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Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they lear...( read more 
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MCT:October 13, 2008It was okay, I watched it along time ago. I thought it was going to be alot scarier then what it turned out to be.
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MCT:October 12, 2008Quite different from
Stephen King's original vision but still a great film on it's own. Jack Nicholson is wonderful as always. -
MCT:October 10, 2008
Jack Nicholson was great in this movie. Really great acting. I havent seen this movie in a few years, I need to watch it again.
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MCT:October 7, 2008
Surreal, based on a Sephen King novel of the same name. Stanley Kubrick directed it, a classic. I love to movie with Jack Nicholson.
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MCT:October 7, 2008heeeeere's johnny!
this one of the best horror film of based of the novel by stephen king and the best director stanley kubrick of the best work with jack nicholson role for jack torrance the former school teacher and now he became a writer for the caretaker in overlook hotel in denver,colorado for the winter with his wife & his son(shelley duvall and danny lloyd). however it been horror at the overlook hotel. -
MCT:October 7, 2008
"He Came As The Caretaker, But This Hotel Had Its Own Guardians - Who'd Been There A Long Time"
Holy fishpaste. That's all I can say after watching "The Shining". This is perhaps Kubrick's best work ever, even toppling my previous Kubrick fave 'Full Metal Jacket'.
What I liked about the film is that Stanley Kubrick delved in the evil-ness of one man and what isolation can really do to you. Isolation, loneliness, the sense of not failing and doing and achieving what is given to you no matter what the cost is, it is all here.
So, the film is about this family going up in this hotel located in the most isolated of all places and they are given the task of caretaking the hotel during the winter season. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a former schoolteacher turned writer and he brings his family, little Danny boy, his son and his wife Wendy.
As the months pass, strange things starts to happen, ghosts appear here and there, things start to move on its own and the walls starts to bleed (well, not really but you get my point) but the real kicker is, as the months pass in this shithole of a hotel, good olde Jack starts turning into a nuthouse. The Overlook (the hotel) starts talking to him about stuff and whatnot and it made the screws in his head loosen. And as he flies closer and closer into the cuckoo's nest, his wife and kid cannot be more eager to get the hell out of the place. Little Danny boy starts to "shine" (its this ESP thing where you can see shit you're not supposed to see) and he has this vision of two little girls who was murdered by their father in the hotel (who by the way shits on the well-dwelling, long-haired little girl on so many levels, those two girls are the scariest thing I saw. Ever.)
Wife and kid wants to get the fuck outta there but good old Jacky wants to stay. He wants to fulfill the task given to him and that is to take care of the place no matter what. The Overlook tells good old Jack to "correct" his wife and kid and he must accomplish the "correcting" task no matter what. For those of you who still don't know what "correcting" is, it means "kill those bitches".
So, yeah, good old Jack completely turned into an axe-wielding maniac and goes "Here's Johnny!" on his wife and he starts chasing his family all around the hotel. I will not delve deeper into this part because I want you to watch it on your own. Trust me, you wouldn't want me spoiling the best ending ever. Ever. And if I say the best ending ever I mean the most mind twisting, most mind bending and the most shocking ending you will ever see.
I was like "What the shit? Why is he in the picture? HUH?". I didn't get the ending at first but thanks to the wonders of the internet, I researched what really happened in the end. Now, I understand. It was a hidden twist, a metaphorical twist and a twist of all twists.
I gotta give it to Stanley Kubrick, he has created a horror masterpiece of multiple layers. You think you got it all mapped out until the end but then, once you reach the ending, you realize that the director was going in a different way. You can see, but you don't observe. He puts numerical references, intentional continuities and clues that makes Dan Brown run for his money.
Jack Nicholson on the other hand, gives off one of the creepiest performances ever in cinema history. His villainy factor is in par with Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Lee. To be honest, he is even scarier than the ghosts! He has created a creepy character that will not be forgotten.
So I suggest you get off your high horse and if you have not seen this film, you are missing out a lot. Very truly uberly highly recommended. -
MCT:October 6, 2008
L'"Overlook hotel" diventa leggenda grazie a questo straordinario thriller psicologico che ci ha regalato Kubrick. Bellissimo il lento ed inesorabile cambiamento in Jack, interpretato da un Nicholson in grande spolvero e sottolineato da un ritmo incalzante e sempre più elevato con il trascorrere dei minuti.
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MCT:October 5, 2008
One crazy killer.I love the part where he chases his son through the hedges.If i was that kid i would run too.This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering whats going to happen next.
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MCT:October 4, 2008
A really good movie with lots of memorable scenes. I have seen this movie parodied a lot in other stuff, and am glad to have seen the original and where it all came from. Very good acting by Mr. Nicholson.
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MCT:October 3, 2008
definatly a classic! really really good! when people go crazy are really good movies!
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MCT:October 2, 2008
I saw this movie when it first came out and has creeped me out about big hotels ever since. In fact, after the first time I saw it I turned on every single light in the house.
Two words: Creepy twins.
Despite all of this I do look forward to when i can afford to stay at The Stanley Hotel for a weekend.
Also I stayed at a potentially haunted hotel in Fall City NE that reminded everyone in my band of the Overlook hotel...very creepy place and cheaper than the Stanley. -
MCT:October 2, 2008
Med tanke på att jack Nicholson spelade jokern så bra i batman så tycker jag att han överträffade sig själv i den här filmen.
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MCT:September 30, 2008
Very well done though it is weird. Definite King story in the vain of others he has done like the new 1408. Jack Nicholson performs very well and carries the film especially by the end. Kubrick's film style is unique and equisite here with his selected shots and cinematography which enhance the story all the more.
