The Shining, Worst Movie EVER.

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29 Nov 2011, 7:38 pm

I've always considered Stanley Kubrick to be a very shallow film maker. I know a lot of people would probably disagree though, as he is you know, widely regarded as one of the greatest directors who ever lived, but a lot of his films are unmitigatedly overrated.
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30 Nov 2011, 11:38 am

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And you're what, probably 13 years old? Granted, different people judge a certain director differently. But shallow?

Blimey.

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01 Dec 2011, 6:21 am

I've never seen the shining and it's on my "to watch list" but calling it the worst movie ever? Whoa! Hang on! I'm sure there are plenty of worse movie out there. I'm also going to assume you posted this for attention.

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01 Dec 2011, 6:39 am

It's not my favourite Kubrick film but far from the worst film ever.

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05 Dec 2011, 6:09 pm

It wasn't awful but it didn't live up to the awesomeness that was the book.

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07 Dec 2011, 3:20 pm

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It wasn't awful but it didn't live up to the awesomeness that was the book.

Very few people express this opinion. Most say there was a lot in the book that would look ridiculous on the screen. I've never seen the mini-series version, but most people point out the moving topiaries as something that would like silly.

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07 Dec 2011, 3:45 pm

The most common complaint from the people who love the book and hate the movie seems to be that Jack Nicholson is too obviously crazy right from the beginning, which weakens the idea from the book, that the hotel's influence is enough to turn a good man evil. But I much prefer Jack being a little unhinged right at the start, because I like the idea that the hotel brings out and amplifies the evil that's already inside someone. If the hotel is enough to turn any good person evil, why didn't Wendy become a raving maniac like Jack?

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07 Dec 2011, 5:08 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

thechosennerf wrote:

It wasn't awful but it didn't live up to the awesomeness that was the book.

I think it's a lot easier to do slow build in a book than onscreen. In particular, I felt the dialogue was better in the novel.

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07 Dec 2011, 10:17 pm

To me, the cold, the huge sanitary space of the resort, and the subsequent isolation of the characters leading to disturbing effects on sanity give this a realness that I find more scary than some gore flick. The atmosphere and how it affects mood and imagination in 70's era horror movies is much better than most of the special effects driven stuff today. I think people have gotten used to being told how to feel about horror- scary thing behind the door, now jump- that these movies appear painstakingly slow. It is all the slowly escalating suspense as he unravels and not some rollercoaster ride. While I don't think it is either the best horror or best Kubrick film, I think it is one of the better adaptations of King whom I've never found to be all that interesting.

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10 Apr 2015, 5:23 am

the shining...u call it a movie?horror movie?ha ha...really the worst movie ever...boring as f**k.......i couldnt even took up to the ending...closed this s**t at the running time of 2 hrs......and guess what?just deleted this movie.......

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