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Summary: The Greatest Horror Movie Ever
Review: I have seen "THe Shining" probably a thousand times now. I was 7 when my dad took me to see it in the theatre and I was scared absolutely sh!tless! I've seen it on tv, tape, and now restored DVD and its still the greatest scariest and best-acted horror movie ever. The acting is what sets this movie apart. Jack NIcholson is arguably our generation's greatest actor and here he gives a tremendous, energetic, and unforgettable performance. Nicholson as Jack Torrance is funny, crazy, and scary all at once! SOme of his scenes are so funny and scary you don't know whether to laugh out loud or scream! Nicholson would be enough to make this film great but what makes it a classic is all the supporting roles. Shelly Duvall is fantastic as Wendy, Jack's skinny meek wife who is confronted with a deranged husband and disturbed son in an abandoned snowbound hotel. Danny Lloyd(whatever happened to him?) is also solid as their 7 year old son Danny. Amazing performance by this talented little boy just adds believability and fear to the movie. Then we have the direction of Stanley Kubrick and the Overlook Hotel itself. The atmosphere and the music are absolutely terrifying. The music just chills your bones! THis movie is just perfect, absolutely perfect, I can't find a single fault with it, a true American horror masterpiece. The only controversy about this film has come from the author Stephen King who claims that Kubrick didn't do a faithful interpretation of his novel. THis is true to an extent. I've read King's book and it is good. But this is one case where the movie is BETTER than the book. Kubrick's "The Shining" is a stunning ghost story with gore and violence thrown in. While King's novel is a psychological family drama. I think King should just be happy that Kubrick used his book to make this movie. It will stand as one of the truly classic and great American films of all time. What more could anyone ask for?
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Summary: This is a good re-making of a good novel
Review: I read the Stephen King's The Shining and I liked both alot. The book and the movie both had there's highs and lows. I think the actor's they chose to play the main roles were perfect, except for a few easily forgivable flaws there was nothing wrong with the cast. They should have done more with Halloran and Bill Watson, in the book these characters were more important to the plot and it explained some of the weird happenings (the dead women in the shower, the dog-man, and the ability to shine). But in the movie there were some original scenes added in to add to the scare effect such as (the elevator scene, the dead butler, the cobwebbed lobby, all work and no play...., the redrum scene with the lipstick, the axe-murder scenes).In the book the hotel blew up from an over pressured boiler, but i think the movie's ending with the hotel claiming Jack's existense was much scarier. A big disappointment was the topiary attack, which could have easily been done since the hedge animals only moved when you weren't looking, they could have filmed that, excluding the topiary attack done to halloran before he reached the hotel.
A down-side for the book was the weapon of choice for Jack Torrance when he decides to "correct" his wife and son , . . . . a roque mallet, beating you family with a sports equipment definately isn't as menacing as a steel-headed axe. In that area, the movie is better then the book. But the movie fails to inform the viewer of just why jack went on a murderous rage. Both are great the movie and the book. THe dvd is allrgiht, the behind the scenes thing is funny, especially when kubrick gets [upset] a shelley for missing her cue. Buy this movie!
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Summary: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
Review: I thought it was more of a comedy than a horror movie. It had some really funny lines, like "Here's Johnny", "Danny, come play with us", and of course "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy. I wish it was available in stereo or 5.1 instead of mono. Very well put together, I'm ready for a special edition with full screen/widescreen chioce and 5.1 or stereo sound.
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Summary: Did I just see that?
Review: Creepy. Just Creepy. Am I the only one who noticed when she was running away from Jack Nicholsan that in one of the rooms there was a guy in a suit and a guy dressed as a squirel and upon seeing it she screamed. Weird...
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Summary: >:)
Review: Maybe a stiff drink Will help cure Jack's dull boy blues: A Red rum and coke
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Summary: DISTURBING!
Review: The scariest things about scary movies to me is their ability to make you go "oh my god!" and this movie sure did it. This is incredibly disturbing, especially the scenes of the slaughtered little girls, the little boy with the knife in his hand repeating "redrum" in that weird voice, the graphically unnecessary old lady in the bathtub scene, and of course the elevator full of blood. I have also never seen such a good crazy guy ever done before. This is one of the top three horror movies ever made and is definitely very scary!
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Summary: REDRUM... EIVOM TAERG!!!
Review: I bought this movie after I saw A Clockwork Orange and I was all about Stanley Kubrick... and after I saw The Shining I didn't stop talking about for a week. I showed to my friends and my sisters and everyone agreed with me. All those long silent moments... the traveling of the child going everywhere with his tricycle... the production design (the use of those constant forms and shapes in the hotel's decoration)... and those final twenty minutes... all of these things get you into the movie. Jack Nicholson y Shelley Duvall give great performances (it's beyond reality), as well as the little kid going: REDRUM and writing it with red lipstick in the bathroom door. Cabin fever meets a baroque use of images to suggest spirits and evil forces playing through the entire movie. This movie is scary because it has a mood and a tone (there is a sequencial development of the plot and the character's nervous and psicological breakdown) that locks you in the hotel along with the characters. About the DVD... well, I really hate the WB's way to package movies. Their menus are the worst... but the extras are very good... well, the documentary about the movie is pretty interesting...
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Summary: A great movie to watch on a rainy day!
Review: This is one of my favorite scary movies, and one of Kubrick's best! Everyone in the cast gives great performances, and the direction is super, but the real star of the film is the Overlook Hotel. WOW. Creepiness. The way the camera ventures around the place is totally freaky, cause you have no idea whats going to be around the next corner... Basically, its about a man driven to insanity when he and his family volunteer to be caretakers at the Overlook for the summertime. Gradually, Jack Nicholson becomes very hostile towards his wife and son, all brought on by "cabin fever". As the spirits that live within the hotel begin to appear to Jack, things get weirder and weirder. This all leads to the cat-and-mouse finale, which is horrifying. You must buy this horror classic on video or DVD! Highly recommended!
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Summary: A Tour de Force from JACK!
Review: Jack Nicholson has always been considered one of our generation's greatest screen actors. And "The Shining" goes a long way to proving why this is still the case. In a lesser actor's hands, his character would have become a joke - yet Nicholson infuses him with a calibrated presence that makes him stand out in an otherwise so-so film. Shelly Duval can't compete with the legend, nor can Scatman Crothers - they are both out-"shined" by Jack in an almost forgettable way...in other words, its hard to even care for them because we're so busy trying to figure out what Jack'll do next. Scary through and through, though far from being a great adaptation of a Stephen King novel (see "Shawshank Redemption" for the best of the lot there), "The Shining" still works. Its a testament to the actor Nicholson more than anything else.
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Summary: There's something bad in that house.
Review: Not a real big King fan, but I do like Kubrick, so maybe it'll even out
If your just looking for a good movie, you'll like it. However, if you're looking for a horror movie...
This is not 'Friday the 13', or Jason, or 'Childs Play'... thank God!
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