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Almost perfect
I read the full length (1135 pages) book for the first time, and the day I finished the last page, I immediately rented the movie, assuming I'd hate it. The cast looked almost exactly like I'd imagined them- especially Mother Abigail and Stu Redman (Gary Sinese is excellent!). Jamey Sheridan as Randall Flagg- great choice! However, I never knew Satan would have a mullet! :) The man who played Tom Cullen was superb. The only casting disappointment was Corin Nemic as Harold Lauder. Harold is supposed to be fat and pimply! Corin Nemic is skinny and had three fake looking pimples for about two scenes. I don't think the movie accurately portrayed how Harold and Nadine wavered back and forth between choosing "good" and "evil", but I realize 1100 pages might be difficult to condense into a mini series.

My only other complaints were minor. The Judge, who is sent off to spy on Las Vegas in an SUV, arrives long after two other spies who left after him- one of whom was a retarded man riding a bike!!! Also, Rob Lowe, playing Nick Andros, a deaf mute, occasionally seems to forget he's supposed to be deaf mute. He jumps at a noise once and looks away from Mother Abigail's long speech (he's reading her lips) yet still seems to know what she has said.

The movie overall was excellent. They mostly kept very true to the book, although deleting a few minor characters and making some minor changes as to who is traveling with whom. Also, Frannie's baby in the book is a boy named Peter- in the movie it is a girl named "Abagail" (not sure why it was misspelled- It's supposed to be Abigail). I was pleased with the movie- and I am very tough to please when it comes to making a movie out of a book I love. I highly reccomend it!

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Greatness Has a Name
First off, I'd like to say I have never read the book. But I will soon. Even though, I absolutely LOVED this movie. The acting was amazing, especially the performances by Gary Sinise (can that guy play a bad role? Knock on wood) and Rob Lowe, supposedly in a comeback role. It was probably very hard for poor Rob to play a deaf mute! Anyway, the story goes that a virus created by the Army gets loose at it's base and spreads through the United States. Only a few people survive, and the ones that do are separated into two groups. One group is called in dreams by Mother Abigail (played by Ruby Dee) and the other is called by Randall Flagg, the devil (played by Jamey Sheridan, who did an awesome job). Mother Abigail's group is led by Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Adam Storke, and Rob Lowe (although he didn't lead the group, he played an incredibly important part as a retarded man named Tom Cullen. I'm talking about Bill Fagerbakke). The bad guys, led by Flagg, flock to Las Vegas (yes, Sin City itself) and the good guys go to Boulder, Colorado. I won't give away the ending, but it is truly a wonderful movie with many twists and surprises. It made me jump, scream, say aww, and at times cry ew! It is incredible!

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It's not the book, but what movie is?
I was disappointed in the amount of changes in the mini-series; I found the book much more filled out. However, this movie brings about all my greatest fears about the end of our way of life. I have worked in the medical field for a number of years and I have often imagined this kind of scenario. Many people focus on the religious aura of this film, but I enjoyed the all encompassing nature. Stephen King did not write about religion, or how one faith survived while all other belivers died. He wrote a story about good versus evil. Don't look for a hinted meaning and enjoy the movie; it's well worth it.