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Stephen Kings The Stand ( made for tv movie)

  • 04-12-2008 01:50AM
    #1
    Dublin_Andy
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    this was first aired on TV back in 1994. it was a TV mini series...

    i recently got it on 2 disc dvd. its in two parts, each part being 3 hours long...its hard to watch in one single session...

    anyway just wondering what are peoples opinions on it. the book is much better i think... with the movie version they left out alot of pivotal moments, and left out some of the more graphic moments that appear in the book too...:D


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  • #2
    Spunge
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    I bought it on dvd coz i watched it when i was about 10 and i quite liked the book. I think the first half is not bad, but the 2nd half gets crappy.

    The opening sequence with "dont fear the reaper" is good as well.


  • #3
    monkeyfudge
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    It's a long time since I saw it.

    It came out on video a good while before it was screen on any channels here I believe and I remember renting both parts.

    Must try and see it again... I remember enjoying it at the time... but then anything with Molly Ringwald in it is bound to be good.


  • #4
    Mr E
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    I remember renting part 1 on a Saturday night in 2004, and standing outside the video shop the next day at 12pm waiting for it to open so I could get the second part. Really liked it at the time, but I hadn't read the book so I didn't know what was missing/changed.


  • #5
    humanji
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    I think it's like all things by Stephen King, starts out great and tapers off during the second half. I thought it was grand, but it missed most of the best bits that were in the book and just didn't have the same atmosphere.


  • #6
    Dublin_Andy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Dublin_Andy


    the guy who played Randall Flagg, the demon guy, did a great job... the only problem was they made his character too comical in parts. he is the personification of evil but in the book he s much more intense...


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  • #7
    sweetie
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    This is being shown on sci fi at the moment, though I missed the first part but it will be repeated soon enough I would say.


  • #8
    Oryx
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    Years since I saw it, but I agree the opening sequence was really good. I loved the first half, couldnt wait for the second... and thought that was crap. The story went off on this weird direction, I thought it spoiled it.

    Sometimes SK is wonderful in film, sometimes he doesnt translate well at all. In this story I thought the paranormal elements simply didnt work like they do in the book.


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