Whatever underlying themes The Shining may or may not have Mark, I still believe it is a masterpiece in its own right that still stands up today....Incredible film!
Mark Kermode knows his movies, and in good humour i wrote a poem as a tribute to him, if you want to see it, simply just type in the following........My ode to Kermode
Thanks so much. Hope you like it. Its absolutly not meant to be negative or offensive, i wrote it on a whim, spontaneously without revising it, then hit the upload button ! Justin
justmadeit2 chill man. Don't apologise!! People always moan about something anyway. Damned of you do damned if you don't. You did good sir!! Never stop creating
Rob Ager and his channel Collative Learning is the one to watch if you wanna know more about the film. He’s been making videos about the Shining for a decade now I think, and my favorite one of them is the three part video about the Gold Room and how it’s tied up with the creation of the federal reserve bank. Fascinating stuff.
Enjoyed seeing this at the cinema for the first time tonight, no matter how many times you see a film on TV its never the same as seeing it on the big screen.
The Shining is truly Kubrick's best; the ending is superb and the hotel is a character in itself. Shelley's notoriously difficult relationship with Kubrick really contributed to her performance. I found out so much when I reviewed this myself.
The sad part is that if this movie was released today, general audiences would say the movie was boring, didn't make any sense, and not scary because there are no jump scares to tell them that it's scary. While book fans would say it's the worst thing ever for making changes.
The Shining is a classic Horror , I love the claustrophobic isolated desperation that envelopes Nicholson's character as he succumbs to the agonizing empty boredom, which ultimately drives him out of his mind and the madness of his paranoia turns him into a killer, its a masterpiece of horror and suspense, my top 5 greatest horrors are: 1.The Exorcist 2. The Shining 3. The Wicker Man 4. Rosemary's Baby 5. America Werewolf in London
I got to see perfect blue which was something that passed me by first time around and now i get to watch the shinning tonight, i really do love watching older films when they come back on the big screen.
The Thing is probably my favorite horror movie of all time, The Shining being No 2, even though sometimes I feel like switching their position. The Shining easily has one of the best opening credits with that terrifying odd soundtrack. The Exorcist opens with a Muslim Prayer, completely silent, but it works for setting the mood. I don't know if I could add the Exorcist on my top 10 list, besides Friedkin himself stated that its not a horror film, just a drama about the mystery of faith. I personally enjoyed the Sorcerer more, I like the idea of criminals taking a long journey to hell.
Stephen King can't handle the fact that Kubrick turned his mediocre novel into a wholly new, visually arresting tale filled with complex visual metaphors that hardly any of his other books adaptations manage to touch. Understandably he's got an ego too, after all.
Rafael Herschel King's story was "completely destroyed in the process"? Did Kubrick burn every copy of the book? King's version of the story still exists with or without the movie.
Kubrick took the basic premise from the novel, sacked off 90% of Stephen Kings story and made it his own. That's why it's a great film. I'm a fan of Stephen King but strict adaptations of his work rarely make for good cinema.
There is also Deckard's apartment number, it references 237. Ridley didn't get in touch with Stan on a whim in other words. There are lots of Kubrick references in Blade Runner, so Kubrick was always part of the plan, so getting in touch with him to get a hold of some landscape footage was an excuse to continue with the Kubrick homage.
Absolutely adore The Shining. One of my favourite films. Sadly I don't find it frightening anymore but I still find it creepy no matter how many times I see it.
I saw it at a different retrospective screening here in Toronto. And what really stood out to me was how unnatural the film feels. From frame one you just get this an easy sense of everything from its cinematography, music, performances. There are even long stretches that don't even feel like they're from the same movie. It understands that there's more than one way to get them in the audience skin rather than just throwing blood and guts at them
There's a good video on UA-cam about how the interior of the Overlook is impossible, with doors and corridors in places that they couldn't exist, the sort of thing that you don't really notice, but I think your subconscious realises that something is not quite right.
The opening music of The Shining is extracted from Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. But that musical theme itself comes from liturgical plainsong and is probably medieval in origin. If anyone reading this can tell me more about the plainsong origins, I would be most grateful. I;d love to know what point Kubrick was making with it.
I love it, I'm glad Kubrick moulded it in his own way and made it his own take of the story. I think he improved it, so maybe that's why Stephen King wasn't happy I don't know, it is a good film; and I consider it one of the scariest that doesn't quite follow his book.
