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msommer said:
The only good big screen adaptations of King books I can think of off hand are The Shiining, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and Misery. Needful things was semi ok.

Not a Dead Zone or Carrie fan. Pet cemetary was laughably bad. I never saw Stand by Me

IMDB lists 98 (!) movies and TV series (incl a few shorts) that were based on Stephen King's books and novellas. That's actually pretty impressive
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Stand By Me is the best, IMO

 
99. The Hurricane (1999)

Directed by: Norman Jewison

Starring: Denzel Washington, Rod Steiger

This film tells the story of Rubin Carter, aka "The Hurricane", a professional boxer wrongly accused of murder. To say that the movie takes liberties with the truth is an understatement: apparently they got nearly everything wrong. One reviewer, a liberal himself, called this movie a "liberal fairytale". 

But again, I judge these films by their viewing enjoyment so the rest doesn't matter. Washington provides one of his most riveting performances; the script is tight and the story is well told with a good villain and a satisfactory ending. Have to say though that the Canadian characters were somewhat annoying (Canadians tend to annoy me for whatever reason.) 

Up next: Go to wood shop and make yourself a shoeshine box. You're gonna need it. 

 
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timschochet said:
99. The Hurricane (1999)

Directed by: Norman Jewison

Starring: Denzel Washington, Rod Steiger

This film tells the story of Rubin Carter, aka "The Hurricane", a professional boxer wrongly accused of murder. To say that the movie takes liberties with the truth is an understatement: apparently they got nearly everything wrong. One reviewer, a liberal himself, called this movie a "liberal fairytale". 

But again, I judge these films by their viewing enjoyment so the rest doesn't matter. Washington provides one of his most riveting performances; the script is tight and the story is well told with a good villain and a satisfactory ending. Have to say though that the Canadian characters were somewhat annoying (Canadians tend to annoy me for whatever reason.) 

Up next: Go to wood shop and make yourself a shoeshine box. You're gonna need it. 
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Hosist!

 
msommer said:
The only good big screen adaptations of King books I can think of off hand are The Shiining, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and Misery. Needful things was semi ok.

Not a Dead Zone or Carrie fan. Pet cemetary was laughably bad. I never saw Stand by Me

IMDB lists 98 (!) movies and TV series (incl a few shorts) that were based on Stephen King's books and novellas. That's actually pretty impressive
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As UH said, this is arguably the best of the bunch. 

I think Shining, Stand By Me, and Shawshank are the cream of the crop. 

I love Carrie and think Dead Zone is good too. 

Besides a few of the acting performances, I wasn't a fan of Green Mile at all - too much magical BS and thought he dipped into the prison theme one too many times.  Remember liking Misery OK, but remember being disappointed they pulled their punches with the ending (admittedly, it's been years since I have seen the movie or read the book).  

One that you didn't list that I liked despite the campy monsters was The Mist.  Thought they did well with that story and the ending.  

Pet Cemetary is kinda bad, but not sure there was a scene in movies that scared me more than the flashbacks of Zelda (I think that was her sister's name?).  Terrified me as a kid, and still gives me the willies thinking about it. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
Not when you consider at least 90 of those are complete pieces of ####. 
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It's an amazing feat to get people to buy the last ten or twenty stories when the rest have bombed so completely.

There must be a lot of cognitive bias going on or Stephen King is the world's best salesman by a mile

 
I'm out right here if your putting "Goodfellas" this high up....

And until ( Peter Jackson/Ben Affleck/Next flavor of the month)

comes along....I was more than happy with the TV (Yes sacrilege) version of The Stand.

....(Ok, I was bluffing).... Carry on.....I'm  going back to my Ken Folllett paperback.(Thanks.??)

Big time fan of the Book/Movie thread.

 
msommer said:
It's an amazing feat to get people to buy the last ten or twenty stories when the rest have bombed so completely.

There must be a lot of cognitive bias going on or Stephen King is the world's best salesman by a mile
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I think he is selective about some of them - ie I think he would only sell Misery if Reiner directed it.  Mostly people buy them because by now they know they can put "Stephen King's _____" on damn near anything and will have a good chance at making money. 

