"Here's Johnny!" Fun Fact: The door that Jack Nicholson chops through with the axe near the end of the film was real. Stanley Kubrick originally shot this scene with a fake door, but Jack Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and a firefighter in the California Air National Guard, tore through it too quickly. Now, the absolute scariest moment of this film to me is when Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) realizes that he's just been writing the same sentence over and over and over from the very beginning, and then he's RIGHT THERE! Shelley Duvall who has the most wonderful eyes and who's so underrated, her reactions throughout the film are unfortunately largely genuine as Stanley Kubrick terrorised the poor woman relentlessly. Also, big shout out to Danny "Doc" Torrance (Danny Lloyd) for being the smartest person ever in a horror film with that walking-backwards-in-snow trick.
It's sad because Shelly Duvall still suffers from mental health issues due to him (the director) terrorizing her. I wish she would have gotten the help she needed.
I think his spirit guide told him to backtrack his footprints or the spirit guide took over his body to do so. Remember Danny's spirit guide told the mother earlier that Danny wasnt there when the mother was speaking to Danny.
yeah the way they treated the actress who played Jack's wife was horrible but at the same time what a great performance. from what I understand she was terrified to even go to work at one point absolutely miserable. I think she played Popeye's girlfriend olive oil in the Robin Williams live action Popeye movie, a great comedy
The scariest part of “all work and no play. . .” Isn’t that he has been writing it, but that he has been writing it for a long time. He has been insane for a lot longer than we realize
@@anu83 It's even worse than that. Not only did she (I believe it was) have to type every single page, every country that the film was released in had their own adage unique to them. So that poor person had to type all those as well for insert shots.
@@anu83 I read that Kubrick actually asked his secretary to type all that in her spare time. In multiple languages. Classic Kubrick move. At the same time, her work appears in one of the best horror film ever made, it was worth the effort.
Right? Not trying to sound rude but some of these reaction videos just make me want to pull my hair out. You don't have to voice every single observation you piece together. I know if I did, I'd sound pretty....dumb. Like, stop and think about the clues they're giving you! Indian burial ground, previous resident committing familicide, etc. and some reactors are still like 🤔🤷🏻♀️.
@soft_serve_666 I don't think that's a mark of lower intelligence, but maybe lack of imagination coupled with decreasing belief in psychic/spiritual phenomena. Def with European reactors, they rarely guess correctly for supernatural plots whereas as Americans pick them up right away. But probably bc or the increase in atheism, that supernatural understanding is falling to the wayside.
The hotel itself was a spirit. It ate people and souls and everyone who died there was trapped there forever, both as an individual spirit and a collective spirit adding to the strength of the hotel. That's why the hotel wanted Danny so much - his 'shining' aka spiritual gifts were very strong and the hotel wanted him and his power. Great reaction.
Yeah,and the Hotel Gave the groundskeeper the ability to be reincarnated....INTO Jack,to reslaughter people...Failed to Kill Wife,Which Probably Stopped the CYCLE!
Jack Nicholson is considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time. Another great film of his is " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" , which swept the Oscars in 76, including best actor for Jack.
The picture is to symbolize the hotel "absorbing" Jack and now he is trapped there. Danny's "shine" was extremely powerful, which gave more "omph" to the ghosts of the Overlook, allowing them to manefest in a stronger fashion than they usually can. "Tony" is actually future Danny. HIs name is Daniel Anthony Torrence. His shine is so strong that he can see what's going to happen. His younger self can't process it but the older one can and saves himself.
I think the picture ties out more to what Stanley Kubrick explained, that it’s a cycle of evil reincarnation. Which is why the ghost tells him he’s always been the care taker.
@@erikamendez6999 You are correct. Another interesting thing that many people miss is that that Charles Grady, who killed his family in 1970, is a reincarnation of Delbert Grady, the ghost in the restroom. It makes sense that the two girls were Delbert's daughters, not Charles. Girls didn't wear dresses like that in 1970..it looks more like 1920s or 30s fashion.
SHELLEY is the one who should have won the Oscar. Jack just did what he always does, while being treated like royalty. Shelley tore herself apart trying to do her job, all the while being treated like offal by the director, who didn't give a krap about her mental health. SHE is the one who moved body and soul to do to the job, not the lionized, spoiled male star.
The scariest thing about the "All work and no play makes Jack A dull boy" is not that it's telling Wendy that Jack is going crazy. Nope it's telling her Jack has been crazy for a long time.
...but it might, also, be even more scary, to see the Easter Egg, hidden in the word "All". I recommend, Jay Weidner's "Kubrick's Odyssey: parts 1 and 2". I will tell you, nothing more.
Addendum: best acting has got to go to the kid that played Danny. Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson were already accomplished and veteran actors, but this kid absolutely nailed his role. Veteran skills in such a young up and coming actor
Yes, the hotel was completely haunted, and the spirits especially wanted Danny, and were driving Jack crazy in order to get him. At the end, Jack was absorbed into the hotel, just like all of the other spirits. The director Stanley Kubrick likes having ambiguous endings, but that's what is goin on. Jack Nicholson is a tremendous actor, and this movie gave him all the opportunity to do what he does. I hope you see more of him on the channel.
I came to say the same thing. Basically the hotel was like a carnival funhouse with the breakers pulled. It fed on "shine" energy. Some guests with the shine would see little unnerving things or get spooked, but the hotel really couldn't do anything, like Dick Halloran told Danny. However, if Halloran's shine was like a candle, Danny's was like a searchlight. Halloran got Danny to try and say something to him with the shine. Danny shined a friendly "Hi Dick!" to him and about knocked him out of his chair. He told Danny if he ever needed help to shine at him and he would probably hear it all the way in Florida. Danny staying in the hotel was like charging a battery, the longer he stayed, the more powerful the hotel became. The hotel wanted Jack to kill Danny, because then it would have Danny's power and there would be no stopping it. Also, it wasn't just a foreboding of dread the Halloran felt in Florida. It was Danny shine screaming at the top of his "voice", "Help me Dick!!!! Oh please come help me!!!" From 2000 miles away it almost made his brains run out his ears.
To me it was almost like Jack was taken over by a spirit that resides in the hotel. Although he wasn't a very nice guy before he came to the hotel, he becomes possessed and the spirit of the hotel is completely in control of him by the end of the story.
One of my favorite actors! Everything he’s been in great performance. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,Ironweed, Hoffa, The Witches of Eastwick,China Town, Five Easy Pieces,Wolf,Terms of Endearment,As Good as it Gets,Batman, Something’s Gotta Give,A Few Good Men,The Bucket List
@@ChristinaMcF no I think if she can handle this movie and a couple of others that they've already reacted to then I don't think cuckoo's nest is going to be a problem for her!!
Hands down you two have THE BEST reaction to this movie! A lot of viewers don't like Wendy and dismiss Shelley Duvall's acting, but I've always thought this was a tremendous performance from her. Your empathy picked up on the fear a real woman and mother might feel in her situation and you were right there with her rooting for her. OMG guys! Great reaction. There is a part two to this. Now you gotta check out Doctor Sleep.
Not to mention, Shelley still suffers mentally from what Stanley Kubrick did to her. He even kept her isolated on set to make her really feel as if she was alone.
As a kid at a time when no effort was made to prevent children from watching whatever adults watched on TV, I remember at the age of five or six being so confused and terrified of the man in the bear or pig costume and also vaguely aware that there was something vaguely sexual going on.
Fun fact Stephen King stayed at the historic (and haunted) hotel in Estes Park, Colorado called the Stanley Hotel that inspired him to write The Shining. The hotel also has a haunted room and has a very rich history that was also considered THE getaway spot for the elite around the turn of the century. 🙂
The hotel absorbs people who have the shining. Danny’s dad has a little bit of it which is why he saw those things. Danny’s shining is very powerful because he could even tell the future with his shining. Danny’s mom was able to see the ghosts of the hotel in the end as Jack was fully absorbed and they were beginning to absorb Danny which would make the hotel even more powerful.
"Firestarter" has a similar theme of the mom + dad's special abilities combining in the child. Except in that case, the supernatural abilities are induced or triggered by government experimentation, rather than being triggered by a haunted luxury lodge. Aside, have you ever seen "The Men Who Stare at Goats"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats
Yes, that is correct. I've read the book a few times, and I get the impression every time that Jack Torrance drank partially because of his shining ability. I'm not condoning his actions, especially when he beat the crap out of those students when he worked for that college, but there is always an underlining reason people abuse drugs.
I assumed that after Jack kills Dick Hallorann, the hotel gets a huge boost of energy from his 'shine' so any non-shine person, i.e Wendy, can see the ghosts.
The hotel itself is a demonic entity that feeds on pain, suffering and death. It's explained in the book that Jack also had the shine when he was a boy but gradually grew out of it and rationalised it away. As for Mr Halloran, in the book Danny tries to warn him with the shine but the hotel - which has begun to wake up as Jack feeds it with Danny and Wendy's terror (hence why Wendy begins to see the ghosts of the hotel too towards the end) - stops him.
