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Summary: 3.8
Review: This movie didn't [...]. It blew me away though. For someone, me, who hasn't been able to show emotion in a long time, because I'm extremely messed up, this movie scared me so that my intestine didn't allow excretion. I still dream about those two small girls at night. No, not in that way.
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Summary: THE EPIC HORROR MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Review: This is by far the greatest horror film ever made made hands down. Stanley Kubrick was a true genious when it came to capturing and executing mood and atmosphere throughout his films.
And this has got to be his greatest film ever. The most interesting and creepy part of the film is the opening and the slow drive up to the overlook hotel, which tells you right off hand what your going to be getting into. The eerie music is perfectly blended throughout the movie and with each scene letting you know of the eerie presence in the hotel. Jack Nicholson plays his role to a T, as the not so right Jack Torrence who soon becomes a dull boy with all work and no play. Awesome horror!
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Summary: Heeere's Johnny!
Review: The Shining is definitly one of the scariest movies i've seen. It stars Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence who applies to take care of the overlook hotel during the winter months. He starts out pretty normal maybe a bit strange when he's talking to mr. ullman during his interview. THe movie starts out a bit dull but once the movie starts and the family is buy themsleves in the hotel it's scary. Jack's son Danny has an ability to shine so he knows what's going to happen just like Dick Halloran {Scatman Crothers} head chef at the hotel. The movie goes through it's eerie scences like when Jack is talking to the ghostly bartender Lloyd and when he's talking to Dilbert Grady in the bathroom and of course when Danny is writing Redrum in his room also when the elevator opens and a pool of blood covers the screen. The overlook hotel itself has great scenery and also how they show the hotel practically every time the day switches on the mountain setting. Jack is great in this role and people will always remember him in this movie. I would recomend this to anyone who likes horror and if your a horror fan and you didn't see this were have you been. this is the second time this DVD has been out at first there's was no remaster and the sound was awful. the second time time they remastered the sound and picture and it's great. Documentary is funny. Full screen doesn't bother me because that's how Kubrick the director wanted it shown in the 1:33 format.
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Summary: In my top 10 of all time
Review: By far, one of the best horror films ever made, Stanley Kubrick brings to life the haunting bestseller by Stephen King. Jack Nicholson is at his best, as the recovering alcoholic and winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. His wife, Wendy, and son Danny reside in the isolated hotel with him as he attempts to finish his novel. Given, the movie leaves out many key concepts of the book, Jack's violent history being the most significant, but Kubrick has a way of filming like no one else. His films are based on visuals, not on dialogue. The often overused saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words," is truly the essence of this movie.
Kubrick's style of moviemaking was perfect for this film, and no director could have managed to do it better. Many of the most notorious movie scenes in history were created for this film, especially the "blood in the elevator" scene. True, this film is frightening and disturbing, but also an amazing work of art by one of the greatest directors of all time.
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Summary: Brilliant, disturbing, unforgettable
Review: Amazing to think that Stephen King did not like this adaptation. Apparently he believed that Kubrick did not appreciate or emphasize the evilness inherent in the Overlook Hotel, which he believed should have been the star of the show. But King has always been preoccupied with trying (often vainly) to make inanimate objects seem evil and scary, from cars to trucks to killer topiary. More often than not, it's juvenile stuff. After all, a car is just a car, but people are scary as hell.Kubrick, on the other hand, was wise to focus on the characters who inhabit and haunt the Overlook Hotel, both past and present. Their evilness in thoughts and deeds is manifested brilliantly in Nicholson's performance. He manages to be manical without going over the top, without wrecking the suspension of disbelief. He's a guy hanging onto sanity by his fingernails and the guests at the Overlook have given him that last final nudge. The characters themselves, like many from the pen of King, are flat and cartoonish and yet Kubrick doesn't fight it. From Nicholson's descent into madness, Duvall's whimpering terror, and little Danny's creepiness, the characters are all they need to be, multiplied by ten. The strange Arbus-like visuals, the coldness and isolation of the hotel, and the mystery that pervades the movie are all brilliantly done. There is no "cut and dried" plot resolution, something that is both unsettling and refreshing in the dumb-downed world of Hollywood movies. The movie gets under your skin and stays there, like a bad nightmare. And it does so without brutalizing the audience like so many modern horror movies (e.g. "Hannibal," etc.). Kubrick diffuses and lightens King's manipulative scenarios and the movie is more powerful for it. Unfortunately, subtlety and understatement are in short supply these days in all forms of media. Writers and directors think if they are not in your face, screaming in Dolby stereo that no one is listening. A shame. "The Shining" is easily one of the best horror movies ever made. Given King's disappointment with it, the credit has to go mostly to Kubrick. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Highly overrated
Review: This movie has a certain mystique about it, but for me, watching it was really a waste of time. It's not all that scary; it's just full of unnecessary gore and disturbing images. Not only is this movie morally bankrupt, it's also just not that entertaining. Skip this one.