Even though The Shining is not the first film to use Steadicam (Bound for Glory was the first), it used the same operator and more importantly, the inventor Garrett Brown for most of the shoot. Kubrick pushed Garrett to improve the Steadicam rig and operating so that it could be more 'production savvy'. However the originator of the 'low-mode' shot that follows Danny around the corridors of the hotel, was a shot that Garrett came up with years before in his original Steadicam reel that he touted to studios. In it, he follows his son on his tricycle around the exterior deck of the house to prove how low the camera could be to the floor. Another shot in the 'Steadicam reel' was a one take shot of Garrett filming is wife running up the steps of the Philadelphia library. This was later used in the film Rocky!!
'The Shining' holds up because the monsters were jettisoned--Kubrick and Diane Johnson instead focused on an average guy who feels worthless and has a huge chip on his shoulder because he never succeeded at anything, and the hotel isolation brings out his instability and rage. And you really feel the terror in the 'All Work And No Play' scene; Jack Nicholson practically busts through the screen as he rants and snarls "I'm just gonna BASH your BRAINS in!"
King dislikes the movie because the Jack Torrance character was more or less a stand in for himself. He was a drunk either at the time or right before he wrote it (which he's been very open about) and I think he felt a real connection to the character and novel because of it. Wendy Torrance was also a smart, capable woman in the novel as opposed to poor Shelley Duvall's genuinely terrified portrayal. Also, in the novel, Jack was more or less possessed by the Hotel and had a moment of clarity at the end that saved his family as opposed to the film where he's batshit crazy from the word go and ends up dying in a vain attempt to murder his son. THAT"S why Stephen King dislikes the film. The movie itself is brilliant but outside of character names and the setting, it has little to do with the novel.
Exactly! The 'proof' is the Frosted Flakes pack in the kitchen. Frosted flakes...Tony the tiger/ tony the little boy that lives in Danny's mouth..ot all hints that Danny is hiding in the kitchen and this the sequence in the maze was all part of Danny's plan to trap his Dad.
I think The Shining is the best of all time as far as horror films followed by The Exorcist, The Texas Chansaw Massacre, Jaws and Psycho. Five Classics right there ! Honorable Mentions .. Alien and The Thing !
00:20 The timming of the drumslap gong jumpscare noise has always annoyed me. If it where half a second later, it would be alot more effective as you have time to recognise that there actually is something down the hall. It needs to come the second you see the girls, not half a sec before. As it is now, it comes ahead and alert you that something will be around the corner. Ruins the scene for me.
Just posted the same thought. I never realized till now why the scene didn't have the impact it should have. The cue should, like you say, come in when the girls appear in shot. Otherwise it makes no sense. Or impact.
Since I've seen most scenes on social media, I didn't really find this film scary or interesting. Redrum, the twins, 'here's johnny' and 'all work no play makes jack a dull boy'
The Shining is a master CLASS in Horror, The american full cut 2 Hours 23mins is the better version, The european and uk cut version 1 hour 50 is not a good... The full cut remastered on blu ray is out now in the uk with collectors cards!
I saw this at the BFI a few years ago and if you didn't see it when it was released, it is definitely worth seeing on the big screen, as are all of Kubrick's films!
Some people have far too much time on their hands ,,, its just a movie , ,,that's all ,,,no metaphors ,no conspiracy,just a movie ,,,,some people really do need to get out more
Ok Mark how about some more top triv - if Bladerunner and The shining could be seamlessly joined like that, are they any other examples where it would be possible???
Regardless of King's view, its strength lies not in the narrative, but, like BR2049, in the cinematography and the score. Incidentally, this business of the aerial shots being donated to Scott for Blade Runner is not 'Top Triv', but one of the most widely known and boring titbits that one would have thought Doctor K could resist recycling, especially to his relatively cine-literate audience.
The idea of a film critic that The Shining has something to do with the holocaust in order to explain the river of blood that comes out of the elevator is nonsense
Honestly, reading through Reddit and *some* people are saying IT (2017) is better than the Shining. I wouldn’t even compare them at all, the Shining is a true masterpiece.
Well ehh, I enjoyed the book for what it was but the miniseries was really weak, some good moments here & there but I would pick Kubrick's version any day.