 
98. Stand and Deliver (1988)

Directed by: Ramon Menendez

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia

The true story of Jaime Escalante, the east Lost Angeles teacher who taught a bunch of Hispanic kids AP Calculus for a decade and had astonishing success. Great script, great acting, a real feel good movie- unless you don't like Hispanics, that is. Donald Trump should be forced to watch it. Whatever happened to Andy Garcia?

Up Next: I'm in a prayer group with the D.A., I'm a member of the NRA, and I'm always packing.

 
Thorn said:
Interesting, there is another Jewish coming of age novel set in NY/Brooklyn, which I know you like, that I don't see on your list yet.  Top 10?
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So Last Days of Summer didn't make your list at all?  I thought you loved that book!

 
96. The Blind Side (2009)

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Staring: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates

I don't know why I tend to like sports movies that involve teams I dislike (in this case, the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens don't actually show up in the movie until the very end, when it is revealed that they drafted Michael Oher.) But this is an entertaining film with a nice story about the rewards that come from being kind to others. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress, which I don't know if she really deserved (it seemed like she was pretty much playing herself with a southern accent- she's one of those actors who always plays themselves) but she was fine. The kid who played Oher was great- actually far more sympathetic than the actual Oher who, in interviews, comes off as big of an ####### as the rest of his teammates on the Ravens (yeah I know he's with some other team now, but he'll always be a Raven to me. Screw him.)

I didn't realize it at the time, but the rather annoying white kid brother in the movie was also in the first season of Friday Night Lights, in which he played basically the same annoying role (although on the TV show, Tim Riggins gets it on with his incredibly hot mother, who then sleeps with his brother Billy- quite the role model.) The guy who plays the coach has been in tons of movies and TV shows and is the creator of the show Rectify.

Up next: Look, it's the African anteater ritual!

 
Thorn said:
So Last Days of Summer didn't make your list at all?  I thought you loved that book!
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I did consider this. The first time I read it, I really loved it. Then the second time it seemed to thin to me, like something that would have been better off as a novella or short story.

 
Tim I never thanked you for your previous list of books.  I love books and you apparently share my passion for long sweeping novels.  I'm reading Tai-Pan currently and loving it.

 
timschochet said:
96. The Blind Side (2009)

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Staring: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates

I don't know why I tend to like sports movies that involve teams I dislike (in this case, the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens don't actually show up in the movie until the very end, when it is revealed that they drafted Michael Oher.) But this is an entertaining film with a nice story about the rewards that come from being kind to others. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress, which I don't know if she really deserved (it seemed like she was pretty much playing herself with a southern accent- she's one of those actors who always plays themselves) but she was fine. The kid who played Oher was great- actually far more sympathetic than the actual Oher who, in interviews, comes off as big of an ####### as the rest of his teammates on the Ravens (yeah I know he's with some other team now, but he'll always be a Raven to me. Screw him.)

I didn't realize it at the time, but the rather annoying white kid brother in the movie was also in the first season of Friday Night Lights, in which he played basically the same annoying role (although on the TV show, Tim Riggins gets it on with his incredibly hot mother, who then sleeps with his brother Billy- quite the role model.) The guy who plays the coach has been in tons of movies and TV shows and is the creator of the show Rectify.

Up next: Look, it's the African anteater ritual!
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Loved this movie. Michael Lewis can seemingly do no wrong in both his books and adaptations, Moneyball criticism notwithstanding.  

 
....so your movie list is just going to be an exact extension of your book topics?  Politics, race and social issues, biopics, etc..?  :yawn:

I think your brain just needs a rest from it - maybe you need to pop in Sharknado or something... ;)

 
KarmaPolice said:
....so your movie list is just going to be an exact extension of your book topics?  Politics, race and social issues, biopics, etc..?  :yawn:

I think your brain just needs a rest from it - maybe you need to pop in Sharknado or something... ;)
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Similar, but not the same. 

