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re: Just read and watched The Shining for the first time
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:06 am to lsupride87
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:06 am to lsupride87
WTF? It’s a Stanley Kubrick triumph…
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Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:08 am to lsupride87
quote:quote:Umm, it’s from this very site where I read that…..
You’re either a troll or totally retarded
Lol that's not really a flex
This post was edited on 5/24/25 at 9:12 am
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:15 am to Sam Quint
I mean how is it my fault? I’ve never seen the tv movie, ever. Just repeating what was said. Much better production to the source material
The Kubrick version had zero character depth. Danny was a blob, Jack was just a complete psycho from the start, and Wendy was a wet blanket
The book characters were deep as the Grand Canyon. All of them.
The Kubrick version had zero character depth. Danny was a blob, Jack was just a complete psycho from the start, and Wendy was a wet blanket
The book characters were deep as the Grand Canyon. All of them.
This post was edited on 5/24/25 at 9:16 am
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:25 am to RoyalAir
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Rebecca Ferguson
She’s one of those women that doesn’t have anything striking about her in particular but the total package is just straight sexy.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:29 am to lsupride87
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Jack was just a complete psycho from the start,
Cause he is abusive alcoholic prior to taking the job.
Sobriety, work and the isolation of the hotel sends him further down a psychic path
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:42 am to Dire Wolf
quote:Right. And in the book you see how layered he is. He is a real person. A good father. Trying to battle his demons
Cause he is abusive alcoholic prior to taking the job.
None of that comes through with Nicholson’s performance
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:48 am to lsupride87
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Right. And in the book you see how layered he is. He is a real person. A good father. Trying to battle his demons
Kinda hard to depict that on screen cause he has already terrorized his family
My take is that king doesn’t like the mirror of himself the movie gives
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:57 am to Dire Wolf
quote:True, fair point. But I feel the right actor could have shown those internal battles. Nicholson is just so good at crazy and he just leaned all in on it and chewed the scenes
Kinda hard to depict that on screen
Posted on 5/24/25 at 10:02 am to lsupride87
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True, fair point. But I feel the right actor could have shown those internal battles. Nicholson is just so good at crazy and he just leaned all in on it and chewed the scenes
He is relatively normal thru a lot of movie
The movie is more thru kids POV, who is rightfully terrified of his dad
Anyway I need to get dressed for the fish and goose soirée
Posted on 5/24/25 at 10:03 am to Dire Wolf
quote:Another reason the book was so good. Danny was not only unafraid of his dad, he was attached as hell to him.
The movie is more thru kids POV, who is rightfully terrified of his dad
Posted on 5/24/25 at 11:31 am to lsupride87
I remember reading that King hated the movie and was involved in a television adaptation that was true to the novel. Then i saw the television version and realized the book was yet another example of King rambling and failing to nail the landing with a weird, thrown together ending. The movie is brilliant. The documentary Room 237 is a pretty interesting, if far-fetched exploration of the symbolism in the movie.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 12:18 pm to rebelrouser
A lot of kings books ending sucks. This one didn’t feel like one to me
Even at the very end Jack was still there. Still inside fighting to escape. When he told Danny “please Danny run, get out” it was perfect at the end as his last effort to beat the demons
Even at the very end Jack was still there. Still inside fighting to escape. When he told Danny “please Danny run, get out” it was perfect at the end as his last effort to beat the demons
Posted on 5/24/25 at 12:42 pm to rebelrouser
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the book was yet another example of King rambling and failing to nail the landing with a weird, thrown together ending
I think the ending to the book is actually pretty perfect. What did you think was weird or thrown together?
Posted on 5/24/25 at 1:13 pm to lsupride87
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No, but I heard the tv version was much better than the movie
No, the made for tv movie was awful.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 2:42 pm to lsupride87
The reason why King hates the movie is because Stanley Kubrick took his story and made it better and more iconic. That’s all there is to it. Ask anyone on the street about The Shining and it’ll be about Kubrick’s version.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 2:47 pm to pevetohead
What was iconic about the movie? It’s just a crazy man trying to kill people. There is no depth or anything. The damn hotel isn’t really that magical because Jack was 3 ways to insane before getting there it appeared
This post was edited on 5/24/25 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 5/24/25 at 2:48 pm to lsupride87
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What was iconic about the movie?
Are you fricking serious?
Posted on 5/24/25 at 4:16 pm to lsupride87
Scariest movie I saw as a kid.
Saw it a few years ago and man, it was laughingly bad to me.
Saw it a few years ago and man, it was laughingly bad to me.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 4:58 pm to pevetohead
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The reason why King hates the movie is because Stanley Kubrick took his story and made it better and more iconic. That’s all there is to it. Ask anyone on the street about The Shining and it’ll be about Kubrick’s version.
Bingo
...and f$#@ King.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 5:09 pm to lsupride87
I was at the Stanley a few months ago. They really push the "haunting" thing. There were three axes used in the movie Scat man's death, the bathroom, and the maze. They had two of them and the third was bought for hundreds of thousands and was left on their door step with auction receipt and appraisal, buyer unknown. They do have a maze but it's about chest high.
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