Stephen King's The Stand Reviews

Fantastic

Loved this movie. I watched it years ago when it was aired on TV in weekly parts and loved seeing it again. It's good versus evil after a virus kills most humans. The survivors who choose the side of good have to battle 'Randall Flagg' a demon in human form. The actors are fantastic. I especially loved Gary Sinese and Rob Lowe. This is very long (about 6 hours) but worth every second.

Wow!

What a film!! This is a work of art.

Quite old now, but since it was way before it's time thats no big deal. Spot on cast, stunning acting, amazing storyline, this will keep you glued till the end of the 6 hours.

Very Original

One of King's better screen adaptations. Think better than "Cujo" and "It" but not as good as the "Green Mile" or "The Shawshank Redemption". This has the added bonus of having the screenplay written by King himself (who also makes a cameo appearance).

Despite being very long the film holds up well and it is nice to see a film that doesn't hold back when exploring the characters personas. Indeed the book has about 300 small type pages purely of characterization before anything happens. The film stays true to this, meaning that when the action begins (and my God there’s some action!) It is all the more effective. Overall an epic cinematic experience, if you are willing to put the time in.

Excellent

For those long cold dark nights, this is one movie well worth watching, just remember its almost 6 hours long.

Read the book instead

The book is an absolute masterpiece as in true King style this only really works on paper.

Don't get me wrong, it has its moments but some of the central themes which work so well in the book just really don't translate to film. There are moments of shocking acting too.

Central characters like Nick Andros (the dear mute)are amazing in the book and portrayed in a realistic way (as far as I can tell). Sadly Rob Lowe plays the part as if he's a french mime artist. All gurning and big smiles. All he needed was a stripey top and the picture would have been complete.

So. read the book instead.

Not Good

If you've read the book, don't bother with the film. I saw this years ago, but it was a disappointment this time. Parts of the original story are changed and others missed out completely. Only saving grace is Gary Sinise.

This has got to be one of the best movies of the 20th century. Stephen King at his best. A killer flu virus is wiping out the world, and fast. The lucky few who survive face an even worse, and more deadly battle. The Battle between good and evil.

Get this movie, get some munchies, and settle on the sofa for the best 6 hours of your movie watching life!

a big dissapointment

I'd been looking forward to watching this for years after reading the book and wished I had't bothered.

It looks very dated now, some of the acting is rubbish with only Gary Sinise coming out of well. The Randall Flagg characther is ruined with him looking and acting more like a WWE wrestler. The scenes with Mother Abigail are the worst.

Some of the sets are low key especially mother abigails house and corn field. The action scenes are poor.

probably one of the worst stephen kings adaptation ever

I couldn't finish the first disc, forget the second

Ooh it's bad. Allowing for the changes from the book for television adaptation and ignoring them for rating this, it's so badly acted and the sets are appalling. Typical for a TV movie, but this is extremely bad.

Even the big name stars that gave me hope before I watched it give you splinters they are so wooden and I can only guess that it was the script or director, unless they contracted some virus that prevented them from temporarily being able to act. The extras wouldn't make it into a Z movie, let alone a B.

Stick with the book, it might be a long haul at 1500 pages but it's worth it and I doubt I could ever watch this all the way through. It is so bad!

sorry, this ain't good

I think the main problem is, that i read the book first.

Just didn't work for me