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Summary: Scary, intense, claustrophobic, and freaky
Review: The Shining (in my opinion) is a great movie based off a mediocre novel. I like Stephen King books a lot, but at times the book was boring and the finale was not as heart pounding as I was hoping it would be. The movie does not follow the book at all. The changes the movie made i think are good and work better than some of the things in the book. An axe is much scarier than a giant mallet. Moving hedge animals is just stupid and a hedge maze is dizzy and the final chase through it was brilliant. I liked how Wendy was weaker person in the movie because in the book Wendy was ready to take on Jack and she Knew what to do. But thats rediculous, anyone in a situation she was in would not act like that. The movie's Wendy is how a real person would act, ready to break down. This Wendy is freaking out and she has no idea what to do. The movie also has a claustrophobic atmosphere to it that's perfect. Stanley Kubrick is a genius and really fixed up a so-so novel. The acting in this movie was excellent. Jack Nicholson is perfect in his role as Jack Torrance. People say that he goes insane to fast in the movie. He seems crazy about a month into his stay at the Overlook Hotel. But to me he seems crazy right at the beginning of the movie. I think he's a man that was ready to flip long before he got to the Overlook. The hotel was just something to make him crack faster. People hate Shelley Duvall in this film and say she ruins, but she seems good in her role to me. She's much better than Rebecca De Mornay in that lousy remake. Danny LLoyd does a fine job for being such a little kid. Scatmen Crothers is good as the likable hotel cook. And Philip Stone is very creepy as Delbert Grady. This is a brilliant film that plays with your nerves at a leisurly pace. I know this kid who says the film is boring. I don't see how for I was sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time. I strongly suggest that anyone who has not seen The Shining should go out and rent it. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: The Best Horor movie ever
Review: THis movie is my favoret horor movie. It was directed by Stanley Kubric who in my vew was one of the best directors of our time. This movie is set up perfict and is rather long but it is all worth it. Their was a remake bySteven King(It was his book the movie was based on)but it wasnt as good.
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Summary: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Review: Many people say that hate this version of Stephen King's novel because there are elements that have been changed. It is a fact that the story has been changed somewhat, but the enjoyment that a person can get out of this film is an enormous amount. Jack Nicholson is pure genius as Jack Torrance and the rest of the cast and crew are also very good. The direction of Stanley Kubrick is the reason why this movie is so creepy, and the music
score is also very eerie. No other movie has scared me this much. Not even 1973's "The Exorcist." This is a must-see. Superb!
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Summary: The Best Movie !
Review: This movie is the best! Jack Nicholson was great. The best Stephen King screenplay ever. This movie is horrifing and has a very intresting plot at the same time.The best part is the chase at the end of the film.
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Summary: Absolutely Essential
Review: The main criticism of this movie seems to be that it is not very close to the book.So what?!? Stephen King himself was so irritated by it that he insisted on making the far inferior TV version a couple of years ago. Get over it. The book is great. The Kubrick movie is great. Lucky us. This is a classic. Essential. Buy it. See it. Love it.
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Summary: The ghost of Kubrick
Review: It's a pretty good measure of the boredom and disengagement that befuddled the last half of Stanley Kubrick's career that he would stoop to filming a ghost story. Having disposed of topics like nuclear war and the fate of the human race in "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001," it must have been well-nigh impossible to come up with a story that satisfied his appetite for big projects. "The Shining" dodges Stephen King's usual imbecilities as long as it can, holding out the hope that the title character is just going mad and isn't being plagued by ghosts. But eventually Kubrick gives in and turns loose the spooks. With or without them the whole thing is way too slow. Kubrick must have sensed how bad it all was: he reportedly lost his temper repeatedly with Shelly Duvall's awful performance, and the kid is terrible, too.
