I love Stephen King.. read and watch anything done by him.. I am wondering what your favorite Stephen King book and movie is..
Mine are:
The Stand (both book adn movie)
The Shawshank Redemption
Pet Semetary (the book and the 1st movie.. don't know why they did a 2nd movie)
2006-06-22 05:07:56 · 17 answers · asked by Glitter Pimpstress (G.P.) 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
I have read pretty much all of his works that I could get my hands on and I have to say that the following are my favorites:
Books : It, The Stand, The Gunslinger series, Danse Macabre, On Writing, Different Seasons.
Movies : The Stand & It (hmmm...I'm seeing a re-occuring theme)
Point of interest:
According to the offical Stephen King Web site his current favorite as of June, 06 is :Lisey’s Story (To be released October 24, 2006)
2006-06-22 07:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Stone_Angel 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to say that Hearts in Atlantis was my favorite King book by far. The movie was a real flop. It left out about 2/3 of the book maybe even more. Have you read the entire Dark Tower series? I would love to see a movie on those books, I don't know if it would work as a live action. It would be better as animation. What do you think? I've been reading SK for a long time. Love his work.
2006-06-22 12:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by clemsonrivers 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never thought that SK was a great writer, though I do think he is a wonderful storyteller...one of the best in recent years. I like his shorter stories much better than his full-length books...Apt Pupil, Man in the Black Suit, The Body, The Langoliers, The Library Policeman, but I did like Desperation, From a Buick 8 and Dreamcatcher.
Only 2 halfway decent movies of SK books: Misery and Shawshank Redemption. Hearts of Atlantis (not a great book to begin with but a good one) was one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
Wait! I almost forgot The Shining! (The movie was almost as good as the book!)
2006-06-22 13:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by astrocatastrophe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorite books of his is The Eyes of the Dragon, a great story and introduction of characters in The Dark Tower series and The Stand. The Stand was great (book and movie) --Randall Flagg, one of the creepiest villains ever. They did some great casting for the mini-series. The Shawshank Redemption...definitely my favorite story-to-movie adaptation and one of my favorite movies of all time period. Misery was a good adaptation as well. And It, read and saw that as a teen and it gave me the creeps for weeks!! The Shining is a good one too.
2006-06-22 12:14:55 · answer #4 · answered by Carlito Sway 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Shining
Christine
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
2006-06-22 12:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by UppityBroad68 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been a fax of Stephen King's for a very long time. I would have to say for me my favorite novels are the Shawshank Redemption, Cujo, Christine and The Shining. But then again, I collect all his novels. I live in Maine as well and am always hoping someday he will come to my town and I will finally meet him in person. His mind is so fascinating
2006-06-22 12:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love Stephen King~I used to read his books on summer break. Does anyone remember the Langoliers? My favorites were The Shining, Christine, Carrie, Cujo and Pet Sematary.
Back in the day, Salem's Lot scared me to death~~
The book Insomnia is wonderful~
2006-06-22 12:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by soplaw2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love 'The Shining' and the movie-with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall-was great. It is still a classic to me.
'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Pet Semetary' was good as well as 'Salem's Lot'. (The movie 'Salem's Lot' I like a lot.)
Oh, and Stephen King's 'IT'. The book and the movie was CREEPY.
2006-06-22 12:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by uchaboo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Best book and movie- The Green Mile
2006-06-22 14:14:32 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ twobows ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bag of Bones is one of my favorite books of all time by any author, but so many of his are great. The whoel dark tower series is phenominal. The Stand is great, just read it for the second time; the Shining, The Black House. I don't care for most of the movies, they tend to be big disappointments to me, but I thought the Green Mile was amazing.
2006-06-23 15:17:47 · answer #10 · answered by JerichoHill 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