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Summary: M-O-O-N, THAT SPELLS LAME!!!!!!!!!
Review: Sorry King, nice try but no cigar. Looks like TV had to cutback on necesarry sex and violence just to make it a PG rated hunk of X-Files abstract. This movie could have worked...COULD have..but just turns out to be flat and boring and far too long...Rob Lowe however gave the only worthy perfomance...Lame FX and even worse acting make this a stink and a half. STAND in the corner King, FOR SHAME!!!!!
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Summary: The Best Movie in The Whole World
Review: This movie is great. It is just like the book. Kings world of the stand is so great! A very must watch!
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Summary: An unusually excellent adaptation of King's novel!
Review: Most screen adaptations of Stephen King's novels are incredible let-downs (i.e., The Langoliers, Thinner, etc). This was not one of them. The casting was excellent, my only complaint being Molly Ringwald as Frannie. Every other cast member was just great. There couldn't have been a better Mother Abigail than Ruby Dee, and Jamey Sheridan played Randall Flagg almost TOO convincingly! I can't see him the same in any other roles now! I give this movie two very enthusiastic thumbs up!
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Summary: one of the best movies I have ever viewed
Review: Although long in content it is very well made and produced. Tho I haven't read the book ( and from what i hear I;m glad i havent ) It is one i have enjoyed over and over ( to the tune of over 6 times so far) So you may say im nuts but what the hey It is just plain old good for any one and does represent one possibility of our future.
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Summary: ONE OF MY TOP TEN OF ALL TIME
Review: I saw the movie before reading the book, which is highly unusual for me. In this case, however, it proved to be a plus. I LOVED this movie. It's so different from the book that it should practically be viewed as a seperate entity, but I still loved it.Bill Fagerbakke as Tom Cullen. One word:WOW. I thought he was very convincing. I loved the relationship between Tom and Nick. Rob Lowe was great. His performance in this movie completely changed my mind about him. Jamey Sheridan as Randall Flagg-you could see the rage positively bubbling beneath his skin. I thought all of the actors were wonderful, and it's rare that I feel that way about a movie. I only wish they could have taken longer en route to Colorado so we could have spent more time with them.
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Summary: A Fantastic Adaptation
Review: In the slew of Stephen King movies out there only a few fingers do their preceding books any justice. The Stand is one of those rare translation from page to screen gems. Previous believable adaptations of King's books are The Shawshank Redemption (of course), Misery, The Dark Half, The Shining (Kubrick version, although I admit this one was not really true to the book), 'Salem's Lot, and Stand By Me (based on the novella The Body). The rest have just been undeniably horrible to the constant disgust of Stephen King fans. Thinner anyone? So when The Stand came out in 1994 my expectations were high but I was ready for a letdown. That, thank God, never came. What came out in little pixels of color and constant blinking lights was so engrossing and so well made that I forgot I was watching television. That's good stuff folks. I kept saying throughout the mini-series "I remember that" and "Yep, straight outta the book". Of course it is impossible to convey the same feeling one gets from reading a book where one shapes the characters and gives them his/her own face and voice but this was a pretty damn good substitute for primetime television. I would say read the book first and then watch this movie, if you're a Stephen King fan or hell, even if you're not.
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Summary: 4 stars in comparison to the 5 star book.
Review: I read the novel "The Stand" twice, first in the abridged (PG-13), and then the unabridged (R) versions and found the increased detail helped me understand the characters' motivations. This is the only real downfall of this mini-series. It is a difficult task to cram 1300 pages of plot development into 6 hours of screen time, thus the elimination of some key characters (like Rita and "The Kid") and other detail. What is left, however, is thoroughly entertaining, with some excellent performances like Gary Sinise's Stu Redman, and surprisingly, Rob Lowe as Nick Andros. Jamey Sheridan was so over the top as Randall Flagg (Satan), you could practically see steam coming from his ears at any time he was on screen. It is a fun flick to watch with friends.
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Summary: The stand for outstanding TV movies.
Review: The Stand is a true epic, a tale of porportions rarely on telivision. The cast is great, with a few exeptions--but, they're easily overlooked in a movie of such stature. The movie is a worthy addition to any fan's King library, and non-fans should find plenty of reasons to enjoy this chilling film, as well.
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Summary: Only six hours? I'd think 12 hours!
Review: It's all true, the book does fill up almost 1000, and the uncut version I bought and read was over 1200! When I finished reading it (I saw the movie first), I compared the two. Where the characters as believeable as the ones in the book? For the most part, yes. Franny however (no offense to the actress) was just downright annoying, her squeeling "Stu!" and "Harold!" really ticked me off I just wanted to shoot her. Gary Sinise played an excellent Stu Redman, and I don't know why they say Rob Lowe is a bad actor, because I think he did a very good job at playing Nick Andros. Anyways they left a LOT out that was in the book, (however a lot was best left anyways, but I won't even get into that) if the movie was made exactly as the book was written we'd have another six hours to sit through, I guess it's good this was on Tv and not the theatre. (not that I wouldn't have enjoyed it. I recomend this movie to any King fan and non-king fans also. Also, if you're one of those people who thinks that King is just a sick minded little pervert but seriously, take a look at the movie, you may be suprised.
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Summary: What Were They Thinking?
Review: Stephen King's The Stand is a novel of such epic proportions that it cannot possibly be turned into a move or mini-series. As hard as the producers of this mini-series tried, all they accomplished was to prove that it couldn't be done. They just had to leave too much out. What's really an enigma is the casting. The producers clearly made an effort to get top-notch actors, but that's all they did. They didn't seem to take into consideration the tiny little fact that the actor they signed might not fit the part. Gary Sinese is a great actor, no doubt about it, but as hard as he might try, he can't play a tall, lanky mid-40s good-ol-boy Texan named Stu Redman. The same goes for Molly Ringwald. Can that redhead possibly be convincing as the teen-aged, blond-haired Franny? I don't think so. Rob Lowe as Nick? Don't even get me started on that one. I wanted to like this film. I really did, but I found nothing but disappointment after disappointment in it.
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