Movie adaption of Stephen King novels

Thanks man! :) Will check those titles out!

Another thing is that horror can sometimes work better on the page than it does on screen. Those topiary animals that come to life in "The Shining" work like gangbusters in the book. On the screen though they look positively silly ... In books, it's all about show. In movies, it's all about suggest. And most filmmakers don't have the first clue about how to suggest -- especially when it comes to horror films, where it's needed most.

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The problem is when some asshole comes along who thinks they know better than King how to tell HIS stories. These morons need to check their ego and translate the work of the master to whatever medium they're shooting for while sticking as close to the source material as possible.
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I think its the exact opposite. The BEST Stephen King adaptations were ones where King himself had NO creative control over the project and they freely adapted his work to fit the kind of story THEY wanted to tell on the big screen, even if King personally hated Hollywood's "vision" for the film and would have done something completely different, or if the film only loose followed the basic premise of the novel. Examples include:

The Shining (1980 version)
The Dead Zone
Stand By Me
Misery
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile

Conversely, the WORST Stephen King adaptations were made when he PERSONALLY wrote the screenplay himself and had TOTAL CREATIVE CONTROL to micro-manage the project and bring his "vision" to the big screen as he saw fit. Examples include:

Maximum Overdrive (written & directed by King himself)
Sleepwalkers (original screenplay)
The Shining (1997 mini-series, remade by King himself so it would adhere strictly to his "vision" from the novel because he hated the 1980 adaptation)
Stephen King's Desperation (created and written by King himself)
A Good Marriage (screenplay by Stephen King, based on his own 2010 novella)
Cell (2016) (screenplay by Stephen King, based on his novel)

In short, if you want a good translation of King's work to the big screen, keep Stephen King FAR FAR AWAY from it!

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Nah, I agree more with the other comments here, it is when King himself is meddeling with the transistion to screenplay it becomes "Shart". At least for people who love a good movie and not only a word by word adaption from the books, which seldom are good. - You should propbably tone down your fanboyism, as it is quite embarrasing to read how you answer other people in my thread, quit acting like a manchild.

The parts about writing himself into the novels are examples of utter shite and to me it seemed to be done more in desperation than any plot points, the ending of the series was also completely rushed and had nowhere near the same quality as the first couple of books.

Anyway, only a scarce few of the movies you are referrring to above here even broke an 8 out of 10 in their movie adaption - seeing as King is hailed by many as _the_ top dog writer it is very strange indeed that his works perform so poorly on screen; the Dark Tower as the most recent example.

Besides, most of those movies you are referring to are not equally visually demanding on the part of fantasy as the Dark Tower - of course it was easier to visualize Kings work in the Green Mile as the special effects only need to show bright light from a prisoner. Are you seriously comapring this to, for example, visualizing Blaine the Pain and his trainride over the Wastelands? Dramas and horror are easily 10 times below the amount of skill needed in order to visualize an epic tale of fantasy.

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Spot on list. The only one I object to is The Running Man. That wasn't very good in my, and most people's opinions.

They're long but not hard to translate. I've actually been a fan of most, even Dreamcatcher I thought was kinda cool.

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Hmm, maybe I actually agree with this - hence my point that the ones who made American Gods seemed to understand the way Neil Gaiman wanted to tell the story :)

Yeah, I also think many are stuck on the idea that he is a horror guy - and many of the actors and directors maybe grew up with his masterpieces, which were mostly horror? For me it was diferent, i read The Dark Tower first, and was kinda surprised when discussing him and IT or Carrie as his best works (in writing).