deadwing2112 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 So far of what I have seen: Misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margana Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Without doubt - The Shining. Even though I have seen it several times, the part where the two girls first appear always makes the hair on my neck stand. If you like horror movies with class, watch this one. As a second, the clown in "It" is quite scary too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Misery is a very good movie, one of Rob Reiner's best before he jumped the shark, big time. The Shining didn't scare me as much as freak me out. The scene with the guy in the bear suit just creeps me out to this day. I can't stand the mini-series version. Though I don't think it's a masterpiece, The Shawshank Redemption is a very enjoyable movie. Very uplifting. Thinner is the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margana Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Where is the guy in the bear suit in the Shining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 'The Green Mile'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (Margana @ Jan 4 2007, 05:26 PM) Where is the guy in the bear suit in the Shining? Towards the end when Wendy is running around the hotel seeing all the apparitions. It could be a guy in a dog suit, I can't remember. It's quick. A frame of the shot can be found here: http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com/darenet/kubrick.htm Edited January 4, 2007 by ReRushed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 In no particuliar order... Stand By Me Shawshank Redemption Christine Misery Carrie Salem's Lot Pet Semetary Children of the Corn Green Mile It The Shining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signals1982 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jan 4 2007, 05:17 PM) Misery is a very good movie, one of Rob Reiner's best before he jumped the shark, big time. The Shining didn't scare me as much as freak me out. The scene with the guy in the bear suit just creeps me out to this day. I can't stand the mini-series version. Though I don't think it's a masterpiece, The Shawshank Redemption is a very enjoyable movie. Very uplifting. Thinner is the worst. Shawshank Redemption is not a masterpiece??? Well even though it was a short story it's definitely the best adaptation of his work. Misery, Green Mile, Apt Pupil and Shining are all good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signals1982 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Stand By Me is awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 QUOTE (Signals1982 @ Jan 4 2007, 06:44 PM) Shawshank Redemption is not a masterpiece??? Well even though it was a short story it's definitely the best adaptation of his work. I agree. It's a very good movie. I just don't think it's a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jan 4 2007, 06:51 PM) QUOTE (Signals1982 @ Jan 4 2007, 06:44 PM) Shawshank Redemption is not a masterpiece??? Well even though it was a short story it's definitely the best adaptation of his work. I agree. It's a very good movie. I just don't think it's a masterpiece. It's ok but not quite the big deal that a lot of people make out. With the Green Mile and Shawshank I have this feeling that some film fans think King is some kind of a prison fiction specialist... Neither one really grabbed me in book form so that might be one of the reasons I'm not so impressed with the film versions... I prefer the film adaptations of The Body (Stand by Me), Misery, The Dead Zone, Salem's Lot (1979 version), The Shining (Kubrick version), Cat's Eyes, It and The Tommyknockers were abysmal and made me furiously recall the greatness of the novels to cure my mind of those terrible TV images... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jan 4 2007, 06:34 PM) QUOTE (Margana @ Jan 4 2007, 05:26 PM) Where is the guy in the bear suit in the Shining? Towards the end when Wendy is running around the hotel seeing all the apparitions. It could be a guy in a dog suit, I can't remember. It's quick. A frame of the shot can be found here: http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com/darenet/kubrick.htm I've always thought of this as an interesting, but extremely short, part of the film. What does it have to do with the storyline though? Is it mentioned in the novel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Where's Maximum Overdrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 stand by me misery green mile carrie those are my favs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 QUOTE (goose @ Jan 5 2007, 09:26 PM) Where's Maximum Overdrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 King's going back to the big screen, and this time, in a good way. The last few Stephen King movies have all been fairly poor quality, with no big names. But his next movie "1408" (my favorite short story of "Everything's Eventual") stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, and is slated for a spring 2007 release. I am very excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 I'm not a big "Shining" fan, and King himself disliked it. My faves are: The Shawshank Redemption ("Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption") The Dead Zone Misery Stand By Me ("The Body") The Stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 "Carrie" (Brian DePalma's 1976 masterpiece) "The Stand" (1994) other notable pics: "Children of the Corn" (1984) "The Shining" (1980) "Salem's Lot" (1977) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 I thought It was pretty corny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 7 2007, 01:50 PM) I'm not a big "Shining" fan, and King himself disliked it. My faves are: The Shawshank Redemption ("Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption") The Dead Zone Misery Stand By Me ("The Body") The Stand Yeah, but the remade version of "The Shining" starring Steven Weber which was supposedly closer to the novel just plain sucked. Same goes for that horrid remake of "Carrie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 7 2007, 08:53 PM) Yeah, but the remade version of "The Shining" starring Steven Weber which was supposedly closer to the novel just plain sucked. I've seen that before on Sci-Fi, I didn't think it was good at all. It looked... too modern to me. Some parts were cool though, with the animal hedges. Otherwise, I didn't like it that much. The original 1980 version with Nicholson may be my favorite movie of all time, although King himself dislikes it, apparently because it strayed too far away from the novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 7 2007, 08:53 PM) Yeah, but the remade version of "The Shining" starring Steven Weber which was supposedly closer to the novel just plain sucked. Same goes for that horrid remake of "Carrie". I agree and I was enthusiastic about it, seeing how King himself had written the screenplay. I think the problem was the film makers and actors were just average or miscast, I mean what were they thinking casting Rebecca DeMornay as Wendy? And Melvin Van Peebles as Halloran? No way... It was inferior in every way to Kubrick's version, even if it did veer slightly away from King's vision of it... It was a drab bore with zero atmosphere, completely forgettable... I didn't know there was a remake of Carrie, I dunno why they bother remaking them at all, I mean how could you find anyone to top Sissy Spacek? And if you can't, why bother? I'll stick with the original... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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