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Summary: A horror film for the uninitiated
Review: Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King and Jack Nicholson. It sounds like a dream combination doesn't it? Touted as "the first epic horror film", THE SHINING is a love it or loathe it affair depending on whether you are a Kubrick fan or a King fan. Which is where I have a problem as I am both.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, it centres around Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes over the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel, even after learning that the last caretaker went mad with "cabin fever" and killed his family. So Jack moves in with his wife Wendy (Shelly Duvall) and young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) who has a psychic ability which allows him to see the future (or his imaginary friend Tony does). Both book and film get these points across. Here Danny befriends an old man named Dick O' Halloran (Scatman Crothers), who also has the same ability as Danny ("shining"). But soon Danny starts having disturbing visions: the word REDRUM appearing on walls, blood gushing out of the elevator, two identical twin ghosts show him a vision of his butchered body etc.
But none of this is scary at all. Odd, but not scary. In fact the creepiest part of the movie is when Wendy reads Jack's manuscript... The scene featuring Nicholson and the dead woman in the bathtub is suitably gross, but not scary.
Personally though I feel that the movie is mostly a huge disappointment, Kubrick has virtually completely restructured King's masterpiece and concentrated more on the character of Jack Torrance than on giving the viewer explainations as to why he is going mad. That isn't what mainly bothers me, as I love the psychological stuff; but the fact that Kubrick tried making a horror film without knowing anything about them. Viewers were also expecting great things after the disappointment of BARRY LYNDON. I have mixed feelings about the movie. The casting was pretty bad too: Nicholson, though a terrific actor never really grows into the role and Shelly Duvall is just awful. Danny Lloyd is pretty bad too, it's hard not to burst out laughing when you see him talking to his pinky, it's not creepy; it's just plain ridiculous. However, the climactic scene in the snow covered maze is beautifully photographed but in this case I think you're better off re-reading the book.
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Summary: REAL horror
Review: I always loved horror movies. I've seen most of them that you can find at the local blockbuster but none compare to the truly HORRIFING adventure that Stanly Kubric did an awesome job at directing. The Shinning is based on the book by Setphen King (which i also recomend you read...its really good). I first saw the movie when i was 11 years old and swore i would never ever see it again. Yes it was that terrifying. This unforgetable movie is about Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrance who stay at the haunted Outlook hotel for the winter. Danny is only about 5 years old and has a "invisible play mate",as his parents like to call him, named tony. Tony shows Danny grusome images of what had happened at the Outlook hotel in the past years and what will happen to him. This movie will change the way you walk in to hotels forever. It is one of the best movies i have ever seen. So if your loooking for REAL horror, buy The Shinning.
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Summary: One of the Grandest Films Put on Celluloid
Review: Master filmmkaer Stanley Kubrick continues to ever-prove his ability as a groundbreaking, fresh, mesmerizing and truely brilliant film artist with THE SHINING. Despite what Stephen King fans might say, (and to those who prefer 1997's debasing ABC miniseries version of King's book which looked more like something to be shown on the Disney channel during Halloween time)Kubrick's epic is nothing short of the first, true beautiful horror film. It is art, mind-blowing and genguinely frightening - it's images and music convey startling moments in unforgettable terror. A must for fans of the genre and for those who appreciate fine, artistic and important American cinema.
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Summary: Heeeeeeere's horror!!!!!!
Review: At the height of the Overlook Hotels comes perhaps the height of Kubrik's work. Of all of Kubrik's work, this so far stands as my personal favourite. The film doesn't follow the story too closely to the book. There are many scenes from the book that are missing ("Stephen King's The Shining" is a closer adaptation). But it still follows the basic story about a family who takes care of the Overlook Hotel and confronts ghosts. Kubrik's adaptation offers much to think about. The way the scenes are established still makes me wonder if all the hauntings are real, or are part of the character's imaginations. The source of the film's horror stems from a psychological kind of aspect and to me alludes to a greater kind of dark force. That is to say that the horror of the film is not in the ghosts, but in the characters' growing insanity and darkness. The madness of the characters is real, and is very well portrayed (especially by Jack Nicholson). For all its brilliant acting and provocative cinematography, this film captures the sheer horror of Stephen King's original novel and shoves it deep in the human mind.
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