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Summary: Great Movie, But bad DVD...
Review: C'mon. This has to be the second best horror movie (below The Exorcist.) The acting. The camera work. The story. The music...all great! It's scary and funny (for those of you with a sick sense of humor) at the same time! It doesn't get much better than this! But there's only one problem; This DVD [is not good] what's up with the fullscreen format here? Not much bonus stuff either! The cover doesn't tell you much about the film and should be replaced. Well, that's about all I have to say, but hear this; This movie is great, so produce a special edition to go along with it...
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Summary: "I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm just going to-"
Review: Objectively, this is not a good movie. It's one-dimensional, Jack's character lacks any depth, and despite the 2 1/2 hour length, NOTHING actually happens until the last twenty minutes or so.
Subjectively, however, I know few people, including myself, who don't believe that the movie is dazzling to look at and creepy as all hell.
Anyone wanting some meat is directed to the novel.
And to think that Danny Lloyd didn't even know they were making a horror film...
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Summary: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Review: Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers. This is one of the best horror movies ever and one of Kubrick's best movies. I first saw this movie with two of my friends on TBS(I now own the restored version DVD) when I was 6 years old. It was the scariest movie I had ever seen. Jack Nicholson scared me to death in the "Here's Johnny!" scene. If I were you, I would skip the scene when Jack goes into Room 237.
It starts with a writer named Jack Torrance(Nicholson) who gets a job to caretake for an isolated hotel in the Colorado Rockies. He brings his wife Wendy(Duvall) and his psychic son Danny(Lloyd). Jack hears from the manager Stuart Ullman(Barry Nelson) about the previous cartaker who killed his wife and two daughters with an axe. At the hotel, the Overlook Hotel's cook Dick Hallorann(Scatman Crothers), who is also psychic, talks to Danny about the "shining". Hallorann also warns Danny about the hotel and Room 237. ONE MONTH LATER, Danny sees strange things. Blood pouring out of an elevator. Two little girls stalking him. The word "REDRUM" on a door. At that time Jack is finding weird things of his own. He gets drinks from a ghost bartender. He runs into Delbert Grady(Philip Stone), the previous cartaker!! Grady tells Jack that Danny is using his "shining" against him and Jack turns against his family. Danny tries to shine to Hallorann to get help sense Jack hasn't been acting himself lately. Can Hallorann make it in time?
"The Shining" is easily one of the best Horror movies ever made. has a great supporting cast: Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, and Philip Stone. I think that Scatman Crothers won a Best Supporting Actor Award. Look on us.imdb.com to find more information. Unlike Friday the 13th, which was also made in 1980, this movie had a very low body count. I thought that this was one of three of the most sucessful Horror films of all time(the others were Psycho and Halloween). I do sort of understand why Stephen King didn't like this version. There were many differences between the movie and the book. In the book, they didn't skip one month later. The killer used a Rougue Mallet instead of an axe. I recommend the restored version of The Shining instead of the original DVD. This movie tops other scary movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street(pretty good), Friday the 13th, and Scream(another good slasher) Overall, this movie gets an A+!
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Summary: danny's gone away, Mrs. Torence...
Review: Who would watch a movie like this and why? That's, good people, what I'll tell you. Do you like horror movies, visual art, a good romp through psychological waters with a comedic twist? No? Well, you'll still like this. The plot will make you think, don't worry. For a first time viewing during the beginning you may find yourself going, "What the...?" but trust me. You will love getting scared to this. Now for some fun facts to aid in the visual digestion process. The movie was taken from Steven King's novel with the same name. King didn't like it because the plot was changed but Kubrick, genious that he was, decided to show what people would do in certain situations and leave the viewers to decide why. Stanly Kubrick, the director, used some camera angles that are so original no one knows how he did it, so be prepared for some roller-coaster visual effects with no computer technology aiding the way. Who better to play the part of a man turning insane than Jack Nicholson? His spiky eyebrows will get you every time. The characters show tons of emotion and you have to wonder how it looks so real. Well, it's partly because Kubrick took take after take to get the actors riled enough. Old Jacky looks and sounds like he's just about to throw a chair out the window? Close. I hear people quote the movie all the time. It's just right for a horror flick, that's all, and the scenes stick in your mind. So in conclusion why should you watch it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's better than Psycho. There's slashing and gore but it isn't all mindless---it really shows a lot of truth in situations. What would you have done....seriously...and also what's all the plot about? Watch with a friend and you WILL start to talk about it. Alone it's all about the atmosphere.
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