Stand By Me --great flick

[MyLife4YouSK]

This movie RULES! Rob Reiner and Frank Darabont should be the only people allowed to make King movies. Oh and King himself since I enjoyed Maximum Overdrive.

Is there anybody out there....that didn't like this flick?

[aptpupil]

Oh, I suspect that there MUST be someone. Nothing can ever be universally loved. But "Stand By Me" is a truly marvellous piece of movie making, based on a very fine short story.

And doesn't it also show us what was lost with the premature and senseless death of River Phoenix? He could've gone onto to be one of the greats.

SK has a wonderful talent for bringing young characters to life and making them totally plausible. "Stand By Me" is a prime example of this, as is "IT" when the main characters encounter Pennywise first time around.

I really have nothing negative to say about this movie, which beautifully evokes the wonder and innocence of childhood.

[delores 74]

This is one of my all time favorites! I am not allowed to watch it with my husband since I can quote the entire movie verbatim...lol. It annoys him when I either say the lines out loud or even lip-synch them. I can't help it, I've lost count how many times I've seen it. Got to be dozens.

[michal]

It is a good film, no doubt, and I loved it even though I had no idea that it was based on Mr King's work at a time (this was many years before I read Different Seasons). But the hero being a writer (again) and the main topic being children and where their imagination and determination take them should have tipped me off.

[MrZetakappa]

.......scusa se mi impiccio ma tuo marito ha ragione!!!!il film è molto bello ma x cambiare un po fagli vedere IT e shining!...scherzo,ciao

[lerv2read]

I agree with you, what I loved about the movie was that it was like seeing your brothers on the screen when they go out on an adventure. Great movie

[Drawn to Ka-tet]

Stand By Me is one of my favorite films of all time. I love the characters and the kids who play they.
It gave me an unreasonable dislike of Kiefer Sutherland (as Ace Merrill) that I've never been able to get over.
The Revenge of Lardass Hogan is a classic tale within the tale- and I laugh till I cry when I watch that part.
I just wish they had placed it in Castle Rock Maine, and not Castle Rock Oregon or Washington. I need my ficticious towns to stay in one spot and not relocate from state to state.

[jenboxer77]

This movie is in my top ten favorites of all time! I can watch this movie over, and over again. It is such a great story!

[twellwood70]

A movie without all the high tech special effects. That shows the awesome potential of the actors and director that much more.

[mstay]

It's one of my favorites too. I love that it recalls childhood so well. (Even though my childhood was a few years later than theirs)