Author Stephen King has a track record of blunt responses to actions and opinions he deems utter nonsense. One may as well recall the creative analogy that he used to get back at Twitter’s new and controversial owner, Elon Musk, when he compared him to the literary figure Tom Sawyer.
Here to report that RAGING BULL is still the greatest movie of all time. https://t.co/35cuGDYa20
— Megan Abbott (@meganeabbott) May 1, 2023
Recently, he has been treading a similar path, when he blatantly refuted a user’s opinion of the greatest movie ever made on Twitter. Turns out that the user is none other than the well-known writer Megan Abbott, who tweeted about Raging Bull being the finest ever made.
While her post was met with a litany of comments agreeing and disagreeing with this claim, King took the liberty to outright deny Abbott’s opinion with a firm and resounding response saying, “Sorry, no”.
King’s crude comment expectedly earned him a motley of responses from other users. While some disapproved of him for attacking an opinion that is purely subjective, there are others who concurred with his dismissal of the elevated status of Raging Bull.
Sorry, no. https://t.co/kkR7RVMtvG
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 1, 2023
Concur Mr King
— PerroQuesso ❤ 🇺🇸 (@SunkenCosts) May 1, 2023
Finally! Someone else who’s a fan of THE CAR!
— Peter Clines… OR IS HE? (@PeterClines) May 1, 2023
Raging Bull is not a bad choice.
— William Jansen (@3000Elsinore) May 1, 2023
There are many who agree with Abbott.
Interesting to see an intelligent man argue over subjective things.
— Superdoopercooper (@Supercoooooper) May 1, 2023
And the inevitable criticism of King’s attitude.
I’m curious to know what my favorite storyteller of our time would pick as his choice
— Drew12122 (@sonny12122) May 1, 2023
Fans are curious about what King would replace it with.
Night of the Hunter
— Zelda Zanders (@zanders_zelda) May 1, 2023
This gentleman has never seen Maximum Overdrive. pic.twitter.com/dqf3HNYvrY
— Anthony (@antwop76) May 1, 2023
The Shawshank Redemption is my choice for greatest movie of all time.
— 🏴☠️ CHAR 🏴☠️ (@Charley_D8) May 1, 2023
The Godfather solos🔥🔥
— Edwin (@EdMeister12) May 1, 2023
Numerous other options have been suggested.
I think Stanley Kubrick’s The Shinning is the greatest!
— The Devil in The Kitchen (@cleaverandblade) May 1, 2023
Whether you agree with King or not is debatable, but in this view, fans are interested to know what the storyteller’s favorite movie is.