This and one flew over the cuckoos nest my favourite movies of all time,closely followed by pans labyrinth,also stanly Kubrick the best director of all time,clockwork orange,full metal jacket,Spartacus,Barry lyndon
Mark, you are an expert in all things film wise. Why don't you make a film. It would be perfect I'm sure. Or perhaps your too scared of being criticized.
The greatest horror of all time is Ringu. The whole American horror history together is not a tenth as scary as that single Japanese film. So when someone calls some Hollywood flick a greatest horror of all time it's just ridiculous. American horror could be terrifying only for small children, Asian horror is terrifying for everyone.
What's happened to Kermode Uncut lately? I'm sure that it used to be just Mark talking to the camera, now it's Mark talking to the camera with clips of the movie cropping up every few seconds. Is this irritating addition designed to try and keep the attention of those who have the attention span of a gnat?
Or else (and this is way, way, way more probable, since we know man went to the moon) that all Kubrick is doing (particularly knowing his wicked sense of humor) is messing with the heads of the conspiracy nut-jobs.
Possibly one of the most overrated films of all time. Not scary, creepy or remotely horrifying on any level. Love Kubrick - particularly PATHS OF GLORY and STRANGELOVE.
I'm happy if Dr Sleep manages to get even some things right according to the novel. But then again.. how can you compete with the typewriter scene or anything else? I've read both novels.. And Dr Sleep was really good. But the original was still better.
I'm a little disappointed to see Mark casually give credence to certain theories presented in Room 237. I get that "everybody has their own interpretation" but some interpretations are worthier than others; at the end of the day, Kubrick *didn't* fake the Apollo moon landing, and it is just silly to approach The Shining from that angle merely because the kid has a rocket ship on his sweater. The fact that 237 intermingled that conspiracy stuff with more sensible, thematic interpretations without showing any hint of understanding which was which really made that documentary quite laughable.
I liked Room 237. The point I feel is to let these people speak freely about their interpretations of the film without the filmmaker(s?) getting too involved in validating or rejecting their theories. I'm sure at least one of them in fact has a tin foil hat on while being recorded though
I don't think Mark was saying that the conspiracy theory sounded realistic, but that the theory that the film was in part a reaction to the conspiracy theory possibly had a little bit of truth.
I don't know, Room 237 is just kind of a movie about obsession. The Shining is just the catalyst for showing what over-obsession about something does. It's not saying one thing or another about the theories.
Try as I might, from watching it in a theater ( when premiered ) to several viewings since ( and on that note, it was from recommendations from friends, sister, etc. ) I've never liked this film. Do I hate it? No. For me, it was clinical, sterile, I never could connect...it left me cold. I side with Stephen King
Why put such lengthy clips at the start of these videos... People will either know the film, therefore there's no need, or they might not have seen it, in which case you're just spoiling an entire scene from the middle of the film. Ugh.
Maybe film fans will have seen this 37 year old film and really like it and will enjoy seeing a scene from it in full. This is after all a channel for people interested in film and/or maybe quiffs.
The book is great. Stanley Kubrick is great. Jack Nicholson is great. The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Barry Lyndon, 2001, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and Chinatown are all masterpieces. But for some reason I just don't like this film.
The Shining is my favourite film of all time and I've seen thousands. It's a masterpiece.
it was a boring film.
@@jamessurrey2765 hahahahahahahahahahaha
Same
My man HAS to make sure that Exorcist record is retained
This movie is still terrifying
Whatever underlying themes The Shining may or may not have Mark, I still believe it is a masterpiece in its own right that still stands up today....Incredible film!
lazycalm41 could only be improved upon if Michael Bay made a remake.
HA! yes, if so it would then be full of pointless explosions, lots of slo mo tracking shots!
That scene where she finds out what Jack has been typing all this time is chilling. It gets me every time.
Stinky pillows
Red rum...
Mark Kermode knows his movies, and in good humour i wrote a poem as a tribute to him, if you want to see it, simply just type in the following........My ode to Kermode
justmadeit2 ah brilliant. I will. So many serious people out there. Life without laughter is lifeless. I think that's my own.
