Stand By Me --great flick

[j.simon]

one of my favorite movies for as lond a i can remember

[mh130]

I was young and dumb (I'm only dumb now) when I read this story and other great ones by SK. I was scared by several, but was enveloped by them, as if being led by a parent and was assured that everything would be ok. Reading his books and others helped me to increase my english skills and ACT score, which I'm grateful for. And his office assistants sent me responses, which were canned responses, which was great. It really helped me to set the story teller apart from the real story, my life. This sounds bad, but isn't really. Fantasy is great, but the real world cannot be ignored. I still delve back whenever I can, and always enjoy it.

I am just thankful that I am the go to guy for spelling at work, which as an engineer is something unusual. Sad thought, but my english was the highest of my ACT scores. It dwindled down in college, but I still love to read. THANKS!
Michael

[brandon]

Loved the movie. It's one of those that you can watch over and over. Luckily, it's always on cable, so there's lots of opportunity to do so. I was just traveling in OR and got to see a couple of the locations where they shot it. Beautiful area. Also saw "The Overlook Hotel" from "The Shining" a.k.a Timberline Lodge.

That hotel is in Estes Park Colorado and is not called Timberline Lodge. I believe it is called the Stanley Hotel if memory serves. Nice place. Wandered around awhile and snapped some pics. There is a small display case there that honors the movie.

[Moderator]

That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

[brandon]

That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

Ahhh.... Wasnt aware of that Ms Mod. Thanks!

[brandon]

That hotel is in Estes Park Colorado and is not called Timberline Lodge. I believe it is called the Stanley Hotel if memory serves. Nice place. Wandered around awhile and snapped some pics. There is a small display case there that honors the movie.

That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

Apologies to scarywriter. Guess I was sounding like a know-it-all!

[davemelnick]

them & The Green Mile (IMHO).

the only stephen king that isn't an outright horror which beats stand by me is shawshank in my opinion. i love how versatile his stories are.

[StokerX]

what are supposed to eat??? Our feet???

[M2H]

They should remake Stand By Me...change the setting to 2009..have the 4 boys listen to rap...change the location to Miami...have the boy run over by a car rather than train...

I am kidding!! The sad thing is that there probably people hollywood already eyeing stand by me for a possible remake...considering EVERY is getting remade these days..

[Chris Chambers]

They should remake Stand By Me...change the setting to 2009..have the 4 boys listen to rap...change the location to Miami...have the boy run over by a car rather than train...

I am kidding!! The sad thing is that there probably people hollywood already eyeing stand by me for a possible remake...considering EVERY is getting remade these days..

OMG! Are you kidding me?The DUMBEST and MOST IDIOT thing that you could do is a remake of Stand By Me!!
Come on,can you just hear this "IDEA" from someone and don't wanna punch him/her in the face?
Stand By Me was (and it still is) a miliary stone of movies by SK books and stories,is like tell:
<<Ehi,let's do a remake of MISERY or some other super-famous movie,but like the story is in our times!>> and the only thing that the other guys tell to you is:<<WTF?!>>
If they really do a remake,I think I'm gonna freak out!