The Stand ( The Miniseries)

Having read this book long ago and actually having watched this miniseries when it was originally on years ago I did notice this being rerun monthly on SyFy Channel I chose to record it to watch the movie with my wife.

It holds up pretty well. Not as well as the book of course but the movie is good. Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise, , Molly Ringwald led a strong cast that includes Stephen King in his bit part is strong.

At eight hours long with commercials the movie takes it time to set up and deliver and it does deliver. The ending, a little supernatural but it had to be is strong.

Jamey Sheridan as Randall Flagg the evil presence in the movie is scary as can be. A great performance by him.

Truman

This was an HBO movie about 15 years ago. It was one long before HBO started making the wonderful shows such as John Adams etc but it was still well done.

After having read the book the movie was for me a bit of a letdown as many details had to be left out and of course alot of background was missing.

Gary Sinise was very good in the movie but I found the makeup a little offputting. My understanding of history was that Truman was not as old looking as they made him out to be.

Still it was a good movie. Truman was a great President and left office very unpopular. The issue is that Truman made decisions that were right but not always popular. Presidents today always have their finger in the wind. Truman did not do that.

Truman is still my favorite President.