My understanding of "The Shining" is that the hotel - or, really, the entity/spirits that inhabit the hotel - absorb the souls/power of those who die there. Although Jack had a little bit of the shining (which is why he was able to see the spirits, interact with them, and have his brain whispered into by the hotel), Danny (who inherited the power from his father) was particularly powerful with it and the hotel wanted him to die there so it could absorb and use his power. At first, you see the spirits scouting him out (when he first sees the little girls, they're watching him, then, after they see him see them, they look at each other and turn and walk away). Then it invites him in ("Come play with us, Danny, forever and ever and ever..."). He nopes out though, so then the hotel tries to trap him in by luring him into Room 237 and attempting to strangle him. He gets away, so then the hotel pushes harder on Jack - someone in the physical world - to get him to kill Danny because Danny is too strong for the spirits to do it. The movie uses that high-pitched tone whenever the shining power is in use. We hear it first when Tony is showing Danny why he doesn't want to go to the hotel (the first premonition of the blood elevator, the first vision of the little girls, and Danny screaming). We hear it next when Danny is hearing Dick ask him telepathically if he likes ice cream. We hear it pretty much any time Danny is sensing (or about to sense something). BUT we also hear a quieter version of the same sound in that scene where Jack is just standing and staring creepily at nothing for a long time. The sound is quieter because his power is not as strong as Danny's but, at that moment, the hotel is whispering into his brain, working to corrupt him. Jack seeing the spirits, the party, the alcohol, and all that is not just his imagination. It's the same as Danny seeing the little girls. Jack also has the shining (though he probably doesn't know it), so he's able to see the spirits that infest the hotel. He's weaker than Danny, though, and damaged: He's got an alcohol problem, he writing career is not successful, he's not happy in his marriage, he's got anger issues, etc. so he's more malleable than Danny. He's easier prey for the hotel. Like I said, the spirits get trapped or absorbed by the hotel but I sometimes wonder if there's meant to be a larger, more evil entity that's behind it all (and just using the spirits as tools, messengers, or masks as it does its work). I think it's interesting that the bartender, Lloyd, and the full bar only appear right after Jack says, "I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer." The second he says that, Lloyd appears, the full bar appears, and the hotel (something demonic?) takes him up on his offer. Later, when Jack is at the big party and tries to pay for his drink, Lloyd says "Your money's no good here" (maybe because he already paid with his soul?) and that it's "Orders from the house." When Jack then says that he likes to know who's buying his drinks, Lloyd says, "It's not a matter that concerns you, Mr. Torrance. At least not at this point." Also, let's be real: If anybody looks like they could be the devil, Lloyd sure does. And I don't think he ever blinks in his scenes. Super creepy! Tony, iirc, is Danny's middle name. I don't think Tony is meant to be a separate entity but is just, as Amber said, a personification of Danny's shining power, an identity to protect Danny from the more difficult, traumatic things. Kind of a split personality situation. I don't think Wendy has the shining power. At that point in the story, she's trying to take Danny and escape from the hotel. As Grady insinuated when Jack was locked in the pantry, the hotel feels that Jack is bungling the job he's been given and has gotten bested by Wendy (who Grady mentions is stronger than they'd anticipated). The hotel is losing faith in him to do the job. So, while Jack is off chasing Danny into the maze, the hotel steps in and exerts it's power more overtly to distract/stop Wendy. Basically, whether it's burning more of its power to make things appear to her or it's just because Wendy is so emotionally ragged that she's more mentally vulnerable at that moment, the hotel is able to manifest to her. A lot people say that Dick flies and drives all that way just to take an axe to the chest and accomplish nothing but I'd counter that the sound of him driving the snowcat up the drive is what saved Wendy. Jack was chopping his way into the bathroom and she had nowhere to go. When he heard the tractor, he left her there to go take care of Dick, giving her the opportunity to escape from the bathroom. If he hadn't arrived, she'd be dead and - best case scenario, assuming Jack still froze to death in the maze - Danny would've been alone in the hotel for months. Does he know how to cook? Run the heating? Fix the radio? I'm guessing no. And would the hotel keep attacking him? Probably. Dick didn't last long at the hotel but his arrival provided the distraction that saved Wendy and Danny. BTW, I met Scatman Crothers IRL once when I was about Danny's age and my dad took me to a celebrity golf tournament. Scatman sang me a little song, did a little dance, and joked around to make me laugh. Lovely dude and I always remember that interaction fondly. Much better than the interaction I had with Bob Hope at the same tournament. I stepped up and asked him for an autograph but he was apparently mad about the shot he'd just whiffed and ignored me, got in his golf cart (which I was standing in front of), and jammed on the accelerator. My dad had to pull me out of the way. As for Jack being in the photo at the end: I always interpreted that as the hotel absorbing his soul when he died. Like, I'd imagine he wasn't in the photo earlier but appeared in it after he died (kind of a "Twilight Zone"/creepy pasta type of ending). However, Stanley Kubrick - director of the movie and infamous for not talking too much about the mysteries in it - said in an interview that Jack being in the photo insinuated a reincarnation situation. This is also hinted at by the fact that the previous caretaker they talk about who axe-murdered his family ten years earlier was named Charles Grady but the butler Jack meets in the bathroom at the 1921 party identifies himself as Delbert Grady. So, in the same way our current Jack might be a reincarnation of a previous Jack, the more recent Charles Grady might've been a reincarnation of a 1920s Delbert. Grady's line, "You've always been the caretaker" is still a little weird, even in light of the reincarnation thing. I tend to take it as the entity that's manipulating these people to do these horrific things has taken them over to some extent. So, like, Jack hasn't always been the caretaker, but the thing that's driving him mad and controlling him to some degree has always been the caretaker. Like, there's a continuity of evil in the hotel separate from the identities of the people that it wears/rides. In that same way, I feel like Delbert is both a spirit trapped in the hotel AND a mask that the hotel wears to communicate its orders to Jack. I think it's also worth noting that the hotel works to corrupt Jack - or let him choose to corrupt himself - in different ways. He increasingly chooses anger when dealing with his wife, he drinks alcohol despite his promise not to, and he chooses to cheat on his wife by making out with the woman in 237. I always interpret the fact that she turns into the dead hag and begins witch-laughing at him as the hotel mocking him for being so easily corrupted and giving in to his temptation. Whatever the full truth is, it's a great, masterfully made movie and I'm glad you guys liked it. I think it really says something that one of the scariest, most effective horror movies is one in which only two people die (and one of them is the villain) and - not counting the elevator - you see very little blood and gore. Unlike slasher movies and whatnot, it doesn't rely on gory kills and violence, it instead uses sound, cinematography, and pacing to play with (and subvert) your expectations and build an increasing level of suspense and dread until you're literally getting jump-scared by a title card that says "TUESDAY."
And the Overlook Hotel also took out the true Jack’s background. He has always been evil and the movie gives us hints that Jack has sexually abused his son which caused Danny’s Tony double personality.
The acting, the framing, the atmosphere, the sound design, every aspect of filmmaking is shown to perfection in this film. This and The Exorcist will stand the tests of time no matter what. Masterpiece
My impression was that Jack's insomnia did get to him, but the hotel was also definitely haunted. I feel like the spirits used his fragile mental state against him. It's kinda genius because it leaves the audience constantly wondering what's in Jack's mind and what's the hotel haunting. Classic horror with excellent performances!
I think the hotel is able to use its spirits to drive already-unstable people crazy (who DON’T have The Shining) and drive them to murder other people for the hotel, so the hotel can absorb those spirits Jack was ripe for manipulation by the hotel
@@need-to-know- deadass all of them💀 the person who made the movie made an interview saying that the picture at the end represented some kind of evil reincarnation cycle where jack is always reincarnated as the clerk
I read this book when it came out and I was working in a little shop by myself. This book messed me up for months. Then when the movie came out I stupidly watched that too. Way too intense for me. Now I'm watching it with you guys. Guess we'll all be leaving lots of lights on for a while. Take care, my friends.
@@Steven_Snell way scarier, no doubt about that! I kind of hope that either both Amber and Jay read it or at least one of them reads it and does a follow up on it
@@Steven_Snell I have to agree, even though the movie is the best Horror film I've ever seen!! I read the book 2-3 times from Middle School to High School! The book is very long, so they had to adapt it for film and I think they did an excellent job of it.
At the 58:11 mark. I had to go back and watch this just to see and hear the agony that came out of both Jordan and Amber when Hallorann got killed. Amber went from sheer torment to sheer anger in a blink. Jordon just looked like he was sick to his stomach. I love the way you both throw yourselves into these reveiws. The movies are made so much bette by it.
I absolutely loved the reactions of Jay and Amber! This is such an iconic movie, and no longer scary to me, but watching these two react was absolutely wonderful, made my day!
Jack Nicholson is a heavy hitter. Some of the best movies. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , A Few Good Men, Easy Rider, Chinatown , Batman (1989). So many more.
I just wanted to say, I love your reactions, but I think the horror ones are the most fun just because you're both such clearly nice people who don't usually go in for dark or scary things like that, and so it's a really "pure" reaction done in good faith. It makes the ride so much fun, to get to watch you guys experience such classic quality horror films for the first time. I've enjoyed your music reactions for a while now, but your movie reactions are quickly becoming my favorite. Keep it up! And Happy Halloween! :)
The hotel is actually real with lots of real hauntings. The hotel is built on a mountain that has quartz crystals in it so it’s a theory since quartz is a memory crystal it houses spiritual memory. Basically like an everlasting recording of spiritual imprints. Interesting stuff.
I read the book numerous times before I saw the movie. A lot of people were critical of the flick because the book was so good (many rank it amongst the best horror novels of all time). I know now we were too harsh because Kubrick could only pack in so much in a two-hour movie to keep it concise and yet action-packed. Seeing your reaction because you didn't know the story going in is priceless and really helps show that this is a true classic just by your sheer enjoyment and seeing you get creeped out. Great reaction.
I am biased because I saw the film years before I read the novel and it has always been a favorite of mine. It's been a long time, but I think the novel is much more clear that the hotel itself is evil. Kubrick made it more ambiguous between supernatural happenings and Jack's cabin fever, which I think is what makes the film so powerful and puzzling.
Kubrick's film and King's novel are entirely different creations. I don't think that Kubrick cared much about King's vision and intentions. That could explain why King didn't like the film.
I’ve only ever seen the film (and I’m a true believer in reading a book before watching a movie, as much as possible). But the film made me too afraid to read the book!! It’s terrifying and brilliant and I still don’t fully understand it. Should I brave the book?!?
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 I think it depends on one's love of the genre and what one can handle. In my opinion King gets readers invested in the characters and in this book the Overlook Hotel is one of the greatest characters he's ever created. It's worth the read just to re-live the historical horrors of the hotel (pardon the alliteration). I have read it at least a dozen times solely because of how King crafts the story and triggers my imagination to bring things to life. Early King has that effect on me. I think every horror reader should give this book a read as much as any other title frequently acknowledged as a classic. Just my spin :)
Love the reaction. The picture at the end is a "ghost" picture of all the souls trapped within the hotel. A good follow-up to this is Doctor Sleep which centers on Danny as an older man and delves deeper into the Shining.
There's one line that most people miss on first viewing which explains so much of what happens next: *bar is empty* Jack: "...I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer." *bar is stocked, Lloyd is there* Lloyd: "what'll it be sir?"
A classic Jack Nicholson move is "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". It was the movie that basically made Nicholson's career because his acting was so spot on and compelling, as was the entire cast really. And the actor that went up to rescue the boy in this film, was also in Cuckoo's nest, and was fantastic. The best depiction of a mental hospital anyone had ever seen up to that point. The entire movie takes place in a mental institution, well with a few exceptions. The movie has a lot of spirit, some comedy and drama, some ups and downs. I don't want to be a spoiler. It probably did more good than Geraldo Rivera's documentary to expose the authoritarian abuses of the mental health system. But at the same time, you didn't feel there was a good side or a bad side. It was a system where people were trying to do good. It was clean and professional. But also maddening from certain perspectives. And whenever people are locked up there are abuses and petty power games. Some people have a bit too much power over others, and they get used to it and think they are Gods, And that is where abuses of justice can happen. I don't want to spoil it. I'm doing a terrible job of selling it lol. Databyter
One flew over the cuckoo's nest is amazing. You both said you like Danny Devito and he is in that as well. I believe the novel was written by Ken Kesey.
