The Shining

[SFG75]

This one is currently on the A&E cabel channel. What a great film!. Any other admirers of it or of Jack Nicholson in general? Definitely one of THE best roles he has ever played.


Heeeeeere's Johnny!.

 

[sirmyk]

Although it butchered the novel, it was an amazing translation/adaptation. Scariest f**king movie I've ever seen. Love Kubrick.

 

[Dogmatix]

The best scene is when Danny is riding his bike down the halls off and on,off and on,off and on, off and on the carpet. The sound is almost as scary as the first time you heard the theme song to Jaws.

 

[SFG75]

At the very end of the film, you see a young "Jack" in a black and white photo from 1921. I take it that the serial killer reincarnated or something? Call me confused on that one.

 

[Justin91]

The scene where Shelley Duvall sneaks over to Jack's typewriter and reads the "all work and no play..." sent shivers up my spine! And of course you just knew he was going to walk in!

 

[beer good]

I really don't care too much fore the movie, actually. It's got some great parts, but IMO it loses a lot because of Nicholson's performance. Don't get me wrong, he's great at playing a madman, but the problem is he plays a madman right from the get-go - you never get the sense that he is slowly losing control. Takes the tension out of the movie.

 

[Anamnesis]

It probably did butcher the book, but I didn't like the book so I'm not complaining.

 

[Shade]

Yes, perhaps it would be more accurate to say the film 'filleted' the book.

As with most Kubrick films, there are so many great moments in The Shining it's hard to know where to begin. One of my favourite things about it is the fact that it's a horror film shot almost entirely in daylight. Even the ominous music as they crawl along the mountain trail on the way to the Overlook Hotel in the opening credits sends a frisson down the spine.