Thanks so much. Hope you like it. Its absolutly not meant to be negative or offensive, i wrote it on a whim, spontaneously without revising it, then hit the upload button ! Justin
justmadeit2 chill man. Don't apologise!! People always moan about something anyway. Damned of you do damned if you don't. You did good sir!! Never stop creating
2.45 Haydock Park 3m Steeple Chase in 1974- I lost £20 when Red Rum lost to Spun Key
Rob Ager and his channel Collative Learning is the one to watch if you wanna know more about the film. He’s been making videos about the Shining for a decade now I think, and my favorite one of them is the three part video about the Gold Room and how it’s tied up with the creation of the federal reserve bank. Fascinating stuff.
"You have always been the caretaker, I should know, sir."
"I've always been here."
Another Shining/Blade Runner connection too...Lloyd the bartender and Eldon Tyrell are both played by Joe Turkel
Enjoyed seeing this at the cinema for the first time tonight, no matter how many times you see a film on TV its never the same as seeing it on the big screen.
I love that Kermode had to make sure he plugs his own favourite at the beginning. Good lad.
So when was the last time Mark failed to mention The Exorcist in his video?
We should have a contest, no a BET!
At least the Exorcist had decent foggy breath scenes unlike the maze scene.
@@carsonhaught9934 its a lot harder to build a massive hedge maze in a refrigerated set than a single bedroom!
The Shining is truly Kubrick's best; the ending is superb and the hotel is a character in itself. Shelley's notoriously difficult relationship with Kubrick really contributed to her performance. I found out so much when I reviewed this myself.
The sad part is that if this movie was released today, general audiences would say the movie was boring, didn't make any sense, and not scary because there are no jump scares to tell them that it's scary. While book fans would say it's the worst thing ever for making changes.
Which is what happened when it first came out I think? Over time it gained a cult following and now people consider it a masterpiece.
I like both.
No, that's exactly what they (particularly the audience) said when it was first released.
The Shining is a classic Horror , I love the claustrophobic isolated desperation that envelopes Nicholson's character as he succumbs to the agonizing empty boredom, which ultimately drives him out of his mind and the madness of his paranoia turns him into a killer, its a masterpiece of horror and suspense, my top 5 greatest horrors are: 1.The Exorcist 2. The Shining 3. The Wicker Man 4. Rosemary's Baby 5. America Werewolf in London
I got to see perfect blue which was something that passed me by first time around and now i get to watch the shinning tonight, i really do love watching older films when they come back on the big screen.
The Thing is probably my favorite horror movie of all time, The Shining being No 2, even though sometimes I feel like switching their position. The Shining easily has one of the best opening credits with that terrifying odd soundtrack. The Exorcist opens with a Muslim Prayer, completely silent, but it works for setting the mood. I don't know if I could add the Exorcist on my top 10 list, besides Friedkin himself stated that its not a horror film, just a drama about the mystery of faith. I personally enjoyed the Sorcerer more, I like the idea of criminals taking a long journey to hell.
Stephen King can't handle the fact that Kubrick turned his mediocre novel into a wholly new, visually arresting tale filled with complex visual metaphors that hardly any of his other books adaptations manage to touch. Understandably he's got an ego too, after all.
Okay but then how do you rocencile that much of The Shining's fan theory fodder is in fact in the book?
Professicchio spot on
Rafael Herschel King's story was "completely destroyed in the process"? Did Kubrick burn every copy of the book? King's version of the story still exists with or without the movie.
Oh the irony of the comment. Perhaps someone has lapped onto Kubrick's ego a little too much instead.
The novel is great, I loved it. The movie made me go "wut?"
Halloween is here again and its time to watch this again
this is one of them creepy films that I just can't put my finger on why
Kubrick probably.
all the creepiness
opening scene shows kings yellow volkswagen in a car crash, meaning its kubricks movie from there on in
4:32 All work and no play makes Jack a dull BOT........Robot? Replicant?.......the plot thickens.
Jar Jar is the secret to all this.
If we can get him working.
He’s a much funnier character than we’ve had before
Kubrick took the basic premise from the novel, sacked off 90% of Stephen Kings story and made it his own. That's why it's a great film. I'm a fan of Stephen King but strict adaptations of his work rarely make for good cinema.
There is also Deckard's apartment number, it references 237. Ridley didn't get in touch with Stan on a whim in other words. There are lots of Kubrick references in Blade Runner, so Kubrick was always part of the plan, so getting in touch with him to get a hold of some landscape footage was an excuse to continue with the Kubrick homage.