Indian burial ground for 2 tribes and the isolation made Jack slip into madness. The ghosts of the Overlook basically made Jack one of them and he's there forever now. Jack was already having mental health issues and this pushed him over the edge. You guys should read the book its SO much better detail ❤️
I think one of the reasons it's so terrifying and unnerving is because it gives you hints at what's causing all the madness but never tells you. Creates stories and theories ever after. Really gets under your skin. A true classic. You guys are great, best of luck with the channel! 🤘
You haven't watched a scary movie until you watch William Peter Blattys "The Exorcist" That movie affected me on a primal level that no other horror movie has, it's pure untapped horror...a real classic.
What makes this movie one of the best thrillers is the imagery that sticks with you forever and ever and ever. I saw this movie in the theatre and those twins + Jack Nicholson's facial expressions have popped into my head randomly for all those years - still do.
Doctor Sleep is a very good follow up to this, not made until a few years ago. Shows Danny grown up and all the problems he has because of what happened to him. Explains a lot more about what's going on with the Shining and with the hotel. Not as much of a psychological horror but still very sinister.
I'm a lightweight but I did watch this many many years ago and haven't watched it since, until now. You guys did great!! For a good fun movie, 9 to 5 starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin. A good fun movie!! It will have you laughing!!
Fun fact. The carpet in the hallways when Danny is riding his tricycle was used in Toy Story at Sids house, the carpet pattern is the same. Also in Toy story 4 when they go into the antique store the song playing is Midnight the stars and you which is also in The Shining in the ballroom scene and at the end when zooming in on the picture. The director of the Toy Story movies was a huge fan of The Shining!
I saw this first time in a nearly empty theater a matinee showing by myself in college in 1980. SO good to see it again with y'all. Scatman Crothers was known for his scat, wish you could watch him do some. Also Shelley Duvall played Olive Oyl in the live-action musical Popeye with Robin Williams, which would be fun for the whole family, (only time that my Mom, Dad, sister, nephew, brother-in-law and I sat in a theater.)
The Exorcist is consistently voted as the scariest movie ever made, but if that is too much for Jay to handle, three good horror-comedies to react to would be Young Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and Shaun of the Dead.
Re-watching this I realized I *had* to comment on the moment Amber said "What is she doing?" when the mom was on the phone switchboard. Yes, my young friends, THAT was how phones worked at a place like that. An operator would actually switch phone lines to connect calls to different places, rooms, outside, long distance, etc. 🙂 Good times!
The scene where Wendy sees the person in the bear costume in the hotel room, it's heavily implied that was a hooker and the man on the bed was her customer. They were of course, ghosts at that point. I remember in the book that Wendy had some psychic ability also, but maybe to a lesser degree than her husband or Danny. That last part where she was running through the hotel in a panic and seeing all those things, was Wendy finally awakening to her ability and seeing the spirits all around.
Yay! I was waiting for you to watch this! It's terrifying! To clarify the scene between Danny & Mr. Hallormann both "Shining" that prompted Hal lormann to come back to the hotel, Danny was sending Mr. Hallormann a psychic message that they were in trouble. That's why Danny's head was shaking like that. I think it's hard to depict people sending each other, telepathic psychic messages so I think I can understand the confusion. (Shining is another way of talking about psychic gifts). Remember, Hallormann said that people who "shine" see things that others don't want to see. When you mentioned Wendy started seeing things at the end, I think it suggests that she opened her mind to seeing the actual terrors of the hotel. Remember, she was being bright & cheerful in the beginning. She wanted things to work out, so she wasn't open. But at the end, she finally saw what Danny had been seeing all along. For some comic relief to help you recover, I suggest watching Young Frankenstein.
Awesome! I just watched it for the first time in a theater last night. Not the first time ever, but the artistry of Kubrick's shots looks amazing on the big screen.
Amber, you are amazing. You picked up so many more little but significant parts to that movie than I did in probably the first 5 times I watched it. And there is no one out there reacting to music who does it better. The way you explain the details in a song whether you are referring to the instruments or the lyrics or the feelings you just make me feel what you feel. Thank you for that. Jay, you rock. Your kids must think you are the best dad in the world.
That was a great frickin' reaction and you edited it for UA-cam perfectly. This movie has "Easter eggs" all over the place, but briefly the Overlook Hotel is an entity that feeds on violence. Even the name Overlook the director utilizes in the visuals like when Jack looks down on the model of the maze yet somehow sees Wendy and Danny within it or how the camera personifies the hotel's malignant spiirit following Danny through hallways and seemingly leading him to the two slaughtered daughters standing at the end of it. It's funny early in the reaction when Danny is riding his Big Wheel over carpets and floor, Amber said, "He could ride through that place for ever and ever," and I was like Amber's totally on a subliminal wavelength because that phrase "for ever and ever" you all are going to hear soon and it makes sense because the Overlook is like the past and present intertwining forever.
Jack had writer’s block (throwing ball against the wall) before he looks into the maze. When he has a vision of Wendy and Danny in the maze, he develops the story for the book. Much of what we see after this scene is about Jack’s story he’s writing at the type writer. The scene where Wendy “bothers”’ Jack while he’s writing is part of the story he’s writing. He gets all angry and looks dishevelled after his story book character argues with her. When they show him typing after that scene he’s all calm and not dishevelled at all, indicating the Wendy scene never really happened.
As terrifying as the movie is, there's little actual violence until the very end but it's a masterclass in building up the audience's tension over the course of the movie. Hence the 'funny jumpscare' near the end to relieve some of it before the terror ratchets up to 11 in the final act.
I love this channel. I feel like I know you guys. Such natural and unforced reactions. I love watching movies that I love with you. My best friend and I went to see “The Shining” in 1980 in the theater when we were 15. We still laugh about it. We were terrified. 😊❤️
I agree these guys are definitely the real deal they never fake an emotion or anything to be honest that's why I am a big fan of these guys!! Some of these other channels you can really tell that they're kind of exaggerating some of their reactions to certain scenes and it's kind of lame whereas Rob Squad does not do that!!
Jack Nicholson is one of the all-time greats. The whole cast is great really. The boy, Shelly Duvall, and the inimitable Scatman Crothers. Amber: "I really dislike him." That's the genius of Jack Nicholson. Great reaction to this iconic movie! For next Halloween, you must do the Exorcist, if you haven't already. Also Poltergeist. Also, the movie Magic with a young Anthony Hopkins is another great movie with a fabulous actor going crazy.
GASLIGHT is an EXCELLENT movie, starring Charles Boyer (pronouned "Boy- yay" he's a famous French actor) and Ingrid Bergman. The movie is from 1944. I have seen it so many times. Every time I see it, I think of my mother saying any time our lights might flicker, "Charles Boyer must be in the attic" IF you WATCH the movie you will understand why my mother would say that. It's a good suspense movie. Another SUSPENSE movie is "DIAL M FOR MURDER" from 1954 starring GRACE KELLY and RAY MILLAND. LOVE these movies.
Having the advantage of having read the book really helps fill in some of the gaps. The hotel itself was evil, due to the fact of where it had been built. There was a history of suicides and murders. Crimes of passion as well as a few mob hits. Far more than just the previous caretaker. Also, Danny’s full name was Daniel Anthony Torrence. “Tony” was Danny’s older self from the future trying to help him survive.
the screams at the beginning of the film where the intro music is playing are supposedly the echoes of the massacred Indians? as the hotel was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, Indian themed rugs etc in the hotel, those spirits more than likely were possessing the building. EVERYTHING in the hotel had a very tragic history from the past. A perfect horror film by Stanley Kubrick 🎥 🎞 🎬 The Shining (1980)
@@FUCKINGENIOUS yea, I guess I should have said that he was trying guide his younger self through and help him as best he could. It’s been a long time since I read the book, but if I remember correctly, Danny didn’t even know for sure who Tony was. Also in the book, there was a lot more prompting from Tony as to how that survival was going to happen.
The camera work on this film is amazing. Like when Jack was swinging the axe, the way the camera followed the swing giving it way more power. Also the sweeping shots that followed Danny on his 'big wheel' around the corners so you couldn't immediately see what's coming. On another conspiracy note: Notice the Apollo 11 shirt Danny wore in one scene. It's said that Stanley Kubrick filmed the moon landing on a sound stage to help 'sell' it and 'beat' Russia in the space race.
Jay Weidner's "Kubrick's Odyssey: parts 1 and 2", goes into a great deal of the Easter Eggs, both of this film, and Kubrick's other film "2001: A Space Odyssey", and their potential meanings.
I have always felt Jack had the Shining too. Danny had to get it from somewhere, but Jack's ability was so weak that he could only sense things were out of place subconsciously and it drove him mad. Kind of like Kevin Bacon in Stir of Echoes. Danny's ability was obviously much stronger. It also felt to me that the spirits in that hotel didn't really manifest themselves until a long time after Danny got there, leading me to believe that somehow they were able to feed off of Danny's power and became strong enough to manifest themselves physically where even Jack was able to perceive them and in the end even Wendy. Even the Cook who worked in the Hotel had the Shining and still the spirits didn't become an issue until Danny got there. I could be missing something though in the history of the hotel.
They don’t make movies like this anymore! And there is no acting like this anymore either. Just phenomenal acting by everyone in this film. Stanley Kubrick was a one of a kind director. Amazing reaction!
You guys are just the sweetest, most wholesome folks ever, and I almost don't want ya'll to watch any more horror movies for all the stress it puts you two through 😂💙 That being said, I thought ya'll might take a little comfort in knowing that Mr. Hallorann survived in the book and saved them. In this version I take comfort still in knowing that he brought them the vehicle they needed in order to get away and survive, so his death wasn't entirely meaningless. He still saved them in my opinion. As for the hotel and everything that Jack saw - my understanding is that the hotel, (as Mr. Hallorann said), had the shining as well in a way, and it was FEEDING off of Danny. I do think his dad also had some small Shining ability too which is what made him a target, but Danny had a whole lot MORE shining in him, and the hotel was growing stronger the longer Danny was there. This is why at the end Wendy could finally see everything as well because the hotel was strong enough to actually manifest those things to everyone. The sequel to this movie (Doctor Sleep), explains it a little more, but I do NOT suggest you guys watch that movie. There a couple truly horrific scenes that you both would hate. But, if you guys are looking for something more lighthearted to watch, if ya'll haven't seen it yet then please give Stardust a try sometimes. It's a sort of spiritual successor to Princess Bride, I feel like, and it's one of my favorite fantasy movies of all time.