My kids made me watch Sharknado. Not quite terrible enough to be one of the worst movies ever, but one notch above. 

 
hey tim what did you think about the movie goonies i like it because of the all the gadgetry i am basically a fan of any type of trick play in football and that movie is the trick play of movies it is direted by spielberg and hey what heart would not melt for the loveable sloth and chunk so i would appreciate your thoughts take that to the last goonie adventure sweet mary mother of god its a pirate ship one eyed willie bank bromigo 

 
ps it had the lady in it from wheres the beef that has to give it a little extra zing take that to the bank 

 
SWC said:
hey tim what did you think about the movie goonies i like it because of the all the gadgetry i am basically a fan of any type of trick play in football and that movie is the trick play of movies it is direted by spielberg and hey what heart would not melt for the loveable sloth and chunk so i would appreciate your thoughts take that to the last goonie adventure sweet mary mother of god its a pirate ship one eyed willie bank bromigo 
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I liked it. Love the Cyndi Lauper song; one of her best. Didn't know it was directed by  Spielberg. 

 
well it wasnt i just looked he was just a writer i guess but hey that guy is one crazy dude no matter what so bam take that to the bank

 
well it looks like that was also not the wheres the beef lady but ma fratello was a lady so i will call it a push and the swcer gets out of the inning take that to the bank

 
I did not find any overlap with Tim's book list and mine. Hopefully movies will go better. I think Tim will include movies made before Jaws which is good as most people seem to not have much interest in classic movies. I don't see Tim as the type to have any noir, French New Wave or Welles. Maybe Hitchcock, WIlder or Ford. 

 
Ilov80s said:
I did not find any overlap with Tim's book list and mine. Hopefully movies will go better. I think Tim will include movies made before Jaws which is good as most people seem to not have much interest in classic movies. I don't see Tim as the type to have any noir, French New Wave or Welles. Maybe Hitchcock, WIlder or Ford. 
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:hifive:

 
Ilov80s said:
I did not find any overlap with Tim's book list and mine. Hopefully movies will go better. I think Tim will include movies made before Jaws which is good as most people seem to not have much interest in classic movies. I don't see Tim as the type to have any noir, French New Wave or Welles. Maybe Hitchcock, WIlder or Ford. 
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Interesting take, and probably accurate.  

 
The movie The Blind Side felt like a very fake Hollywood version of real events. Especially the parts where Sandra Bullock threatens the gang banger and when she explains to the coach how to coach Oher correctly. 

 
96. Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

Directed by: Steve Rash

Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson

OK, so this movie isn't very good. It happens to be my favorite teen comedy of all time, and I'm not sure why. It might be that I had a thing for Amanda Peterson- who, I just learned in researching this, died of an accidental drug overdose last year at the age of 44! That's really sad. 

Patrick Dempsey is convincing as a nerd who pays the most popular girl in school $1,000 to pretend she likes him. The film does have a decent message about popularity, and the conformity of high school students- but other films have probably done this better. I just like this one the most. The creepy kid from Children of the Corn is pretty good too. 

Up next:  We're in hell right now gentlemen. Believe me. And we can stay here, get the #### kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell... one inch at a time.


 

 
I spent the day coming up with a list of all the movies I've seen. I'm sure I missed a few but it's at least 1500.

Not sure I could pick a top 100.

 
its probably from when you cut and paste your reviews from the yellow site you are stealing them from brohan take that to the bank 

 
SWC said:
its probably from when you cut and paste your reviews from the yellow site you are stealing them from brohan take that to the bank 
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:D  Read my reviews again. Do you really think any professional would write those?

It's probably the quote I used for my upcoming film. THAT I did cut and paste.

 
95. Any Given Sunday (1999)

Directed by Oliver Stone

Starring: Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid

A lot of people rag on this movie, but I thought it was great and highly entertaining. Is it the best movie ever made about pro football? No, that comes later. But it was, I thought, a good look at the highs and lows, the popularity, the attitudes of players, coaches, and owners. And the cinematography was sensational. 

This film has a large ensemble cast and there's a lot of really good acting jobs: Cameron Diaz is terrific as a first class ##### (and Lauren Holly, playing Dennis Quaid's wife, has a smaller role but is very good as an even bigger #####!) Jamie Foxx in one of his best roles, and James Woods is good as the sleazy team doctor. Oliver Stone favorite John C. McGinley gets to play a Jim Rome clone and clowns it up every time he is on camera.

But the guy who really astonished and impressed me with his acting skills was Lawrence Taylor. He steals every scene he's in, and also gets to make a great speech to Jamie Foxx in the locker room late in the film. Guy could have had a promising acting career if his head had been on straight- too bad. 

Next up: I was a marine...a warrior of the...uh...Jarhead clan. 

 
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