 Best
4) Shawshank Redemption
killz pls
quote:
Top 10 Worst:
Honorable Mentions: Maximum Overdrive
I think you meant to put this in the top 5 best.
also why does secret window always get so crapped on? It's not a cinematic masterpiece but I really enjoyed it and it kept me entertained the whole time.
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:39 pm to mizzoukills
Shawshank
Shining
Stand by Me
Green Mile
are top 4
Shining
Stand by Me
Green Mile
are top 4
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:44 pm to mizzoukills
Im not sure if Maximum Overdrive is top 10 or bottom 10
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:46 pm to REG861
quote:
Im not sure if Maximum Overdrive is top 10 or bottom 10
This is the only movie that can make a case to be included in both the best and worst lists
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:46 pm to REG861
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:47 pm to mizzoukills
Cell became a movie?
The book about the EM wave that fricked with everyone that heard it?
EDIT: Just checked, if it was made already, they are making a new one that comes out in 2016, Im really excited for that.
The book about the EM wave that fricked with everyone that heard it?
EDIT: Just checked, if it was made already, they are making a new one that comes out in 2016, Im really excited for that.
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 1:49 pm to mizzoukills
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:08 pm to LSUweights
shite...forgot about IT. Just added it to the "best" list. 
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:22 pm to mizzoukills
All things considered, I thought "The Dark Half" was a really good movie and remained relatively faithful to the novel. George Romero directed it and wrote the screenplay.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:28 pm to AUveritas
Sometimes the best thing for a movie version of a King novel is to allow the director to make changes that are more suitable for a movie audience.
Case in point: The Shining
King supposedly hated the original Shining, but it's a movie masterpiece. When King remade The Shining as a TV series, it was faithful to the book but an awful film.
King needs to understand that while he is a great writer, he's not a director. He needs to remove himself from any film production and encourage the best most talented directors to film their interpretation of his stories.
Movies like The Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand by Me, and several others were incredible because they were filmed by top talent who didn't have to worry about King interfering in the production process.
Case in point: The Shining
King supposedly hated the original Shining, but it's a movie masterpiece. When King remade The Shining as a TV series, it was faithful to the book but an awful film.
King needs to understand that while he is a great writer, he's not a director. He needs to remove himself from any film production and encourage the best most talented directors to film their interpretation of his stories.
Movies like The Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand by Me, and several others were incredible because they were filmed by top talent who didn't have to worry about King interfering in the production process.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:32 pm to mizzoukills
Really should be top 5 or at least on one of the lists.
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:38 pm to mizzoukills
It was a great movie but bore little resemblance to the novel other than the character names and the setting. The novel was about a good man battling his demons (alcoholism). The movie removed all nuances from the story and made it about a crazy man killing his family.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:40 pm to mizzoukills
The Shining may be in the top 10, but the book was so good that the movie is disappointing. (EDIT: I agree with your analysis)
IT and Christine were good books, and both sucked as movies.
On the other hand, Cujo is not a great book, and Stand By Me is better on the screen.
The Stand is a great book and Firestarter is good. Both poor movies.
IT and Christine were good books, and both sucked as movies.
On the other hand, Cujo is not a great book, and Stand By Me is better on the screen.
The Stand is a great book and Firestarter is good. Both poor movies.
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:43 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I'm currently about 1/4 of the way through reading the Shining for the first time. I'm very anxious to see how it differs from the book when it's all said and done.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:48 pm to mizzoukills
They need to make The Long Walk into a movie.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:50 pm to mizzoukills
What about Hearts in Atlantis?
Posted on 10/21/15 at 2:51 pm to madmaxvol
Isn't Haven on Syfy based on a stephen king book?
Posted on 10/21/15 at 3:02 pm to mizzoukills
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Dreamcatcher
Only one that I've seen that I didn't like and it was pretty god damn terrible
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