Also Danny was more consciously aware of having it. Tony was basically his conception for communicating with it. Jack was unaware that he had the ability which made it easier for the hotel to target him.
Between what King intended when he wrote the novel and what Kubrick imagined and the cast and director brought to the screen are two different visions. There are a lot of interpretations, but one thing I liked was to learn the little kid never even knew it was a horror movie until years later.
Do you know King‘s version of the film (5 hrs tv movie)? I prefer this newer version. As much as I adore Kubrick, the newer version is more along the novel and it also explains who Tony really is….
If it makes you feel any better Hallorann didn't die in the book. This was a fantastic reaction and probably the best editing I've seen of The Shining. Now we are so used to CGI but when they filmed the elevator blood scene, that really happened. They filled that up with (fake) blood and really only had one chance to get it right. I saw an interview where they said Kubrick couldn't even watch until it they were done filming it because he was so nervous it might not work. Jay, you made me laugh so hard throughout this. Amber I love you mom-heart so much. Really fun, thanks guys!
Love your reviews. You guys are so fun to watch. So in the orignal book and it's sequel Doctor Sleep, it's somewhat explained that the Shining comes from Jack's side of the familly. I don't want to go too much into spoilers, so I'll leave it that it's part of the reason why Jack drinks and why Danny has substance abuse problems as an adult in the sequel. They are drinking to dull the shinning. In this film version, they basically eliminated that and there's no explanation as to why Jack has a drinking problem in the first place. He just has it and the hotel exploits that from basically the beginning and they make it so it seems like he was the reincarnated version of the guy in the photo from the 1920s and that's why he came back. A TV movie was made in the late 90's with Rebecca Demorny playing Wendy (that was filmed in the actual hotel that Stephen King used as inspiration for the Overlook) which follows the book almost exactly. In that version (and the book), Jack was doing pretty well in not craving alcohol (which the hotel doesn't even keep onsight when its closed) for the first few months they were at the hotel and was even going to AA meetings before they got snowed in. However, once they get totally cut off, the hotel ratchets up the psychological attacks on Jack and he begins to hallucinate. One major difference in the TV version is that Jack struggles with it and is trying to fight it whereas in this film, Jack seems a little nutty from the start and doesn't really seem to fight it. Anyway, eventually the hotel begins to harnass Danny's power and is able to use it to manifest a full bar of various types of alcohol and Jack is so worn down from the stress that he can't resist. Once he starts drinking, he has almost no control of himself & the hotel is able to fully manipulate him into violence against his family which the hotel knew he wouldn't have done while he was sober. While this film makes it seem like the Overlook only wanted Jack, in the TV version, the hotel makes Jack think they want him when it was always only Danny they wanted. Jack is just the means to get Danny's soul and power. Personally I like the TV version better given it's accuracy towards the book. Apparently Stephen King hates this version even though it was popular as it felt the director Stanley Kubrick changed too much of it.
The Hotel is filled with bad events, and lots of bad ghosts. The book explains a lot more, and its a more in depth story than you realize. Look it up if you can. Excellent story when you understand more. Great reaction the both of you!
Tony had to completely take over. Tony is the kid’s “Shining” or actual good spirit inside of Danny. It was NOT Jack’s imagination. There are evil spirits in that hotel. Your next movie should be, “Dr. Sleep”. It is the conclusion of this story and how Danny had to lock up those spirits now that he is all grown up.
One of the best horror storytellers and one of the best filmmakers decided to make a movie. King's horror isn't just gore, it's the buildup of characters you care about when they are hurt, or sometimes the creeping horror of knowing what is going to be happen and then having to wait forever in anticipation.
This is one of my favorite go to movies when I’m in the mood to watch a movie..the aerial shots in the movie are amazing and I can’t even guess how many times I’ve seen it and I read the book too.
One of my favorite subtle storytelling bits is Jack talking to Lloyd. "I like you, Lloyd. I always liked you. You were always the best of them." Implying that he's know Lloyd for a looong time.
Great reaction guys. If you want some of your questions answered, I recommend watching the sequel called "Doctor Sleep" that they made in 2019 (almost 30 years later after The Shining). It is a very good film in its own right, and it explains a lot more about the shining (the stuff going on at the hotel was real by the way - some of it was in Jack's head, but the evil and the ghosts' ability to make things happen in the real world are real.) Anyway, Doctor Sleep is a very different film from The Shining and is not as creepy as The Shining is, but it is still a really good film with a great story, amazing casting, and top shelf acting. You guys should react to it soon. :)
My wife’s favorite film and now also mine. My favorite scene is when Mr. H and Danny have their talk in the kitchen. Gives me goosebumps. Sets the stage for everything else.
Loved your reactions. In an interview the director Stanley Kubrik explains that the ending was to suggest an evil reincarnation cycle. He was the caretaker and so was Grady. He also said that it's better left unexplained. It was a short interview. I would love to see you reactions to The Exorcist. That would be a dilly.
The Exorcist! Wow! I'm not up for that one again. My parents wouldn't let me watch it when it came out, so watched it as an adult. I still thank my mother for not letting me see it as a tween.
I've never figured this movie out, but it's truly eerie. Imagine seeing it in the theater. The jolt we felt when Danny turns the corner and the two girls are there. Like electricity up the spine and through the guts. One of the greatest jump scares in cinema history. Watching you two being so tense made me tense, even though I knew every minute. Watching with you was a lot of fun. Thanks.
This is truly one of the greatest reactions I've ever seen I can't stop watching his reaction when the twins speak it kills me and amber your a true lady for offering a blanky
"Here's Johnny!"
Fun Fact: The door that Jack Nicholson chops through with the axe near the end of the film was real. Stanley Kubrick originally shot this scene with a fake door, but Jack Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and a firefighter in the California Air National Guard, tore through it too quickly.
Now, the absolute scariest moment of this film to me is when Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) realizes that he's just been writing the same sentence over and over and over from the very beginning, and then he's RIGHT THERE!
Shelley Duvall who has the most wonderful eyes and who's so underrated, her reactions throughout the film are unfortunately largely genuine as Stanley Kubrick terrorised the poor woman relentlessly.
Also, big shout out to Danny "Doc" Torrance (Danny Lloyd) for being the smartest person ever in a horror film with that walking-backwards-in-snow trick.
Also I think they went through 12 doors or something because he was so efficient.
It's sad because Shelly Duvall still suffers from mental health issues due to him (the director) terrorizing her. I wish she would have gotten the help she needed.
Also on that last swing, the axe head came off but they kept rolling.
I think his spirit guide told him to backtrack his footprints or the spirit guide took over his body to do so. Remember Danny's spirit guide told the mother earlier that Danny wasnt there when the mother was speaking to Danny.
yeah the way they treated the actress who played Jack's wife was horrible but at the same time what a great performance. from what I understand she was terrified to even go to work at one point absolutely miserable. I think she played Popeye's girlfriend olive oil in the Robin Williams live action Popeye movie, a great comedy
The scariest part of “all work and no play. . .” Isn’t that he has been writing it, but that he has been writing it for a long time. He has been insane for a lot longer than we realize
@DORK BRANDON nope - I didn’t do lock downs. I knew it was non-sense then, just like we know it is now - hahaha “pandemic amnesty”
All I could think of is that poor person who actually had to type all of those papers. :D
@@anu83 same 🤣
@@anu83 It's even worse than that. Not only did she (I believe it was) have to type every single page, every country that the film was released in had their own adage unique to them. So that poor person had to type all those as well for insert shots.
@@anu83 I read that Kubrick actually asked his secretary to type all that in her spare time. In multiple languages. Classic Kubrick move. At the same time, her work appears in one of the best horror film ever made, it was worth the effort.
You have to understand Jack is acting that way because the spirit of the hotel is taking him over.
Right? Not trying to sound rude but some of these reaction videos just make me want to pull my hair out. You don't have to voice every single observation you piece together. I know if I did, I'd sound pretty....dumb. Like, stop and think about the clues they're giving you! Indian burial ground, previous resident committing familicide, etc. and some reactors are still like 🤔🤷🏻♀️.
@@soft_serve_666 have you recovered yet?
@soft_serve_666 I don't think that's a mark of lower intelligence, but maybe lack of imagination coupled with decreasing belief in psychic/spiritual phenomena. Def with European reactors, they rarely guess correctly for supernatural plots whereas as Americans pick them up right away. But probably bc or the increase in atheism, that supernatural understanding is falling to the wayside.
@@soft_serve_666That's what I was thinking also I don't think they had known the hotel ghost was taking over Jack
The hotel itself was a spirit. It ate people and souls and everyone who died there was trapped there forever, both as an individual spirit and a collective spirit adding to the strength of the hotel. That's why the hotel wanted Danny so much - his 'shining' aka spiritual gifts were very strong and the hotel wanted him and his power. Great reaction.
Then the hotel gained a lot of power when Jack killed him with the axe.
Yeah,and the Hotel Gave the groundskeeper the ability to be reincarnated....INTO Jack,to reslaughter people...Failed to Kill Wife,Which Probably Stopped the CYCLE!
I've never heard your interpretation before. I like it!
@@robbyrob0723 Watch the sequel of this movie, Doctor Sleep, they explore that side of this universe a bit more
So many questions like how-why wasn’t the Hotel able to get Hallowman? In the book he survives.
Jack Nicholson is considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time. Another great film of his is " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" , which swept the Oscars in 76, including best actor for Jack.
Yes! Please watch cuckoos nest. You will love it.
Or as good as it gets. Another oscar win for Jack.
Or even Batman 89 when he portrayed Joker.
Don't forget about his turn as The Joker in Batman (1989).
Bucket List
The Departed
Batman
As Good as it Gets
SOOOOO many more.
The picture is to symbolize the hotel "absorbing" Jack and now he is trapped there. Danny's "shine" was extremely powerful, which gave more "omph" to the ghosts of the Overlook, allowing them to manefest in a stronger fashion than they usually can. "Tony" is actually future Danny. HIs name is Daniel Anthony Torrence. His shine is so strong that he can see what's going to happen. His younger self can't process it but the older one can and saves himself.
I think the picture ties out more to what Stanley Kubrick explained, that it’s a cycle of evil reincarnation. Which is why the ghost tells him he’s always been the care taker.
@@erikamendez6999 You are correct. Another interesting thing that many people miss is that that Charles Grady, who killed his family in 1970, is a reincarnation of Delbert Grady, the ghost in the restroom. It makes sense that the two girls were Delbert's daughters, not Charles. Girls didn't wear dresses like that in 1970..it looks more like 1920s or 30s fashion.
