Mick Garris

[Neil W]

Given that Mr Garris has directed at least 7 of Stephen King's properties, is it in order to ask what people think of his work? Having seen maybe 4 or 5 of the pieces he has directed, I find them to be OK - no better, no worse. He is better than many, but not even close to the best. Journeyman stuff in my view.

[Gerald]

Seven exactly now.

I admire his determination to keep translating King to the screen, especially 'difficult' ones like 'The Stand' or the remake of 'The Shining', but the results get progressively worse. I think he peaked on 'The Stand' and it was interesting to see a different version of 'The Shining', but since then it's been mostly disappointing to me. I'd like to see him take a shot on more 'dark fantasy' novels, 'The Stand' clearly has more going for it than the other ones.

[GNTLGNT]

...fair to middlin'....

[fushingfeef]

He's no auteur, but his strength is he lets the material speak for itself.