King described The Shining as filmed by Kubrick as “a beautiful Cadillac without an engine.”
As a good friend of mine once said. Kubrick's shining had a blood elevator. Enough said.
Happy Halloween
Absolutely adore The Shining. One of my favourite films. Sadly I don't find it frightening anymore but I still find it creepy no matter how many times I see it.
Danny's "t-shirt" looks a lot like a sweater.
I saw it at a different retrospective screening here in Toronto. And what really stood out to me was how unnatural the film feels. From frame one you just get this an easy sense of everything from its cinematography, music, performances. There are even long stretches that don't even feel like they're from the same movie. It understands that there's more than one way to get them in the audience skin rather than just throwing blood and guts at them
L Pendergast Quite agree. Kubrick had a very distinctive lighting style - everything looks artificial.
There's a good video on UA-cam about how the interior of the Overlook is impossible, with doors and corridors in places that they couldn't exist, the sort of thing that you don't really notice, but I think your subconscious realises that something is not quite right.
I've seen it. The set (interior) is many times larger than the "exterior". Great film and great film-making - that axe in the chest...oof!
Up there with Gone With The Wind. Sublime film.
Avoid Room 237, just stick to Rob Ager's analysis.
Although they are both entertaining nonsense.
The opening music of The Shining is extracted from Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. But that musical theme itself comes from liturgical plainsong and is probably medieval in origin. If anyone reading this can tell me more about the plainsong origins, I would be most grateful. I;d love to know what point Kubrick was making with it.
The B roll footage also shows up in Koyannisqatsi.
Look at Mark on the trending page. Very hip.
I love it, I'm glad Kubrick moulded it in his own way and made it his own take of the story. I think he improved it, so maybe that's why Stephen King wasn't happy I don't know, it is a good film; and I consider it one of the scariest that doesn't quite follow his book.
Even though The Shining is not the first film to use Steadicam (Bound for Glory was the first), it used the same operator and more importantly, the inventor Garrett Brown for most of the shoot. Kubrick pushed Garrett to improve the Steadicam rig and operating so that it could be more 'production savvy'. However the originator of the 'low-mode' shot that follows Danny around the corridors of the hotel, was a shot that Garrett came up with years before in his original Steadicam reel that he touted to studios. In it, he follows his son on his tricycle around the exterior deck of the house to prove how low the camera could be to the floor. Another shot in the 'Steadicam reel' was a one take shot of Garrett filming is wife running up the steps of the Philadelphia library. This was later used in the film Rocky!!
Look up the "Wendy Theory" which makes a good case for Jack being a nice guy trying to cope with his wife's breakdown
peak kubrick... i admire all of his films but this one is most special to me
That kid breaks too late after the turn. Would have spotted the girls way before the camera saw them.
The music stab cue also comes in too early. Should come in just as we the audience see the girls. Loses impact.
'The Shining' holds up because the monsters were jettisoned--Kubrick and Diane Johnson instead focused on an average guy who feels worthless and has a huge chip on his shoulder because he never succeeded at anything, and the hotel isolation brings out his instability and rage. And you really feel the terror in the 'All Work And No Play' scene; Jack Nicholson practically busts through the screen as he rants and snarls "I'm just gonna BASH your BRAINS in!"
King dislikes the movie because the Jack Torrance character was more or less a stand in for himself. He was a drunk either at the time or right before he wrote it (which he's been very open about) and I think he felt a real connection to the character and novel because of it. Wendy Torrance was also a smart, capable woman in the novel as opposed to poor Shelley Duvall's genuinely terrified portrayal. Also, in the novel, Jack was more or less possessed by the Hotel and had a moment of clarity at the end that saved his family as opposed to the film where he's batshit crazy from the word go and ends up dying in a vain attempt to murder his son. THAT"S why Stephen King dislikes the film. The movie itself is brilliant but outside of character names and the setting, it has little to do with the novel.
I've got a book at home all about the paranormal. I didn't buy it, it just appeared in the house one day.....
I miss kermode uncut :(
The Shining is fantastic because it is a horror without 'ghosts.' Just the visions (shining)
BUT HOW DID HE GET OUT OF THE FOOD STORE?
Battery Exhausted Danny let him out.
Its confusing, why would Danny do that? Plus some people think that Jack probably has the shine too without knowing.