One of the greatest horror movies of all time. Also, Jack Nicholson should have won an Oscar for that performance.
SHELLEY is the one who should have won the Oscar. Jack just did what he always does, while being treated like royalty. Shelley tore herself apart trying to do her job, all the while being treated like offal by the director, who didn't give a krap about her mental health. SHE is the one who moved body and soul to do to the job, not the lionized, spoiled male star.
No no no... THE greatest horror movie of all time. lol
You can't take away his performance for sure.
@@Serai3 Woke much?
Yeah alright!!! Not even close...
The scariest thing about the "All work and no play makes Jack A dull boy" is not that it's telling Wendy that Jack is going crazy. Nope it's telling her Jack has been crazy for a long time.
...but it might, also, be even more scary, to see the Easter Egg, hidden in the word "All".
I recommend, Jay Weidner's "Kubrick's Odyssey: parts 1 and 2".
I will tell you, nothing more.
“Here’s Johnny” is one of the most famous catch phrases in television history from the Johnny Carson show intro during 60s/70s/80s.
Best horror movie ever. Didn't rely on jump scares and special effects. Just damn good acting.
Addendum: best acting has got to go to the kid that played Danny. Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson were already accomplished and veteran actors, but this kid absolutely nailed his role. Veteran skills in such a young up and coming actor
I'd put Alien just a tiny bit above it, but yea agreed
Actually, the word “Tuesday” was a terrifying jump scare.
@@ShadowRyu funny cause that kid didn’t even know what was going on
There are a number of jumpscares.
The guy that plays Dick Hallorann is the same guy that sings "Everybody wants to be a Cat" in Aristocats. One of my favorites as a kid.
Scatman Cruthers was also the voice of Hong Kong Fuey,. One of my favorites as a kid.
And the voice of that smooth talking Autobot, Jazz, in the original Transformers cartoon.
In the dubbed German version, they translated Jack typed lines with _''Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.'''_
Yes, the hotel was completely haunted, and the spirits especially wanted Danny, and were driving Jack crazy in order to get him. At the end, Jack was absorbed into the hotel, just like all of the other spirits. The director Stanley Kubrick likes having ambiguous endings, but that's what is goin on. Jack Nicholson is a tremendous actor, and this movie gave him all the opportunity to do what he does. I hope you see more of him on the channel.
That was the perfect comment about the film. Having read the book and seeing the movie several times I pretty much came to the same conclusion.
I came to say the same thing. Basically the hotel was like a carnival funhouse with the breakers pulled. It fed on "shine" energy. Some guests with the shine would see little unnerving things or get spooked, but the hotel really couldn't do anything, like Dick Halloran told Danny. However, if Halloran's shine was like a candle, Danny's was like a searchlight. Halloran got Danny to try and say something to him with the shine. Danny shined a friendly "Hi Dick!" to him and about knocked him out of his chair. He told Danny if he ever needed help to shine at him and he would probably hear it all the way in Florida. Danny staying in the hotel was like charging a battery, the longer he stayed, the more powerful the hotel became. The hotel wanted Jack to kill Danny, because then it would have Danny's power and there would be no stopping it. Also, it wasn't just a foreboding of dread the Halloran felt in Florida. It was Danny shine screaming at the top of his "voice", "Help me Dick!!!! Oh please come help me!!!" From 2000 miles away it almost made his brains run out his ears.
Brill Actor. Another good Jack Nicholson movie is As Good As It Gets with Helen Hunt.. I am sure you guys will love it.
@@stanmann356 Such a great book!!!
To me it was almost like Jack was taken over by a spirit that resides in the hotel. Although he wasn't a very nice guy before he came to the hotel, he becomes possessed and the spirit of the hotel is completely in control of him by the end of the story.
One of my favorite actors! Everything he’s been in great performance. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,Ironweed, Hoffa, The Witches of Eastwick,China Town, Five Easy Pieces,Wolf,Terms of Endearment,As Good as it Gets,Batman, Something’s Gotta Give,A Few Good Men,The Bucket List
... also, The Departed.
I think the first movie he was in was my favorite. Many actors star’s first movie. “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest”
I don't think Amber can handle Cuckoo's Nest! 🤣
I would also add The Last Detail to that list
@@ChristinaMcF no I think if she can handle this movie and a couple of others that they've already reacted to then I don't think cuckoo's nest is going to be a problem for her!!
Rest in peace, Ms. Duvall 😢
Shelley Duvall
July 7, 1949 - July 11, 2024
RIP😢
Hands down you two have THE BEST reaction to this movie! A lot of viewers don't like Wendy and dismiss Shelley Duvall's acting, but I've always thought this was a tremendous performance from her. Your empathy picked up on the fear a real woman and mother might feel in her situation and you were right there with her rooting for her. OMG guys! Great reaction. There is a part two to this. Now you gotta check out Doctor Sleep.
Not to mention, Shelley still suffers mentally from what Stanley Kubrick did to her. He even kept her isolated on set to make her really feel as if she was alone.
Liked her in Popeye.
You’re a dead on right I loved Dr. sleep I don’t know how you felt about it as a follow up
Asia and BJ have a good one as well.
Popcorn in Bed has the best reactions to scary movies, including this one.
“How do ya like it?” 😈📝😱🪓
The sense of dread is unrelenting & Jack’s performance was *SUPERB!*
As a kid at a time when no effort was made to prevent children from watching whatever adults watched on TV, I remember at the age of five or six being so confused and terrified of the man in the bear or pig costume and also vaguely aware that there was something vaguely sexual going on.
Fun fact Stephen King stayed at the historic (and haunted) hotel in Estes Park, Colorado called the Stanley Hotel that inspired him to write The Shining. The hotel also has a haunted room and has a very rich history that was also considered THE getaway spot for the elite around the turn of the century. 🙂
It was filmed at Mt Hood Ski lodge in Oregon, off season
The hotel absorbs people who have the shining. Danny’s dad has a little bit of it which is why he saw those things. Danny’s shining is very powerful because he could even tell the future with his shining. Danny’s mom was able to see the ghosts of the hotel in the end as Jack was fully absorbed and they were beginning to absorb Danny which would make the hotel even more powerful.
"Firestarter" has a similar theme of the mom + dad's special abilities combining in the child. Except in that case, the supernatural abilities are induced or triggered by government experimentation, rather than being triggered by a haunted luxury lodge.
Aside, have you ever seen "The Men Who Stare at Goats"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats
Yes, that is correct. I've read the book a few times, and I get the impression every time that Jack Torrance drank partially because of his shining ability. I'm not condoning his actions, especially when he beat the crap out of those students when he worked for that college, but there is always an underlining reason people abuse drugs.
I assumed that after Jack kills Dick Hallorann, the hotel gets a huge boost of energy from his 'shine' so any non-shine person, i.e Wendy, can see the ghosts.
I love rewatching movies with both of you as it’s like watching it with friends and you’re excited to hear their thoughts on it.
The hotel itself is a demonic entity that feeds on pain, suffering and death. It's explained in the book that Jack also had the shine when he was a boy but gradually grew out of it and rationalised it away.
As for Mr Halloran, in the book Danny tries to warn him with the shine but the hotel - which has begun to wake up as Jack feeds it with Danny and Wendy's terror (hence why Wendy begins to see the ghosts of the hotel too towards the end) - stops him.
I love your innocence and love of others, the world needs more of you two!
Just when you think that Jack is losing his mind and this is all a delusion, ya gotta ask yourself, who opened the pantry door?
Tony
It's the power of the mind bro
It was the hotel (Grady) that opened the door.
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 ….no.
Either it opened by itself due to not being locked correctly or Grady opened it
My understanding of "The Shining" is that the hotel - or, really, the entity/spirits that inhabit the hotel - absorb the souls/power of those who die there. Although Jack had a little bit of the shining (which is why he was able to see the spirits, interact with them, and have his brain whispered into by the hotel), Danny (who inherited the power from his father) was particularly powerful with it and the hotel wanted him to die there so it could absorb and use his power. At first, you see the spirits scouting him out (when he first sees the little girls, they're watching him, then, after they see him see them, they look at each other and turn and walk away). Then it invites him in ("Come play with us, Danny, forever and ever and ever..."). He nopes out though, so then the hotel tries to trap him in by luring him into Room 237 and attempting to strangle him. He gets away, so then the hotel pushes harder on Jack - someone in the physical world - to get him to kill Danny because Danny is too strong for the spirits to do it.
The movie uses that high-pitched tone whenever the shining power is in use. We hear it first when Tony is showing Danny why he doesn't want to go to the hotel (the first premonition of the blood elevator, the first vision of the little girls, and Danny screaming). We hear it next when Danny is hearing Dick ask him telepathically if he likes ice cream. We hear it pretty much any time Danny is sensing (or about to sense something). BUT we also hear a quieter version of the same sound in that scene where Jack is just standing and staring creepily at nothing for a long time. The sound is quieter because his power is not as strong as Danny's but, at that moment, the hotel is whispering into his brain, working to corrupt him.
Jack seeing the spirits, the party, the alcohol, and all that is not just his imagination. It's the same as Danny seeing the little girls. Jack also has the shining (though he probably doesn't know it), so he's able to see the spirits that infest the hotel. He's weaker than Danny, though, and damaged: He's got an alcohol problem, he writing career is not successful, he's not happy in his marriage, he's got anger issues, etc. so he's more malleable than Danny. He's easier prey for the hotel.
Like I said, the spirits get trapped or absorbed by the hotel but I sometimes wonder if there's meant to be a larger, more evil entity that's behind it all (and just using the spirits as tools, messengers, or masks as it does its work). I think it's interesting that the bartender, Lloyd, and the full bar only appear right after Jack says, "I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer." The second he says that, Lloyd appears, the full bar appears, and the hotel (something demonic?) takes him up on his offer. Later, when Jack is at the big party and tries to pay for his drink, Lloyd says "Your money's no good here" (maybe because he already paid with his soul?) and that it's "Orders from the house." When Jack then says that he likes to know who's buying his drinks, Lloyd says, "It's not a matter that concerns you, Mr. Torrance. At least not at this point." Also, let's be real: If anybody looks like they could be the devil, Lloyd sure does. And I don't think he ever blinks in his scenes. Super creepy!
Tony, iirc, is Danny's middle name. I don't think Tony is meant to be a separate entity but is just, as Amber said, a personification of Danny's shining power, an identity to protect Danny from the more difficult, traumatic things. Kind of a split personality situation.
