What's happened to Stephen King's movies?

[massacre man]

Did you just call Frank Darabont a bad director?

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

If Frank Darabont wrote the screenplay and directed Pet Semetery it would be in the same league as The Shining

[russ4lsu]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

If I had a top 5

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Shining
3. The Mist
4. Pet Semetery (even though the book KILLS it)
5. 1408

most stephen king movies are really bad, Pet Semetery and 1408 aren't even that amazing but they get on there anyway.

I don't think 1408 should be in anybody's top 5 list.

What about Stand By Me one of the greatest films adapted from his work.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by russ4lsu

I don't think 1408 should be in anybody's top 5 list.

What about Stand By Me one of the greatest films adapted from his work.

Stand by me is a great movie, its just not in my top 5 SK movies. And also, these are personal top 5's so, you may not think that they deserve to be there, but others might.

[The_Return]

...am I the only one that hated every second of 1408?

Sad excuse for a movie. Just a 90 minute excuse to show off a bunch of big, crazy set pieces and worn out plot devices. Cusack is capable of and deserves far better...admittedly, he seemed to be having fun, but it wasn't hard to tell that he was just there for the paycheck.

[russ4lsu]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

Stand by me is a great movie, its just not in my top 5 SK movies. And also, these are personal top 5's so, you may not think that they deserve to be there, but others might.

You are so right Psycom. I didn't mean for it to come out that way. Thanks for catching that for me.:D

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally Posted by massacre man

Did you just call Frank Darabont a bad director?

I'm not a big fan of the guy. I can't stand The Shawshank Redemption it's such a bubblegum prison flick. Ghosts... of the Civil Dead and Midnight Express kill that shit.

My favorite SK adaptions:

1. Christine
2. The Dark Half
3. Carrie
4. Misery
5. Silver Bullet

Stand By Me and The Shining dope for sure. Really like Pet Sematary too and I'm one of the few cats that dig Maximum Overdrive.

It and Salem's Lot were the best of the made for TV stuff.

[VampiricClown]

I personally, have hated, almost every single SK film I've seen.

IT sucked. It was slow, boring and nowhere near as scary as everyone says.

1408, while not a horrible movie, was just dull and boring.

Misery was interesting, but not something I'll watch again, anytime soon.

The Shining...Ugh...I hated this one. I only watched about 40 minutes of it and fell asleep.

The only two SK films I have seen, that I enjoyed at all, are, The Green Mile and Stand By Me.

[Elvis_Christ]

Ha who thought It was scary? Maybe if you were 8 years old or something.

Watch Christine its great fun!

[La Chat Noire]

I liked Secret Window even though most people hated it. I actually preferred the movie to the story for a change. But then again I'm a sucker for Johnny Depp.