Passes the time.

The acting and effects were cheesy, but the story kept me hooked until the end.

After having read the book the film seems lacking. This is a mixed bag of performances, some great and some truly awful. It's fun for what it is, but I can't help thinking that had this been an extended series on HBO without any censorship issues, this could have been SO much more.

Sue me. A holdover from childhood.

A bit weak comapred to the book, but anything less would displease Randall Flagg.

Meh. As a Stephen King fan AND "The Stand" being one of my favorite novels by him, I *had* to like this. Still, that's certainly not how I'd pictured Randall Flagg... Gary Sinise was good as Stu, though.

Starts off brilliantly, only to decline and eventually fall off a cliff in the ending.

near as good as the book

I saw much of it, not all, but enough to get a notion that stuck. The few Stephen King adaptations that were any good were normal length movies like Carrie and Misery that got to the essence and created a concise cinematic experience. The sprawling epic length ones (the uncut version of Salem's Lot, It, and this) don't work because they rely instead on the text. King's writing is stale and contrived and these serials just expose its weakness, and The Stand is perhaps particularly silly.

A wonderful adaptation of Stephen King's best book. A stellar cast pulls it all together and some great filming keeps it moving right along. It doesn't even need the trademark King 'scary bits'. This could be the most under-rated television miniseries ever.

While I feel this could have been done a lot better, it is a fair adaptation of one of Stephen King's masterpieces.

This adaptation is painfully bad. Between gaping plot inconsistencies and stunningly bad dialogue writing, even some of the most talented actors involved are left stuttering like idiots. Gary Sinise manages to pull of the most convincing performance, though even he visibly struggles with the writing. Other performers are embarrassing, at best. That Stephen King cameos in his own tragic failure is cringe-worthy. AVOID THIS. (10 points for Ringwald, who is at the height of cutness.)

Really awful, except for the opening, with "Don't Fear the Reaper."

A decent stab at telling the story, but loses steam as the plot progresses. The cast do a pretty good job, but the overall product is far from stunning.

Has a ton of awesome perfomances along with one of the most chilling starts ever. The first half is mostly pure awesome, then it slowly falls apart over the remaining half.

A very high-quality adaptation of my favorite novel of all time. Actually does the novel justice, which is a pleasant surprise.

Started really good , ended pretty bad . Seemed rushed somehow

wonderful movie!

Loved this with the exception of the very end. In Oz, it was seven HOURS long, I don't recommend watching this in a single setting

Epic

Brilliant!!

ok