I don't think Wendy has the shining power. At that point in the story, she's trying to take Danny and escape from the hotel. As Grady insinuated when Jack was locked in the pantry, the hotel feels that Jack is bungling the job he's been given and has gotten bested by Wendy (who Grady mentions is stronger than they'd anticipated). The hotel is losing faith in him to do the job. So, while Jack is off chasing Danny into the maze, the hotel steps in and exerts it's power more overtly to distract/stop Wendy. Basically, whether it's burning more of its power to make things appear to her or it's just because Wendy is so emotionally ragged that she's more mentally vulnerable at that moment, the hotel is able to manifest to her.
A lot people say that Dick flies and drives all that way just to take an axe to the chest and accomplish nothing but I'd counter that the sound of him driving the snowcat up the drive is what saved Wendy. Jack was chopping his way into the bathroom and she had nowhere to go. When he heard the tractor, he left her there to go take care of Dick, giving her the opportunity to escape from the bathroom. If he hadn't arrived, she'd be dead and - best case scenario, assuming Jack still froze to death in the maze - Danny would've been alone in the hotel for months. Does he know how to cook? Run the heating? Fix the radio? I'm guessing no. And would the hotel keep attacking him? Probably. Dick didn't last long at the hotel but his arrival provided the distraction that saved Wendy and Danny.
BTW, I met Scatman Crothers IRL once when I was about Danny's age and my dad took me to a celebrity golf tournament. Scatman sang me a little song, did a little dance, and joked around to make me laugh. Lovely dude and I always remember that interaction fondly. Much better than the interaction I had with Bob Hope at the same tournament. I stepped up and asked him for an autograph but he was apparently mad about the shot he'd just whiffed and ignored me, got in his golf cart (which I was standing in front of), and jammed on the accelerator. My dad had to pull me out of the way.
As for Jack being in the photo at the end: I always interpreted that as the hotel absorbing his soul when he died. Like, I'd imagine he wasn't in the photo earlier but appeared in it after he died (kind of a "Twilight Zone"/creepy pasta type of ending). However, Stanley Kubrick - director of the movie and infamous for not talking too much about the mysteries in it - said in an interview that Jack being in the photo insinuated a reincarnation situation. This is also hinted at by the fact that the previous caretaker they talk about who axe-murdered his family ten years earlier was named Charles Grady but the butler Jack meets in the bathroom at the 1921 party identifies himself as Delbert Grady. So, in the same way our current Jack might be a reincarnation of a previous Jack, the more recent Charles Grady might've been a reincarnation of a 1920s Delbert.
Grady's line, "You've always been the caretaker" is still a little weird, even in light of the reincarnation thing. I tend to take it as the entity that's manipulating these people to do these horrific things has taken them over to some extent. So, like, Jack hasn't always been the caretaker, but the thing that's driving him mad and controlling him to some degree has always been the caretaker. Like, there's a continuity of evil in the hotel separate from the identities of the people that it wears/rides. In that same way, I feel like Delbert is both a spirit trapped in the hotel AND a mask that the hotel wears to communicate its orders to Jack.
I think it's also worth noting that the hotel works to corrupt Jack - or let him choose to corrupt himself - in different ways. He increasingly chooses anger when dealing with his wife, he drinks alcohol despite his promise not to, and he chooses to cheat on his wife by making out with the woman in 237. I always interpret the fact that she turns into the dead hag and begins witch-laughing at him as the hotel mocking him for being so easily corrupted and giving in to his temptation.
Whatever the full truth is, it's a great, masterfully made movie and I'm glad you guys liked it. I think it really says something that one of the scariest, most effective horror movies is one in which only two people die (and one of them is the villain) and - not counting the elevator - you see very little blood and gore. Unlike slasher movies and whatnot, it doesn't rely on gory kills and violence, it instead uses sound, cinematography, and pacing to play with (and subvert) your expectations and build an increasing level of suspense and dread until you're literally getting jump-scared by a title card that says "TUESDAY."
And the Overlook Hotel also took out the true Jack’s background. He has always been evil and the movie gives us hints that Jack has sexually abused his son which caused Danny’s Tony double personality.
Great, great comment
In the sequel to Doctor Sleep, Dany just says that she always thought Tony was her imaginary friend! But she never makes it clear who Tony is.
What an amazing review!
Jack Nicholson in one flew over the cuckoo nest is a classic!!
Yess… he won his first of three Oscars for that role
The acting, the framing, the atmosphere, the sound design, every aspect of filmmaking is shown to perfection in this film. This and The Exorcist will stand the tests of time no matter what. Masterpiece
Don't forget Halloween 1978 and The Thing 1982. Those are my top 4 along with the 2 you mentioned.
I absolute love how emotionally invested you two get into the characters in the movies you watch.
Same Here
I can't believe how far you've both come. I remember you were frightened of Ghostbusters and you've survived The Shining! 🤣
All exterior shots of the Hotel are filmed in Oregon at the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. It is a beautiful resort!
My impression was that Jack's insomnia did get to him, but the hotel was also definitely haunted. I feel like the spirits used his fragile mental state against him. It's kinda genius because it leaves the audience constantly wondering what's in Jack's mind and what's the hotel haunting. Classic horror with excellent performances!
So Jack is:
Going crazy
Being possessed
Or remembering and going back to a past life.
@@need-to-know- d) All of the above
I think the hotel is able to use its spirits to drive already-unstable people crazy (who DON’T have The Shining) and drive them to murder other people for the hotel, so the hotel can absorb those spirits
Jack was ripe for manipulation by the hotel
@@need-to-know- deadass all of them💀 the person who made the movie made an interview saying that the picture at the end represented some kind of evil reincarnation cycle where jack is always reincarnated as the clerk
Jack brought the hotel back to life with his decent from sanity.
I read this book when it came out and I was working in a little shop by myself. This book messed me up for months. Then when the movie came out I stupidly watched that too. Way too intense for me. Now I'm watching it with you guys. Guess we'll all be leaving lots of lights on for a while. Take care, my friends.
You've ALWAYS been reading the Book..!!
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I think the book is scarier.
@@Steven_Snell way scarier, no doubt about that! I kind of hope that either both Amber and Jay read it or at least one of them reads it and does a follow up on it
@@Steven_Snell I have to agree, even though the movie is the best Horror film I've ever seen!! I read the book 2-3 times from Middle School to High School! The book is very long, so they had to adapt it for film and I think they did an excellent job of it.
RIP Shelley Duvall (1949 - 2024) 🙏
At the 58:11 mark. I had to go back and watch this just to see and hear the agony that came out of both Jordan and Amber when Hallorann got killed. Amber went from sheer torment to sheer anger in a blink. Jordon just looked like he was sick to his stomach. I love the way you both throw yourselves into these reveiws. The movies are made so much bette by it.
Yes. And Amber’s reaction to what seemed like Wendy’s certain doom was… I don’t even have the words for it.
I think you mean 47:26.
I absolutely loved the reactions of Jay and Amber! This is such an iconic movie, and no longer scary to me, but watching these two react was absolutely wonderful, made my day!
In the book Mr. Halloran lives.
Jack Nicholson is a heavy hitter. Some of the best movies. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , A Few Good Men, Easy Rider, Chinatown , Batman (1989). So many more.
lol @how quickly Amber stopped laughing at 17:55
Guys, it's the hotel. It's the hotel that has claimed another soul. Brilliant reaction to this utter classic, thank you.
I just wanted to say, I love your reactions, but I think the horror ones are the most fun just because you're both such clearly nice people who don't usually go in for dark or scary things like that, and so it's a really "pure" reaction done in good faith. It makes the ride so much fun, to get to watch you guys experience such classic quality horror films for the first time. I've enjoyed your music reactions for a while now, but your movie reactions are quickly becoming my favorite. Keep it up! And Happy Halloween! :)
During the creepiest opening of all time - “wow those trees are gorgeous” lol.
hell yeah
This was beautifully said and I fully agree. Have a great day. 😊
You shouldn't watch their Airplane reaction. That one was so awkward and bizarre.
The hotel is actually real with lots of real hauntings. The hotel is built on a mountain that has quartz crystals in it so it’s a theory since quartz is a memory crystal it houses spiritual memory. Basically like an everlasting recording of spiritual imprints. Interesting stuff.
Another brilliant movie starring Jack Nicholson is "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST" not a horror but just a masterpiece of film
I hope they watch one day
Also check out As Good As It Gets with Jack Nickleson.
I read the book numerous times before I saw the movie. A lot of people were critical of the flick because the book was so good (many rank it amongst the best horror novels of all time). I know now we were too harsh because Kubrick could only pack in so much in a two-hour movie to keep it concise and yet action-packed. Seeing your reaction because you didn't know the story going in is priceless and really helps show that this is a true classic just by your sheer enjoyment and seeing you get creeped out. Great reaction.
I am biased because I saw the film years before I read the novel and it has always been a favorite of mine. It's been a long time, but I think the novel is much more clear that the hotel itself is evil. Kubrick made it more ambiguous between supernatural happenings and Jack's cabin fever, which I think is what makes the film so powerful and puzzling.
Kubrick's film and King's novel are entirely different creations. I don't think that Kubrick cared much about King's vision and intentions. That could explain why King didn't like the film.
I’ve only ever seen the film (and I’m a true believer in reading a book before watching a movie, as much as possible). But the film made me too afraid to read the book!! It’s terrifying and brilliant and I still don’t fully understand it. Should I brave the book?!?
@@jenniferkasowicz9463 I think it depends on one's love of the genre and what one can handle. In my opinion King gets readers invested in the characters and in this book the Overlook Hotel is one of the greatest characters he's ever created. It's worth the read just to re-live the historical horrors of the hotel (pardon the alliteration). I have read it at least a dozen times solely because of how King crafts the story and triggers my imagination to bring things to life. Early King has that effect on me. I think every horror reader should give this book a read as much as any other title frequently acknowledged as a classic. Just my spin :)
The shining really deserves a good series
"Here's Johnny" One of the best lines of the movie
Love the reaction. The picture at the end is a "ghost" picture of all the souls trapped within the hotel. A good follow-up to this is Doctor Sleep which centers on Danny as an older man and delves deeper into the Shining.
There's one line that most people miss on first viewing which explains so much of what happens next:
*bar is empty*
Jack: "...I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer."
*bar is stocked, Lloyd is there*
Lloyd: "what'll it be sir?"
A classic Jack Nicholson move is "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". It was the movie that basically made Nicholson's career because his acting was so spot on and compelling, as was the entire cast really.
And the actor that went up to rescue the boy in this film, was also in Cuckoo's nest, and was fantastic.
The best depiction of a mental hospital anyone had ever seen up to that point. The entire movie takes place in a mental institution, well with a few exceptions.
