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Summary: STANLEY KUBRICK HAS MADE A GOOD MOVIE BUT...
Review: ...BUT STEPHEN KING WAS NOT CONCORDANT WHIT HIS CREATION NOTWITHSTANDING THE BEAUTIFULS PICTURES THE SPLENDIDS FILM WHO HE HAS CREATED BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT THE SAME STORY WHO HE HAD WRITTEN MANY YEARS AGO, THUS, STEPHEN KING HIMSELF HAS MADE A REMAKE OF ITS PIECES OF WRITING BECAUSE "WE ARE MUST SERVED BY OURSELVES" .... SAY THE SAGE !!! But this MOVIE is TERRIFICALLY EFFECTIVE whith these GHOSTS IN THE EERIE HORRIBLE CASTLE ! And Jack NICHOLSON has been compulsory to exceed himself in this FILM ! STIL AGAIN TIME !!! VERY MUCH FRIGHTENING ...MAY BE OVERCROWDED OF CRUELS THINGS AS MUCH AS BLOOD, And other INCREDIBLES THINGS but the end of this movie when the "HERO" ? LOSE HIMSMSELF IN THE STRANGE GARDEN MAKE FOR THAT... When he is congealead because he has never find his way is very GOOD JACK NICHOSON is an HUGE ACTOR........ SURE....... OF COURSE !!!
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Summary: It is OK
Review: This movie was ok but the book was so much better. The book actually scared me unlike the movie.
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Summary: Come and play with us!
Review: Ah The Shining. As usual a brilliant Stephen King book turned into a so-so movie, however this one is better than most. Of course if you've read the book and seen this movie, you'll see many differences and stuff left out, and changed. No bushes shaped like animals chase Danny, Jack has an axe instead of a mallet, Jack actually does kill the cook, and the Overlook does not blow up because of a neglected boiler.On to the movie. Jack Nicholson rules in this flick. His facial expressions, line delivery, and dance with madness will forever be immortalized here. Shelly Duvall is the helpless wife who cannot cope with her husband, and finally Danny, the young son with psychic powers. Of course the 'ghost' characters round the film out in a great, fun filled way. The two daughters who Danny meets in the hall will give you the shivers, especially when you see them axed, their father the 'former caretaker' has his own charm, the bartender, the bathtub chick, and the homosexuals in animal costumes all help Jack sink deeper and deeper into madness. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy indeed. Anyone who likes a little psycho drama with their horror will eat this film up.
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Summary: Scary movie
Review: Great acting and scary scenes. Nicholson is awesome. His facial expressions are the best. Still the scariest movie ever.
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Summary: Good Film Adaptation that Stands On Its Own
Review: Stephen King's novel The Shining is a classic of modern horror and one of the author's best and scariest works. The film version of the tale may be more a product of Kubrick than King, but it is in its own way a good psychological thriller. Whereas the novel encompasses far more of the supernatural nature of the Overlook Hotel's ghostly and evil residents, the film instead chooses to see Jack Nicholson's descent into madness as just that rather than largely the product of phantasmal touches. Nicholson's performance is masterful in only the way he can deliver such a role; one might really wonder if he ought to be in a straight jacket at times. Purists and fans of the novel might resent Kubrick's reinterpretation of King's novel--and the film is indeed the lesser of the two in comparison--yet still the Shining on video is a shocker to terrify and thrill and a requisite title in any fan's video library.
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Summary: Kubrick's last great movie.
Review: I don't know why, I just don't like Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut. I think this is Kubrick's last great movie. That said, this is a terrific rewrite of the horrible Stephen King novel, which means it's actally scary. Kubrick knew how to make terrifying films, and this is no exception. Jack Nicholson is great in his role, and I do believe they got the timing right when he goes crazy. Yes it's early in the film, but he spent 4-5 months in that hotel before he snapps. Shelly Duvall is perfect for the scared mother, and the images are very disturbing. Especially the quick flash with the two twins. Also, there are plently of 'Long Shots,' as I call them, that Kubrick uses in every film he's done. The music is also creepy. My bands has been working on music somewhat like this. A perfect horror film.
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Summary: Not Like The Book But Still Good!
Review: The book was excellent and this movie was very different from the book and there are a lot of things changed and a lot of reviews griped about that but even though I loved the book I still liked this movie despite the changes and I enjoy this movie in it's own right, come on, Jack Nicholson is truly wonderful in this movie, how can anyone not like this movie or his performance? His acting is way over the top but in a fun way that is very entertaining. I would really like to buy this movie on DVD but I would really rather have it in widescreen instead of the pan and scan format and I hear that Stanley Kubrick wouldn't allow the DVD to be released in widescreen so I will be looking for the DVD in a used DVD store because I personally don't want to pay good money to buy it brand new when it's been edited into TV format
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Summary: Atmosphere is The Shining's strong point
Review: The Shining completely fullfills at least some of my criteria for a good horror film. The Shining has ambience/atmosphere. Not all horror films succeed where the Shining succeeds. The two other horror films that possess these qualities to the same degree are the original Halloween and Suspiria. If I were to review this film based only on the ambience it manages to create, it would probably be worth five stars. Ambience and mood are perhaps The Shining's strongest features. The sound trak, also, plays no small role in creating the film's ambience in combination with the cinematography. The acting of the three main characters is above average. Like most horror films, The Shining does not seem to be particularly cerebral or sophisticated - at least in terms of the plot and subject matter. Appearances are deceptive. I believe that the combination of cinematography and music provide a sophisticated experience for any sensitive and sophisticated horror fan. The plot, by itself, is in my opinion a rather empty no brainer; rather it is everything other than the story that combines to make this film into a work of art.
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Summary: Ultimate Horror
Review: Although 'The Shining' pushes itself further away from the Stephen King novel than some customers would've wished, its everybody's obligation to pay recognition to the movie that kept them up all night. 'The Shining' is possibly the most terrifying venture from novel-to-movie that has yet been made.
Starting off with mystery, the movie will slowly pull the viewer into it's dark web of fear, and will leave most people looking over their shoulders as the horror progresses. You'll fear for all characters as the mysterious mountain-hotel begins to work it's awful magic on the unfortunate caretaker and his wife and son. You'll shiver as the ghostly images of the dead rise up from the depths of the cursed building, and your adrenaline will rush as the final scenes walk a line of life and death. 'The Shining' can scare you like nothing else, and that is said with no exaggeration. As you watch it, you will be alerted by small, everyday noises that used to seem so ignorable. You'll be afraid to get up from your seat and walk around, in fear of meeting a bloodstained corpse in the hallway, and you'll be afraid to enter the bathroom, in fear of finding a dead woman rotting in the bathtub.
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Summary: Murder, ghost's, an ax, and a psycho dad!
Review: Jack has it all in his movies he can play a number of good roles, but in this movie he plays a role no one has played before! He plays a dad who takes his wife and son up in the mountains to be a caretaker to a hotel. But this is no ordinary hotel, in the winter the place gets hunted by ghost of the past. The father starts to see these ghost and goes insane! He smash's the two-way radio and blames it on his son. His wife doesn't like the place, she thinks it's making her husband act strange but he denies it. And the son has something that only a few people have, it's called the shining. He can see into the future and hears a voice in his head that tells stuff that's going to happen, for example it tells him that hotel is a bad bad place, it tells him a long time ago a man and his wife and twin girls were the caretakers of the hotel, the dad went insane and murdered his wife and girls then killed himself. Now the boy keeps on seeing the ghost of the two girls and sees the words "R E D R U M" in blood all over the place. I have given you a lot of information now the question is do you dare watch this movie?
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