But there are ghosts. The ghosts are integral to the plot and interact with the word around them. Even Kubrick has said that.
Exactly! The 'proof' is the Frosted Flakes pack in the kitchen. Frosted flakes...Tony the tiger/ tony the little boy that lives in Danny's mouth..ot all hints that Danny is hiding in the kitchen and this the sequence in the maze was all part of Danny's plan to trap his Dad.
If he rule out maybe he managed to kick the lock off the door, then it had to be Danny.
That time Ridley Scott went to Stanley Kubrick to borrow a cup of aerial footage.
I think The Shining is the best of all time as far as horror films followed by The Exorcist, The Texas Chansaw Massacre, Jaws and Psycho. Five Classics right there ! Honorable Mentions .. Alien and The Thing !
00:20 The timming of the drumslap gong jumpscare noise has always annoyed me. If it where half a second later, it would be alot more effective as you have time to recognise that there actually is something down the hall. It needs to come the second you see the girls, not half a sec before.
As it is now, it comes ahead and alert you that something will be around the corner.
Ruins the scene for me.
Just posted the same thought. I never realized till now why the scene didn't have the impact it should have. The cue should, like you say, come in when the girls appear in shot. Otherwise it makes no sense. Or impact.
Since I've seen most scenes on social media, I didn't really find this film scary or interesting. Redrum, the twins, 'here's johnny' and 'all work no play makes jack a dull boy'
The Shining is a master CLASS in Horror, The american full cut 2 Hours 23mins is the better version, The european and uk cut version 1 hour 50 is not a good... The full cut remastered on blu ray is out now in the uk with collectors cards!
I want to know what Mark thinks about Rob Ager.
I saw an interview with the 'twins' form a year or two ago. They are even creepier in real life :)
I think Carrie is the best King adaptation or Shawshank Redemption
How'd you like some ice cream, Doc?
Room 237 was terrible. It was a 5 minute youtube clickbait video stretched into a feature length pointless documentary.
Took the words right out of my mouth
I saw this at the BFI a few years ago and if you didn't see it when it was released, it is definitely worth seeing on the big screen, as are all of Kubrick's films!
I will never let Mark forget his 3 star review of the Ghostbusters remake. You hurt me that day, Kermode. ;)
It was just garbage, nothing was funny.
You wouldnt believe the amount of time i get told to 'let it go' while i'm watching vids on YT about a guy who hates The Exorcist 2.
I always thought The Shining was a film about alcoholism
Meirion Roberts I think it is, and also about child abuse
It's a movie about everything, including nothing.
Some people have far too much time on their hands ,,, its just a movie , ,,that's all ,,,no metaphors ,no conspiracy,just a movie ,,,,some people really do need to get out more
One of the very few times that the film is way better than the book.
Ok Mark how about some more top triv - if Bladerunner and The shining could be seamlessly joined like that, are they any other examples where it would be possible???
There's nothing scarier than two little British girls wanting to play with you.
VEGITAS4 It’d be worse if they were Welsh!!!!
What sort of power level would you need to take on two British girls?
Name Preferably something over 9000!!!
Come and play with us, VEGITAS4...
the shining actually does make slightly more sense as a dark comedy. I certainly struggle to call it a horror movie.
Regardless of King's view, its strength lies not in the narrative, but, like BR2049, in the cinematography and the score.
Incidentally, this business of the aerial shots being donated to Scott for Blade Runner is not 'Top Triv', but one of the most widely known and boring titbits that one would have thought Doctor K could resist recycling, especially to his relatively cine-literate audience.
I can't believe he liked Room 237.
Room 237 was a joke! I honestly thought it was a joke about crazy people
Says it right there - Jack is a dull 'bot'. Robot, android, aargh!
The idea of a film critic that The Shining has something to do with the holocaust in order to explain the river of blood that comes out of the elevator is nonsense
Honestly, reading through Reddit and *some* people are saying IT (2017) is better than the Shining. I wouldn’t even compare them at all, the Shining is a true masterpiece.
I'm surprised this 10/10 film has not been remade (ruined) for the audience of today.
It was remade by Stephen King into a miniseries because he hated the film.
Well ehh, I enjoyed the book for what it was but the miniseries was really weak, some good moments here & there but I would pick Kubrick's version any day.
King was unhappy with the Shining, but he made Maximum Overdrive.
He can stick to literary criticism.
