The shining

[severinsteel]

Best horror film of all time in my opinion. Also exceptionally deep as well. Best horror score (Bartok and Penderecki). Great Steven King work, but Kubrick took it to a whole new level. Any fans?

[bopplayer]

Steven King hated the film adaptation.

[amigo30]

I like you, Lloyd. I always liked you. You were always the best of them.

[Pally]

Not scary enough. Did you read the book?

[furry]

one of the only movies that was actually better than the book--and that includes the Godfather.

certainly in the top 5 horror movies of all time, along with Rosemary's Baby, The Birds, Exorcist and a few others.

[jaydub69]

So was he the reincarnation of the last dude?
I forget what was the history of the hotel.
How did that relate to him- "You've always been the caretaker..."

Does the book explain this in more detail?

-john

[Cody]

Originally Posted by bopplayer

Steven King hated the film adaptation.

He would know - he directed "Maximum Overdrive".

That sure showed Kubrick how it's done.



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[Frankee]

All around creepy vibe to the movie......makes you want to shower it off afterwards.

That's good film-making.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

That was a great movie! Perfect setting for pure craziness!

[NB_Terry]

I love that movie.

The book is great in it's own way as well. It definitely has better character development than the movie.

[The Last Rebel]

Originally Posted by jaydub69

So was he the reincarnation of the last dude?
I forget what was the history of the hotel.
How did that relate to him- "You've always been the caretaker..."

Does the book explain this in more detail?

-john

Actually, regarding the reasons of it being haunted, the book gives almost no information. In the book Jack finds out the history of the hotel, how it had changed hands several times, its less-than-stellar history with one of its past owners having been a mobster, or something along those lines. The book makes it extremely obvious that the hotel, and Jack, is possessed by some supernatural force and that it's feeding off of Jack, but it's never explained why the hotel is haunted.

Lloyd is The Overlook, in the simplest terms posible. He's how whatever is in the hotel talks to Jack and the previous caretaker.

[shakeshakeshake]

Originally Posted by Cody

He would know - he directed "Maximum Overdrive".

That sure showed Kubrick how it's done.



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the shining needed waaaaaaay more ac/dc

[ethandt]

Isn't the hotel built on old Indian burial ground? I seem to remember that's why it is haunted.

I like the movie much better than the book. But then again, I am not a big fan of Stephen King's writing. I thought the movie was scary as hell, and Kubrick is one of the all time masters.

[severinsteel]

When Jack and Wendy are getting the tour at the beginning of the movie, it is mentioned that the hotel was built on an indian burial ground. I think that would explain some of the supernatural element. Also, mirrors are used in a lot of the scenes involving jack, as well as repeated phrases like at the bar scenes. There is a theme of duality for sure.

[iamdavea]

There were extremely creepy parts of the book that didn't end up in the film. The film is OK, but it also demonstrates Kubrick's over-reliance on long Steadicam shots. For a supposed master director, Kubrick was limited in his visual strategies. Kubrick and Nicholson had previously discussed doing a film about Napoleon together, but Nicholson was so put off by Kubrick's near sadistic manipulation/direction of Shelley Duvall, that he vowed never to work with him again.