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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on May 28, 2012 7:34:59 GMT -5
So yea, I've been pretty obsessed with this movie as of late, to the point where I've decided I'm going in search of the book now (I don't read much, so yea haha). What the hell is it all about? I mean seriously, after having watched it and all, I mean I get the child has this Shining thing, but what the hell, the whole thing is weird and a total mind  . The ending, the ing ending, what the hell, that picture just crazies up the film even more. So yea, can anyone explain whats going on, any thoughts on the film, anything Shining related? |
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Post by LtD73 on May 28, 2012 8:00:38 GMT -5
It's about Jack Nicholson going terrifyingly scary because he's isolated away from anything, if i was snowed in a ed up hotel with my wife and kid, i'd go crazy too haha. I watched it for the 1st time last year and it scared the ing hell out of me. The picture at the end confused me too, never really found out what it meant  Heads up about the book, the film ending is completely different from the original book ending. Stephen King was pretty pissed about that. |
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Post by k5 on May 28, 2012 10:29:01 GMT -5
the picture is about how he is now a part of the hotel, a part of it's history, and a part of it's curse. he was 'brought in'.
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Post by J12 on May 28, 2012 10:46:59 GMT -5
the picture is about how he is now a part of the hotel, a part of it's history, and a part of it's curse. he was 'brought in'. Right. The book is also pretty different from the movie, mostly in good ways. A couple of the most famous scenes from the film aren't even in the book at all, so be prepared for that. But some of the most terrifying pieces of the novel aren't all that frightening in the film. It's an interesting trade off. Either way, I think both are fantastic. The book is eerie enough that I had a hard time reading it at night. There's one particular chapter, involving the forbidden room, that is absolutely horrifying. |
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Post by jakksking1 on May 28, 2012 13:22:07 GMT -5
True story. Stephen King hated the Kubrick version of The Shining, and commissioned a crap-fest made for TV movie to counter it in 1997
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2012 14:36:22 GMT -5
I've never seen it. Apparently I need to...
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Post by Kasper on May 28, 2012 16:14:23 GMT -5
Great movie. First time I saw it, the scenes where it showed the kid riding the tricycle down the hallways creeped the hell out of me, cause I didnt know when something/the girls would come out of nowhere
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Post by Keyboard Cat on May 28, 2012 17:29:46 GMT -5
Yeah the book is quite different in plot and detail. For instance, instead of Jack using a fireaxe, the book has him wielding a Croquet mallet. And instead of a huge, hedge maze. The book has four hedges trimed in the shapes of animal. Also the book has much more backstory surrounding almost everyone and thing. Also the ending is almost entirly different.
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Post by DontHassleTheHoff on May 28, 2012 18:34:41 GMT -5
Love the film. I've never read the book to be honest. It's not that complicated to grasp it really, but it's fantastic, I don't think i've ever feel a film that created as much of a creepy atmosphere. It's a true testiment to "it's not what you show, but how you show it" in horror movies, so many movies spend so much time making big monsters or giant shows of gore, which I do sometimes enjoy, but this doesn't need it, just pure suspense, helped along by fantastic acting and a genius director in Kubrick.
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Post by k5 on May 29, 2012 9:02:11 GMT -5
wow, i think i'll have to check out the book after reading some of these replies.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on May 29, 2012 9:20:45 GMT -5
wow, i think i'll have to check out the book after reading some of these replies. I just went and got it the library today, long as hell, 500pages but yea, it's supposedly quite different and makes the ending alot more clear. |
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Post by Parchandri on May 29, 2012 10:36:41 GMT -5
wow, i think i'll have to check out the book after reading some of these replies. I just went and got it the library today, long as hell, 500pages but yea, it's supposedly quite different and makes the ending alot more clear. That's really not long at all. Try reading Stephen King's The Stand (The Complete & Uncut Edition)--That's a rather long read. It has been a while since I've read it but if I remember correctly it was over 1,200 pages. Well worth the time to read though. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2012 11:54:01 GMT -5
The guy in the dog suit. That's my only contribution here.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2012 16:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by Keyboard Cat on May 29, 2012 16:47:18 GMT -5
Another awesome thing about the book is you get to know whats up with the guy in the dog costume and the guy on the bed.
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Post by Sully© on May 29, 2012 19:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Furious on May 29, 2012 20:20:32 GMT -5
The 1997 movie did have a more realistic ending to the book but it was never going to beat the original movie.
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Post by DontHassleTheHoff on May 29, 2012 20:36:29 GMT -5
wow, i think i'll have to check out the book after reading some of these replies. I just went and got it the library today, long as hell, 500pages but yea, it's supposedly quite different and makes the ending alot more clear. I weep for society. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 1:38:44 GMT -5
Got a poster of it in my room, great ass movie!
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Post by Rob Furious on May 30, 2012 2:26:14 GMT -5
I just went and got it the library today, long as hell, 500pages but yea, it's supposedly quite different and makes the ending alot more clear. I weep for society. Seriously though. Twilight is 498 pages. So if a bunch of 12 year old girls can read a story that awful a 500 page Stephen King Novel is a cakewalk. |
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