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This and one flew over the cuckoos nest my favourite movies of all time,closely followed by pans labyrinth,also stanly Kubrick the best director of all time,clockwork orange,full metal jacket,Spartacus,Barry lyndon
Hahaha what a story, Mark!
The Shining is one of the greatest horrors ever made.
Top triv indeed.
Mark, you are an expert in all things film wise. Why don't you make a film. It would be perfect I'm sure. Or perhaps your too scared of being criticized.
So was The Shining really back in cinemas in 2017?
The greatest horror of all time is Ringu. The whole American horror history together is not a tenth as scary as that single Japanese film. So when someone calls some Hollywood flick a greatest horror of all time it's just ridiculous. American horror could be terrifying only for small children, Asian horror is terrifying for everyone.
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I hope he was joking about the moon landings coming anywhere close to a credible theory.
4.4k views, #20 on trending
wat
What ruined The Shining is Nicholson's unconvincing one-note, two dimensional caricature of a performance. I hated it.
Shelly and the typewriter is WTF scene couldn't make me sink deeper in my movie seat
IOW, Kubrick forced method acting onto Shelley Duvall. I'm surprised he wasn't rung up on charges.
What's happened to Kermode Uncut lately? I'm sure that it used to be just Mark talking to the camera, now it's Mark talking to the camera with clips of the movie cropping up every few seconds. Is this irritating addition designed to try and keep the attention of those who have the attention span of a gnat?
*The Shining* is amazing. It's in my top 10 and so are *Eyes Wide Shut* and *2001: A Space Odyssey.* I never tire of watching his films.
Yes, now I see the Apollo jumper, he must have faked it...
Or else (and this is way, way, way more probable, since we know man went to the moon) that all Kubrick is doing (particularly knowing his wicked sense of humor) is messing with the heads of the conspiracy nut-jobs.
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Possibly one of the most overrated films of all time. Not scary, creepy or remotely horrifying on any level. Love Kubrick - particularly PATHS OF GLORY and STRANGELOVE.
I'm happy if Dr Sleep manages to get even some things right according to the novel. But then again.. how can you compete with the typewriter scene or anything else? I've read both novels.. And Dr Sleep was really good. But the original was still better.
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wtf youtube
I'm a little disappointed to see Mark casually give credence to certain theories presented in Room 237. I get that "everybody has their own interpretation" but some interpretations are worthier than others; at the end of the day, Kubrick *didn't* fake the Apollo moon landing, and it is just silly to approach The Shining from that angle merely because the kid has a rocket ship on his sweater. The fact that 237 intermingled that conspiracy stuff with more sensible, thematic interpretations without showing any hint of understanding which was which really made that documentary quite laughable.
I liked Room 237. The point I feel is to let these people speak freely about their interpretations of the film without the filmmaker(s?) getting too involved in validating or rejecting their theories. I'm sure at least one of them in fact has a tin foil hat on while being recorded though
I don't think Mark was saying that the conspiracy theory sounded realistic, but that the theory that the film was in part a reaction to the conspiracy theory possibly had a little bit of truth.
I don't know, Room 237 is just kind of a movie about obsession. The Shining is just the catalyst for showing what over-obsession about something does. It's not saying one thing or another about the theories.
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I think Mark missed the point of Room 237, the whole doc is a satire and a parody at the same time.
Try as I might, from watching it in a theater ( when premiered ) to several viewings since ( and on that note, it was from recommendations from friends, sister, etc. ) I've never liked this film. Do I hate it? No. For me, it was clinical, sterile, I never could connect...it left me cold.
I side with Stephen King
Why put such lengthy clips at the start of these videos... People will either know the film, therefore there's no need, or they might not have seen it, in which case you're just spoiling an entire scene from the middle of the film. Ugh.
Maybe film fans will have seen this 37 year old film and really like it and will enjoy seeing a scene from it in full. This is after all a channel for people interested in film and/or maybe quiffs.
ganpondorodf I'd agree if only this wasn't a light analysis of the film
Kubrick's films are over long, boring and self indulgent. There I've said it.
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The book is great. Stanley Kubrick is great. Jack Nicholson is great. The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Barry Lyndon, 2001, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and Chinatown are all masterpieces. But for some reason I just don't like this film.
sweater. not a T shirt.
805 views and on trending, wtf?