The movie has a lot of spirit, some comedy and drama, some ups and downs. I don't want to be a spoiler. It probably did more good than Geraldo Rivera's documentary to expose the authoritarian abuses of the mental health system.
But at the same time, you didn't feel there was a good side or a bad side. It was a system where people were trying to do good. It was clean and professional. But also maddening from certain perspectives. And whenever people are locked up there are abuses and petty power games. Some people have a bit too much power over others, and they get used to it and think they are Gods, And that is where abuses of justice can happen. I don't want to spoil it. I'm doing a terrible job of selling it lol. Databyter
One flew over the cuckoo's nest is amazing. You both said you like Danny Devito and he is in that as well. I believe the novel was written by Ken Kesey.
The mans name was "Scatman Crothers"
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@@LibraKing3121 You're right. I'm a big fan but I couldn't remember it. Databyter
Indian burial ground for 2 tribes and the isolation made Jack slip into madness. The ghosts of the Overlook basically made Jack one of them and he's there forever now. Jack was already having mental health issues and this pushed him over the edge. You guys should read the book its SO much better detail
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Jack Nicholson's face is everything in this movie. He actually plays the devil in Witches of Eastwick.
I remember that one! I also liked him with Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List.
I think one of the reasons it's so terrifying and unnerving is because it gives you hints at what's causing all the madness but never tells you. Creates stories and theories ever after. Really gets under your skin. A true classic. You guys are great, best of luck with the channel! 🤘
I love how danny jump starts his track by pushing the wheel
I think what is great about 'The Shining' is how it doesn't need a great deal of gore to create the sense of dread. It works on a subliminal level.
It makes you feel uncomfortable and sometimes you don't understand why.
Ditto Halloween 1978.
You haven't watched a scary movie until you watch William Peter Blattys "The Exorcist" That movie affected me on a primal level that no other horror movie has, it's pure untapped horror...a real classic.
You have to watch the directors cut, has a little extra 😲
Do NOT watch the director's cut. They added a bunch of CGI effects that take away from the original version.
Believe or not. My grandmother did the demonic voice in the exorcist . Her name was Mercedes. Grandma Carlotta. I miss her she passed in 2004.
Exorcist too scary fir me and i love horror
They’re NOT READY!! 😂 I need a young priest and an old priest!!
24:04 this line legit makes me laugh every time he says it
What makes this movie one of the best thrillers is the imagery that sticks with you forever and ever and ever. I saw this movie in the theatre and those twins + Jack Nicholson's facial expressions have popped into my head randomly for all those years - still do.
Imagery that sticks with you forever and ever is a hallmark of all Kubrick movies.
Doctor Sleep is a very good follow up to this, not made until a few years ago. Shows Danny grown up and all the problems he has because of what happened to him. Explains a lot more about what's going on with the Shining and with the hotel. Not as much of a psychological horror but still very sinister.
The exterior shots of the resort are from Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon. The internal shots are likely sets.
I'm a lightweight but I did watch this many many years ago and haven't watched it since, until now. You guys did great!! For a good fun movie, 9 to 5 starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin. A good fun movie!! It will have you laughing!!
9 to 5 would be a fun reaction
"Steel Magnolias" with Dolly Parton (Southern women - laughing and crying movie)
@@itsmedino or "Steel Magnolias" is another great movie with Dolly and so many great actors.
@@giarogers ewwww that is a good call. I think Jordan would not be thrilled but he would enjoy it.
9-5 IS sooo fun!
The exteriors were shot at Timberline Lodge in Oregon, on Mount Hood. Been there many times. The interior was filmed at a hotel in Colorado.
Fun fact. The carpet in the hallways when Danny is riding his tricycle was used in Toy Story at Sids house, the carpet pattern is the same. Also in Toy story 4 when they go into the antique store the song playing is Midnight the stars and you which is also in The Shining in the ballroom scene and at the end when zooming in on the picture. The director of the Toy Story movies was a huge fan of The Shining!
I saw this first time in a nearly empty theater a matinee showing by myself in college in 1980. SO good to see it again with y'all. Scatman Crothers was known for his scat, wish you could watch him do some. Also Shelley Duvall played Olive Oyl in the live-action musical Popeye with Robin Williams, which would be fun for the whole family, (only time that my Mom, Dad, sister, nephew, brother-in-law and I sat in a theater.)
The Exorcist is consistently voted as the scariest movie ever made, but if that is too much for Jay to handle, three good horror-comedies to react to would be Young Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and Shaun of the Dead.
Re-watching this I realized I *had* to comment on the moment Amber said "What is she doing?" when the mom was on the phone switchboard. Yes, my young friends, THAT was how phones worked at a place like that. An operator would actually switch phone lines to connect calls to different places, rooms, outside, long distance, etc. 🙂 Good times!
The scene where Wendy sees the person in the bear costume in the hotel room, it's heavily implied that was a hooker and the man on the bed was her customer. They were of course, ghosts at that point.
I remember in the book that Wendy had some psychic ability also, but maybe to a lesser degree than her husband or Danny. That last part where she was running through the hotel in a panic and seeing all those things, was Wendy finally awakening to her ability and seeing the spirits all around.
Psst....that was no "she"....in the book it was a man in a bear costume from the party and the man in the tux...both ghosts.
Exactly. I think that was touched on in Doctor Sleep, wasn't it? It has been a minute.
Yay! I was waiting for you to watch this! It's terrifying! To clarify the scene between Danny & Mr. Hallormann both "Shining" that prompted Hal lormann to come back to the hotel, Danny was sending Mr. Hallormann a psychic message that they were in trouble. That's why Danny's head was shaking like that. I think it's hard to depict people sending each other, telepathic psychic messages so I think I can understand the confusion. (Shining is another way of talking about psychic gifts). Remember, Hallormann said that people who "shine" see things that others don't want to see. When you mentioned Wendy started seeing things at the end, I think it suggests that she opened her mind to seeing the actual terrors of the hotel. Remember, she was being bright & cheerful in the beginning. She wanted things to work out, so she wasn't open. But at the end, she finally saw what Danny had been seeing all along. For some comic relief to help you recover, I suggest watching Young Frankenstein.
You guys are so much fun to watch. I rewound many times because of your jumps and facial reactions. Love it
Awesome! I just watched it for the first time in a theater last night. Not the first time ever, but the artistry of Kubrick's shots looks amazing on the big screen.
Jay & Amber this was the best reaction I have ever seen. Amber was livid when Skatman’s character died!! 😂😂
In the book he actually survives that
@@AscendedXSaiyan and the tv miniseries remake
Imagine at the cinemas everybody jumping together 😂
Shamans character is still alive in Dr. Sleep.
The lights on thing was funny AF. LoL the look on he's face when he saw the little girls. Lmao
Amber, you are amazing. You picked up so many more little but significant parts to that movie than I did in probably the first 5 times I watched it. And there is no one out there reacting to music who does it better. The way you explain the details in a song whether you are referring to the instruments or the lyrics or the feelings you just make me feel what you feel. Thank you for that. Jay, you rock. Your kids must think you are the best dad in the world.
I agree with every word written above ^^^!
That was a great frickin' reaction and you edited it for UA-cam perfectly. This movie has "Easter eggs" all over the place, but briefly the Overlook Hotel is an entity that feeds on violence. Even the name Overlook the director utilizes in the visuals like when Jack looks down on the model of the maze yet somehow sees Wendy and Danny within it or how the camera personifies the hotel's malignant spiirit following Danny through hallways and seemingly leading him to the two slaughtered daughters standing at the end of it. It's funny early in the reaction when Danny is riding his Big Wheel over carpets and floor, Amber said, "He could ride through that place for ever and ever," and I was like Amber's totally on a subliminal wavelength because that phrase "for ever and ever" you all are going to hear soon and it makes sense because the Overlook is like the past and present intertwining forever.
Jack had writer’s block (throwing ball against the wall) before he looks into the maze. When he has a vision of Wendy and Danny in the maze, he develops the story for the book. Much of what we see after this scene is about Jack’s story he’s writing at the type writer.
The scene where Wendy “bothers”’ Jack while he’s writing is part of the story he’s writing. He gets all angry and looks dishevelled after his story book character argues with her. When they show him typing after that scene he’s all calm and not dishevelled at all, indicating the Wendy scene never really happened.
This movie is a true classic! I watch it almost every year. Love Jack! - maybe try "The Witches of Eastwick" This also stars Cher.
This movie is very intense, very thought provoking, and frightening 🎃
This is probably the greatest ever film that diverted from the original source material.
As terrifying as the movie is, there's little actual violence until the very end but it's a masterclass in building up the audience's tension over the course of the movie. Hence the 'funny jumpscare' near the end to relieve some of it before the terror ratchets up to 11 in the final act.
I love this channel. I feel like I know you guys. Such natural and unforced reactions. I love watching movies that I love with you.
My best friend and I went to see “The Shining” in 1980 in the theater when we were 15. We still laugh about it. We were terrified. 😊❤️
I agree these guys are definitely the real deal they never fake an emotion or anything to be honest that's why I am a big fan of these guys!! Some of these other channels you can really tell that they're kind of exaggerating some of their reactions to certain scenes and it's kind of lame whereas Rob Squad does not do that!!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 they're the only reaction channel I've stuck with.
Jack Nicholson is one of the all-time greats. The whole cast is great really. The boy, Shelly Duvall, and the inimitable Scatman Crothers. Amber: "I really dislike him." That's the genius of Jack Nicholson.
Great reaction to this iconic movie! For next Halloween, you must do the Exorcist, if you haven't already. Also Poltergeist. Also, the movie Magic with a young Anthony Hopkins is another great movie with a fabulous actor going crazy.
Would love to see you react to some older (older) psychological thrillers like “Rear Window” (1954), “Gaslight” (1944), and “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968).
Rosemary's Baby is a rough one. I'm not sure they could handle that one. It is very hard to get through.
Rear Window is one of my favorite movies.
Rosemary's Baby is a hard watch. Up there with another Kubrick masterpiece - Eyes Wide Shut
@@wendyhodges7172 I agree Wendy.
GASLIGHT is an EXCELLENT movie, starring Charles Boyer (pronouned "Boy- yay" he's a famous French actor) and Ingrid Bergman. The movie is from 1944. I have seen it so many times. Every time I see it, I think of my mother saying any time our lights might flicker, "Charles Boyer must be in the attic" IF you WATCH the movie you will understand why my mother would say that. It's a good suspense movie. Another SUSPENSE movie is "DIAL M FOR MURDER" from 1954 starring GRACE KELLY and RAY MILLAND. LOVE these movies.
