Stephen King

[T3XT]

What are your favorite novels/movies of his? Least favorites?

I'm ashamed to say I haven't had the time to dedicate myself to finishing any of his books, but I'm quite fond of the movies, my favorite being the brilliant Pet Sematary (god that movie scares me).

My least favorite tale of his is, by far, Children of the Corn. Some parts of the movie were downright laughable (I lost it when Vicky tried to throw a lamp at the children right in front of her and missed by a good five feet.)

Discuss Stephen King.

[JohnnyBooya]

I haven't read any of his books either, though I will get to them. I really enjoyed The Shining.

[ChloBro]

There's going to be another Carrie movie with Chloe Moretz.

[T3XT]

Found the part I mentioned.

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[Darthdenim]

Children of the Corn was the shit.

Don't badmouth that movie in my presence.

[T3XT]

At 4/27/13 02:58 AM, Sekhem wrote: the shining

Ah, you can't mention Stephen King without bringing up The Shining.

Classic.

[Ceratisa]

I liked Dreamcatcher or did..

[Mismo]

I really like his book series "The Dark Tower". I think the second and third book of that series are some of the best things he have written.

[Galneda]

At 4/27/13 02:53 AM, T3XT wrote:

I'm ashamed to say I haven't had the time to dedicate myself to finishing any of his books, but I'm quite fond of the movies, my favorite being the brilliant Pet Sematary (god that movie scares me).

I'm in the same boat, and yet I'm SURROUNDED by Stephen King books...my older brother and my dad are avid fans.

They seem to talk about the Dark Tower series a lot. I may just start with that.

[Cyberdevil]

The Green Mile, Secret Window and 1408.

Running Man and The Shining were pretty good too.

I've only watched the movies though, but I'm assuming the books are similar.

[Pointy-Circle]

King is probably the most overrated writer of all time.

[Crazywill]

I've only read 4 of the 7 Dark Tower books and The Shining. I also read From a Buick 8, which was weird and some parts of IT.

[Grotty]

I think Desperation is by far my favorite, that and Low Men in Yellow Coats is really, really good.

[FUNKbrs]

At 4/27/13 10:09 AM, Pointy-Circle wrote: King is probably the most overrated writer of all time.

This is true.

He has one plot, which is always the same:

"A nerd in Maine is traveling in a car, AND..."

All his stories take place in Maine. All his lead characters are authors. His horror scene NEVER make logical sense; none of that shit would be scary in person.

BTW, if you haven't read The Stand, don't talk to me about Stephen King.

I think he's a cool guy personally, btw. In an interesting nerd kind of way.

[MrSaint]

They all float, motherfucker.

Only thing I saw. Should actually grab a few of his books.

[Jester]

The Stand's my favorite story of his, but The Shawshank Redemption's my favorite movie adaption. Kubrick's The Shining isn't bad but the only part of it I really loved was Jack Nicholson's performance.

[Darthdenim]

A week or so ago I watched the entire Storm of the Century miniseries.

That was pretty good.

[Auz]

I've only read Misery, but I'm planning to read more of his novels

When it comes to film adaptations of his works, I've seen The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining and 1408. I liked all of them, apart from 1408.

[Darthdenim]

Maximum Overdrive was a funny movie.

And the boss truck had the Green Goblin on it's grill. Awesome!

[Viper]

When it comes to the books I loved Christine but didn't like Cujo.
When it comes tot he movies I loved Carrie but didn't like Misery.

[TessaWuff]

I seen some of his movies. I also heard he's a plagiarist. Idk if he does do that junk, I was not there by his side 24/7. If I did know him it would probably be a Hi Stephen as I walk down the street realizing that "Huh, I just met Stephen King for a couple of seconds."

On a off note, give him some bling and he can be called Stephen Bling!

[Kwing]

Seen: Misery, It, Carrie, The Shining
Read: It, The Dragon's Eye

Out of those, It is probably my favorite. The Shining had the potential to be great, but Jack Nicholson turned it into a comedy.

[KillerSkull]

Misery for sure was his best.

I'm not a big fan of the dark tower series. (GASP)

[FairSquare]

At 4/27/13 04:17 PM, fmn335 wrote: On a off note, give him some bling and he can be called Stephen Bling!

Give him some chicken and he can be called Stephen Fring

[DarkShadowblade]

Really liked FireStarter. Great plot and great characters

[Makakaov]

Through whole "Insomnia" I had this irresistible feeling I could write it better.

[Gagsy]

Not sure if The Stand or IT is my overall favourite book of his. I just adored both of them. Maybe The Stand pushes it. But then IT had an amazing part not in the movie that left me in awe.

Its tricky.

Also I loved The Dragon's Eye. I think the ending is quite brilliant.

Also Needful Things.

Yeah I like his books.

[T3XT]

At 4/27/13 11:42 AM, FUNKbrs wrote: This is true.

He has one plot, which is always the same:

"A nerd in Maine is traveling in a car, AND..."

Yeah, I'll admit that a lot of his plots are pretty recycled.

Let me reiterate that:

"A nerd is moving into a new place in Maine when he starts having strange prophetic dreams and/or hallucinations, AND..."

[Void]

Well, I want to see the movie Carrie (2013 re-make) based on his book. I've seen parts of the movie IT and The Shining, but that's it. I've heard he's an amazing horror story writer.

[uglyslug]

his new movie Barrack Obama