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MCT:September 30, 2008So far, I've only seen the part with the bathtub and the kid on his bike, and it was spooky but I loved it.
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MCT:September 30, 2008
There are two simple things that should help you realize why this is a great horror film: No loud booming noises and everything is shown in bright light. Yes, Kubrick breaks a golden rule of the genre by showing everything instead of hidding it in the shadows. It makes sense that many people back then, and even today, seem to dismiss this so easily. It works on a whole different level (and works well mind you) than all the crap of horror films of these days where we see the same type of scenes repeating over and over. Plus, exposed the horrors of furries years before the internet.
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MCT:September 23, 2008
amazing...jack nicholson is spectacular in this movie, a good adaptation of the book ( not perfect but good) the best horror movie i've seen
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MCT:September 22, 2008
Another overrated movie, for who I don't understand the huge love.
But not toooo bad.
Anyway, poor Stephen King, who agrees with me, when it's the worst of the 90 adaptations of his books, according to him.
And the best is also the best for me, The Green Mile. So, Mr. King and I have the same tastes about the movies made from his stories.
Proud of it!
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MCT:September 19, 2008
I kinda thought it missed the supernatural edge of the novel, so I can't give it top ratings. But it wasn't awful.
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MCT:September 17, 2008
My god. I loved this film. Jack did a fantastic job, and the score was ... intense, to say the least.
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MCT:September 15, 2008
I'm going to start this review by saying yes, I have read the book it's based on and I do know the book and film go down two not too different paths to reach the end. That doesn't bother me. And that's how good this movie is. The alcohol metaphors being discarded for the movie I don't mind. The ending not being anything like the book works well for this film.
When Stephen King saw this movie, one of his biggest complaints was that with the casting of Jack Nicholson, the audience would guess he would go crazy and the film wasn't helped by the fact that most of the character traits didn't make it to the film and most of the backstory was left behind. But I'm fine with that because Nicholson does crazy really well and there's a great intensity when he finally gives in to the madness.
Even when he isn't fully insane, he comes across as menacing and off putting, especially when talking to his wife. Because of that, the ending wouldn't have made as much sense if the film were to use the novel's ending. Hence the need to come up with something else
(Below there are spoilers so if you haven't seen this film and still wish to, please skip ahead)
In the novel, Jack Torrence regains his sanity momentarily and it's enough to get his family and the caretaker to safety while he destroys the hotel. Thus, he dies a hero.
But because in the movie he comes across as someone who, even when not under the hotel's influence, is indifferent to his wife and son, this ending would not suffice. Instead, his wife and son get away from the hotel while he remains in the hedge maze and freezes to death, with the final shot showing him in photo with other hotel patrons dated in the 1920's.
Now even though I like both endings, I prefer this one because it implies the hotel has been doing this for some time and that Jack Torrence is merely the latest person to "join" the hotel's "guests". Whether or not Jack is a reincarnation of the previous caretaker is up for debate but that's a possibility considering the "You've always been the caretaker" line and the two men with the name Grady. Perhaps the hotel is trying to seek out reincarnated former members or just corrupt whichever poor devil happens to be watching the place.
This film also contains moments of horror brilliance that have become well known and parodied over the years such as the twins talking to Danny and the blood from the elevator. Not to mention the pages with the endless sentences of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and Nicholson bursting through the door and screaming "HEEEERE'S JOHNNY!"
So yes, despite the major differences between book and film, I love both equally. The book is my favorite King book and this is my favorite horror. -
MCT:September 15, 2008
Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they learn that the previous caretaker had gone mad. Slowly Jack becomes possessed by the evil, demonic presence in the hotel.
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MCT:September 14, 2008
What else can I say but, without Jack Nicholson, this movie would not be what it is today. It's extremely creepy and it makes you want to run for the hills.
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MCT:September 13, 2008
Awesome movie! I had forgotten how good this was. Terriffic direction by Kubrick and a forever memerable performance from Nicholson. Great suspense, still good today.
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Juliaistoocoolposted 92 days ago -
could some-body please explain the ending of this to me ........what was the deal with him being in the photograph ??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????
posted 109 days ago -
REDRUM REDRUM. (People have gotten jack nicholsons face from the movie poster tattooed on them.Thats how good this movie is)
posted 122 days ago -
I see that the short version of this film has just been reissued on DVD in the UK again. What a wasted opportunity. And who cares what Stephen King thinks or doesn't think about Kubrick's "The Shining"? As far as I'm concerned, he forfeited the right to complain about lousy adaptations of his work when he directed one of the worst: "Maximum Overdrive".
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Stephen King may be a talented writer, but he is an IDIOT for saying that his version of The Shinning, which aired on I believe it was the Sci-Fi Channel, is scarier than the original. He probably felt chaffed that he didn't have the artistic control over the movie, which I heard he didn't want & gave up willingly when he signed the rights to the book over to the studio, but he grew disenfranchised with it over time.
This is a MUCH scarier and better version than the thing that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel!posted 265 days ago -
i love this movie! couldn't take a bath again for a while. I was really young when i watched this film.
posted 277 days ago -
Well,its one of my favorite movies,but just if you dont relate it with Stephen Kings book,Kubrick changed almost everything!!! the characters are great,but if you read the book at first and you are a King´s fan...you can hate the movie.
posted 346 days ago -
if you like the shining have a look at this - it's very funny and the guy doing jack is amazing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bZVhXxzzG58posted 406 days ago -
Amazing. Along with Clockwork Orange And 2001: Oddisey... The best of Kubrick. Different from the book, a lot. But I'm not comparing, I'm saying that, as a movie, is simply a classic, and one of the best. With Misery and It, the best movies bassed on King's movies.
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