Stephen King Says Transformers Is The Only Movie He Walked Out Of

He’s the brilliant mind whose ideas have inspired countless film adaptations with plenty more to come. However, despite his usually critical views over his adapted horror works, Stephen King isn’t that tough of a judge, as the author recently confesses the only movie he’s ever walked out of was Michael Bay’sTransformers.

King’s contributions to cinema are simply far too many, but even his own stories tend to make for some absolute box office or critical bombs, as shown by themost recent film adaptationFirestarter. That said, recent hits like Netflix’sGerald’s Gameand1922, HBO’sThe Outsider, or the blockbusterItall show how great a King classic can be. Yet, for each time King must have witnessed one of his works being butchered, only Bay’sTransformerswas really capable of pushing his buttons that much.

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This revelation came up during a Twitter exchange with fellow author Linwood Barclay (No Time for Goodbye), who tweeted out thatJurassic World Dominionhad been the first movie he’d walked out of in quite a while. King responded by sayingTransformerstakes that honor for him. To be clear, King seems a bit more lenient than Barclay, as the latter is just addingJurassic World’s closing chapter to a bigger list, whereas for King there is no second worst to Bay’s explosive special effects showcase.

Keeping up with his usual Twitter persona, King also asked publicly what other movies had people walked out of. Some mentioned the likes ofVanilla Sky,Mother,Red Riding Hood, and even the firstMission: Impossible, thus proving every mind is a world of its own. Funnily enough, King is usually quite the optimist about current entertainment, evenoffering praise forYellowjacketsearlier this year.

So what it is aboutTransformersthat annoyed King so much? Well, unfortunately, the author didn’t really address that part, though it’s not hard to imagine a novelist who favors character development not caring much for giant CGI robots. As for the largely-pannedJurassic World Dominion, King also didn’t offer his opinion on that one, but there’s no telling if that means he hasn’t seen it or if it simply was passable enough for him.

Currently,HBO is working on anItprequel series, though anyone wanting to go over a list of King’s best movie adaptations can always giveCarrieorMiserya try, just keep in mind that King doesn’t have much love forThe Shining.

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