Having the advantage of having read the book really helps fill in some of the gaps. The hotel itself was evil, due to the fact of where it had been built. There was a history of suicides and murders. Crimes of passion as well as a few mob hits. Far more than just the previous caretaker. Also, Danny’s full name was Daniel Anthony Torrence. “Tony” was Danny’s older self from the future trying to help him survive.
If he had an older self in the future then I guess he survived lol
the screams at the beginning of the film where the intro music is playing are supposedly the echoes of the massacred Indians? as the hotel was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, Indian themed rugs etc in the hotel, those spirits more than likely were possessing the building. EVERYTHING in the hotel had a very tragic history from the past.
A perfect horror film by Stanley Kubrick 🎥 🎞 🎬
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@@FUCKINGENIOUS yea, I guess I should have said that he was trying guide his younger self through and help him as best he could. It’s been a long time since I read the book, but if I remember correctly, Danny didn’t even know for sure who Tony was. Also in the book, there was a lot more prompting from Tony as to how that survival was going to happen.
@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 the idea of an Indian burial ground was not in the book. But I do think it was a nice touch in the movie
You talk about snow I grew up in a suburb of Chicago. When I was 12 years old in 1967,
The camera work on this film is amazing. Like when Jack was swinging the axe, the way the camera followed the swing giving it way more power. Also the sweeping shots that followed Danny on his 'big wheel' around the corners so you couldn't immediately see what's coming. On another conspiracy note: Notice the Apollo 11 shirt Danny wore in one scene. It's said that Stanley Kubrick filmed the moon landing on a sound stage to help 'sell' it and 'beat' Russia in the space race.
Jay Weidner's "Kubrick's Odyssey: parts 1 and 2", goes into a great deal of the Easter Eggs, both of this film, and Kubrick's other film "2001: A Space Odyssey", and their potential meanings.
Lol, its also been proven that he COULDNT have filmed the moon landing, on a sound stage.
I have always felt Jack had the Shining too. Danny had to get it from somewhere, but Jack's ability was so weak that he could only sense things were out of place subconsciously and it drove him mad. Kind of like Kevin Bacon in Stir of Echoes. Danny's ability was obviously much stronger. It also felt to me that the spirits in that hotel didn't really manifest themselves until a long time after Danny got there, leading me to believe that somehow they were able to feed off of Danny's power and became strong enough to manifest themselves physically where even Jack was able to perceive them and in the end even Wendy. Even the Cook who worked in the Hotel had the Shining and still the spirits didn't become an issue until Danny got there. I could be missing something though in the history of the hotel.
Your reactions are so empathetic, keen, funny and charming. I really enjoyed watching you both experience this incredible movie for the first time.
They don’t make movies like this anymore! And there is no acting like this anymore either. Just phenomenal acting by everyone in this film. Stanley Kubrick was a one of a kind director. Amazing reaction!
You guys are just the sweetest, most wholesome folks ever, and I almost don't want ya'll to watch any more horror movies for all the stress it puts you two through 😂💙
That being said, I thought ya'll might take a little comfort in knowing that Mr. Hallorann survived in the book and saved them. In this version I take comfort still in knowing that he brought them the vehicle they needed in order to get away and survive, so his death wasn't entirely meaningless. He still saved them in my opinion.
As for the hotel and everything that Jack saw - my understanding is that the hotel, (as Mr. Hallorann said), had the shining as well in a way, and it was FEEDING off of Danny. I do think his dad also had some small Shining ability too which is what made him a target, but Danny had a whole lot MORE shining in him, and the hotel was growing stronger the longer Danny was there. This is why at the end Wendy could finally see everything as well because the hotel was strong enough to actually manifest those things to everyone. The sequel to this movie (Doctor Sleep), explains it a little more, but I do NOT suggest you guys watch that movie. There a couple truly horrific scenes that you both would hate.
But, if you guys are looking for something more lighthearted to watch, if ya'll haven't seen it yet then please give Stardust a try sometimes. It's a sort of spiritual successor to Princess Bride, I feel like, and it's one of my favorite fantasy movies of all time.
Also Danny was more consciously aware of having it. Tony was basically his conception for communicating with it. Jack was unaware that he had the ability which made it easier for the hotel to target him.
Individually you are both brilliant, together you are spectacular. Love your movie and music channels, better entertainment than TV at the moment
Between what King intended when he wrote the novel and what Kubrick imagined and the cast and director brought to the screen are two different visions. There are a lot of interpretations, but one thing I liked was to learn the little kid never even knew it was a horror movie until years later.
Do you know King‘s version of the film (5 hrs tv movie)? I prefer this newer version. As much as I adore Kubrick, the newer version is more along the novel and it also explains who Tony really is….
If it makes you feel any better Hallorann didn't die in the book. This was a fantastic reaction and probably the best editing I've seen of The Shining. Now we are so used to CGI but when they filmed the elevator blood scene, that really happened. They filled that up with (fake) blood and really only had one chance to get it right. I saw an interview where they said Kubrick couldn't even watch until it they were done filming it because he was so nervous it might not work. Jay, you made me laugh so hard throughout this. Amber I love you mom-heart so much. Really fun, thanks guys!
They only alluded to Jack Torrance’s alcoholism in the movie.
Love your reviews. You guys are so fun to watch. So in the orignal book and it's sequel Doctor Sleep, it's somewhat explained that the Shining comes from Jack's side of the familly. I don't want to go too much into spoilers, so I'll leave it that it's part of the reason why Jack drinks and why Danny has substance abuse problems as an adult in the sequel. They are drinking to dull the shinning. In this film version, they basically eliminated that and there's no explanation as to why Jack has a drinking problem in the first place. He just has it and the hotel exploits that from basically the beginning and they make it so it seems like he was the reincarnated version of the guy in the photo from the 1920s and that's why he came back. A TV movie was made in the late 90's with Rebecca Demorny playing Wendy (that was filmed in the actual hotel that Stephen King used as inspiration for the Overlook) which follows the book almost exactly. In that version (and the book), Jack was doing pretty well in not craving alcohol (which the hotel doesn't even keep onsight when its closed) for the first few months they were at the hotel and was even going to AA meetings before they got snowed in. However, once they get totally cut off, the hotel ratchets up the psychological attacks on Jack and he begins to hallucinate. One major difference in the TV version is that Jack struggles with it and is trying to fight it whereas in this film, Jack seems a little nutty from the start and doesn't really seem to fight it. Anyway, eventually the hotel begins to harnass Danny's power and is able to use it to manifest a full bar of various types of alcohol and Jack is so worn down from the stress that he can't resist. Once he starts drinking, he has almost no control of himself & the hotel is able to fully manipulate him into violence against his family which the hotel knew he wouldn't have done while he was sober. While this film makes it seem like the Overlook only wanted Jack, in the TV version, the hotel makes Jack think they want him when it was always only Danny they wanted. Jack is just the means to get Danny's soul and power. Personally I like the TV version better given it's accuracy towards the book. Apparently Stephen King hates this version even though it was popular as it felt the director Stanley Kubrick changed too much of it.
The Hotel is filled with bad events, and lots of bad ghosts. The book explains a lot more, and its a more in depth story than you realize. Look it up if you can. Excellent story when you understand more. Great reaction the both of you!
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Tony had to completely take over. Tony is the kid’s “Shining” or actual good spirit inside of Danny. It was NOT Jack’s imagination. There are evil spirits in that hotel. Your next movie should be, “Dr. Sleep”. It is the conclusion of this story and how Danny had to lock up those spirits now that he is all grown up.
@55:40 Jack Nicholson has a crazy face, when he tells his wife "I don't want to hurt you, I just want to bash your brains in" always gives me chills.
One of the best horror storytellers and one of the best filmmakers decided to make a movie.
King's horror isn't just gore, it's the buildup of characters you care about when they are hurt, or sometimes the creeping horror of knowing what is going to be happen and then having to wait forever in anticipation.
Although Stephen King hates this movie and makes it clear he has nothing to do with it.
@@taniaPBear Because barely anything from the book made it into the movie. They are both great IMO.
@@taniaPBear I hated it too watching it after freshly finishing the book, but now years later when i forgot the book completely I do enjoy it a lot XD
This is one of my favorite go to movies when I’m in the mood to watch a movie..the aerial shots in the movie are amazing and I can’t even guess how many times I’ve seen it and I read the book too.
R.I.P To A Beautiful Gorgeous Woman ❤❤❤❤, Shelley Duvall You Will Be Missed 😢
One of my favorite subtle storytelling bits is Jack talking to Lloyd. "I like you, Lloyd. I always liked you. You were always the best of them." Implying that he's know Lloyd for a looong time.
Great reaction guys.
If you want some of your questions answered, I recommend watching the sequel called "Doctor Sleep" that they made in 2019 (almost 30 years later after The Shining). It is a very good film in its own right, and it explains a lot more about the shining (the stuff going on at the hotel was real by the way - some of it was in Jack's head, but the evil and the ghosts' ability to make things happen in the real world are real.)
Anyway, Doctor Sleep is a very different film from The Shining and is not as creepy as The Shining is, but it is still a really good film with a great story, amazing casting, and top shelf acting. You guys should react to it soon. :)
Doctor Sleep is a very worthy sequel to both the book and the movie. I really hope they react to it!
Amber said, "That movie was nuts". Yes indeed.
My wife’s favorite film and now also mine. My favorite scene is when Mr. H and Danny have their talk in the kitchen. Gives me goosebumps. Sets the stage for everything else.
Loved your reactions. In an interview the director Stanley Kubrik explains that the ending was to suggest an evil reincarnation cycle. He was the caretaker and so was Grady. He also said that it's better left unexplained. It was a short interview. I would love to see you reactions to The Exorcist. That would be a dilly.
I honestly worry about their reaction to that one. I don't know if J's heart could take it.
@@tud1366 Lol. I don't think so either.
The Exorcist! Wow! I'm not up for that one again. My parents wouldn't let me watch it when it came out, so watched it as an adult. I still thank my mother for not letting me see it as a tween.
I’m not sure they should watch the Exorcist. That one sticks with you- and not in a good way.
I've never figured this movie out, but it's truly eerie. Imagine seeing it in the theater. The jolt we felt when Danny turns the corner and the two girls are there. Like electricity up the spine and through the guts. One of the greatest jump scares in cinema history. Watching you two being so tense made me tense, even though I knew every minute. Watching with you was a lot of fun. Thanks.
The opening theme was composed by Wendy Carlos, a pioneer of synthesizer music.
This is truly one of the greatest reactions I've ever seen I can't stop watching his reaction when the twins speak it kills me and amber your a true lady for offering a blanky