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Summary: Pleased to meet you Lloyd, hope you guess my name
Review: The Stand will go down as one of the best t.v. movies of all time. A great story about a superflu which wipes out 90 percent of the population that turns into a struggle between good and evil. A fine cast which includes stand out performances from Rob Lowe and Jamey Sheridan. Move over Pacino, Sheridan is the devil.
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Summary: FLAGG RULES
Review: i VIEWED THIS MOVIE YEARS AGO WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED ON TELEVISION. i HAVE CONTINUED TO VIEW IT EACH TIME IT IS SHOWN. I HAVE NOW PURCHASED THE MOVIE SO I CAN VIEW IT ANY TIME I WISH. JAMIE SHERIDAN IS GREAT AS RANDALL FLAGG. THE HUMOR IS DRY AND VERY DARK. LOVE IT!
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Summary: An excellent adaptation of the book
Review: As a fan of Stephen King and as someone who has read The Stand numerous times, I found that this movie kept both the structure and the spirit of the book remarkably intact. Personally, I would have liked to see more time given to the following: when Stu returns to Stovington, VT; the scene in the book when the couch crashes on Frannie; a stronger building of the relationship between Frannie and her father; and some other minor issues. But that did not do serious harm to the movie. I was very impressed with the casting and the acting in this movie. Also, I found the choice of "Don't Fear The Reaper" by the Blue Oyster Cult and "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House to be very appropriate. Overall, this was an incredibly good movie and I heartily recommend this purchase for any fan of great movies.
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Summary: No Oscars, but for keeping faithful to the book - kudos!
Review: I am almost always dissapointed when someone other than Stephen King does Stephen King on screen, but not this time. I have all of the books and have read many of them more than once. Yes, I have a life too. King fans will notice many of the "inside" references to other characters and stories, which true fans enjoy. We also like to be able to see and hear characters on screen use what some are calling "corny" lines, because thats what makes the characters who they are. Stephen King fans don't read his books for horror, we read them for the characters. We watch these films to see what we imagined so easily in the books. Sometimes we are let down, this time we are not. As good an adaptation as Stand by Me. I recommend it if you have the time!
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Summary: A Classic
Review: I am sure this will not be for everyone, but I for one was totally entertained from start to finish. Like a good book I just could not put this DVD down!. I just had to watch it all in one sitting!. If you are an avid King fan you should like this, so don't be put off by the bad reveiws, give it a go I am sure you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: Torence is completely right , but...
Review: Yes, the dialog is often silly and the sappy emotionalism is thick. Yes, M O O N did spell irritating several times throughout, and beyond that, some of this motion picture oozed "Made-For-Television" dullness. The scene with the reporters being stopped by the army was pathetic and Ed Harris was completely wasted in the lamest possible sub-plot imaginable. (An Army officer having an ephinany about some obscur poem and reciting it during a crisis--GOOD LORD!) On the other hand, what about Ray Walston's performance? What about Miguel Ferrer! (Sans those scenes in the begining when he's with his buddy, Polk...) What Matt Frewer's over-the-top lunatic! Oh, yeah, and the Rat Manmaking that comment about "Disco is dead!" seemed a bit reaching. And what about the harrowing storyline itself! This is no one-star movie, this is one of the most innovative and unusual treatments of Good and Evil I have seen. (Even with the flaws.) And then there are the stylish touches--the brilliant use of Blue Oyster Cult and Crowded House, the smart and generally brief glimpses of carnage. No, this is not King's best move--The Shawshank Redemption would take the crown in my unimportant opinion. But it's one of his better ones. Maybe no match for Stand By Me and Misery, but it sure beats Night Shift, The Lawnmore Man, and what was that totally messed up movie about the cat people?
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Summary: Great Movie with Lousy Commentary
Review: "The Stand" on DVD is an event -- six hours of programming on one CD-sized disc is awesome! The clarity of the picture is astonishing, the sound is truly deep and sharp, and the music is piquant and stimulating. I'm a King fan, yes, but I'm not partial to bad movies of his work. This movie is SENSATIONAL. The acting, directing, camerawork -- everything shines and it's a joy to have a clean, sharp, beautifully recorded DVD of it.My complaints are with the commentary -- one of the special features. If anyone has heard the various commentaries on "The Matrix" (I think there are three), you probably know just how intensely interesting and descriptive the various folks behind the scene CAN be in a commentary. On "The Stand," you have King, the director and a few of the actors -- not necessarily easily identified -- making random comments throughout the 6-hour film. At first, you think things are going to be fine, but you suddenly realize that this actor's recollections don't jibe with the scene currently playing ... the various people were apparently interviewed separately and then had their interviews laid on to the commentary track ... randomly, it seems ... and often repetitively. I don't know how many times we need to hear Ruby Dee describe her favorite scene in the film ... but, damn! Although King makes interesting observations, he clearly does not get that many of his fans make more of his story -- and its meaning -- than he does. King thinks that "The Stand" is a metaphor for starting the world over again without any reminder of previous technology. Never mind, then, that babies should not be born in hospitals, that water should not be sterilized, that heating homes should not rely on electric power, that Stu and Tom should never have had access to the Sno-Cat that returned them safely to Boulder, etc., etc. He is full of pronouncements but his story clearly refutes his own personal stand against man's technological achievements. It would have been interesting to hear him discuss his ideas more in depth, and there was time for him to do so, too. There are LONG stretches during the commentary play where all we hear is movie....and I'd already seen the movie. The movie is worth every cent of the selling price of the DVD....but don't get your hopes up about the commentary.
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Summary: Did we see the same movie?
Review: This movie was so lame. I like Stephen King and I read The Stand which was OK if a bit too long. This had to be one of the corniest movies I've ever seen. I'm sorry, but as soon as everone got together at the end to form their new society, the corn-ball factor went up about ten fold. The whole scene reminded me of hands across America. This was not horror in the traditional S.K. vein. In my opinion, The Shining is still the all-time best King movie ( one which King himself hates ). King's biggest problem in my opinion is his total inability to write convincing dialog. His characters are always saying the corniest things and don't relate to each other in a believable fashion. M-O-O-N, that spells cornball. Anyone remember "beep-beep, Ritchie"? Who talks like this?
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Summary: Excellent movie, excellent DVD!
Review: It's not just the best television movie ever made, but the dvd is also a great purchase: that include commentary by the director and the writter stephen king. this is definetly a must see even if it takes 6 hours, it 6 great hours!
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Summary: Excellent addition to anyones DVD library
Review: A good conversion with very good commentary from a wealth of people. My one complaint is Ruby Dee, what the heck is she talking about? Somebody slap some sense into her! She babbles and stutters and basicly says the same thing over, and over, and well you get the idea. I was a little dissapointed that the "Making-of-Featurette" is about 3 minutes long, that the "Special effects" section is merely 4 conceptual drawings of Randall Flagg's various guises. Also the "Storyboard Comparisons" ammounts to about 5 or 6 shots with tiny roughly-drawn storyboards in the top-left corner. All I'm saying is, be prepared to say "Hmmph, I thought there would be more". But remember, you're getting 6 HOURS OF COMMENTARY!
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