The Shining
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Movie Reviews of The Shining
Movie Review: Jack Nicholson's tour-de-force.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not the extended version with never-before-seen footage. Beautiful locations. The creepiest music ever made for a film guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Only Jack Nicholson could play this part so convincingly.
Scatman Crothers was known at the time as a regular on the NBC tv series "Chico and the Man (Television Favorites) tv series and further back Los Angeles knew him on KTLA Channel 5.
Shelley DuVall is also perfectly cast. You never suspect anything could happen to her or should I say shouldn't happen to her.
Very effective piece of drama-horror. Best realistic indoor hotel sets I've ever seen. This film is not for children. ADULTS ONLY! Yes! This is the film you see in the drive-in scenes in the film, Twister (Two-Disc Special Edition) DVD includes "Making The Shining" documentary. It is 35 minutes long. You can watch the documentary straight or with new Audio Commentary by Vivian Kubrick. Film shown in Full Screen.
Movie Review: Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The Shining,although it's different from Stephen King's Book, is a very good movie. But I think they should of had Jack take longer to go crazy and start with little subtle things Wendy starts to notice before he 'comes out' as a madman. And I think it should have had a 'prologue' scene with the two girls and the mother getting shased around and killed by that first caretaker. It would be nice if they could somehow add a scene with the hedge animals and the hotel expoloding(which is what happened in the book), but its been too long since the original version and all the actors are too old now. And it wouldn't be the ame without Kubrick. The remake does have the hedge animals and the hotel exploding, but it has crappy acting and a real sorry ending where the dad's ghost appears at Danny's graduation. But the original is the one I'm grading, and it is really good. Shelly Duvall is great as Wendy with her screams and frantic running around. Jak Nicholson is creepy, and the hotel is SCARY. FIVE STARSMovie Review: Maximum Suspense!
Summary: 5 Stars
Kubrick made this a masterpiece. More times than not, Stephen King's books are made into a joke on the big screen. This adaptation was definitely not. Kubrick was thought to be a genious... The Overlook Hotel somewhere in the hills of Colorado - what better place for Nickolson to strut his absolute best work. Shelley Duvall was an excellent choice to play the scatterbrain wife with the wide popping eyes at all the right times. The flashbacks and things little Danny sees really set the stage and without being graphic or gross - totally horrifies you. A few memorable scenes... 1. The Interview, 2. Nicholson is interrupted by Duvall while typing, 3. Nicholson chasing Duvall up the stairs and cornering her in the bathroom, and 4. the chase in the snowy cold garden labyrinth. Do not watch this film alone at night. Classic horror/suspense film that belongs in any movie buff's library.Movie Review: The Shining
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far one of Kubricks best pieces of film direction. Jack Nicholson brings to the screen an unforgetable performance as the possesed psycho who is overcome by the spirits that stay in The Overlook Hotel that he decides to look after with his family over the winter peroid. no one else could have played the part any better than Nicholson himself. Watch out for the unforgetable scene where his character eventually begins to snap and the camera slowly zooms in on his face as he glowers out of the window as his family play in the snow or when he smashes his way through the bedroom door with the axe. The original book that the film is adapted from is more complex and carries a lot more detail but Kubrick manages to deal with this problem and condenses the film while still making it enjoyable and make sense. The supporting cast also do a good job and act magnificantly with Nicholson.Movie Review: Creepiness is to fright as four is to one
Summary: 5 Stars
I would much prefer a film be creepy or deeply unsettling than it be merely a shocker or bump-in-the-night frightening. The Shining is an all-time example of excellence where disturbing images and creepiness is concerned. Plus, the music is right on the dead of center. I must agree with the posters who have below complained of the failure of the studio or Kubrick or whomever to see to it that we had the option of viewing a widescreen formatting of the film. Granted, Kubrick did not shoot it with anamorphic lenses and centers his subjects in the frame so consistently that a failure to in any small degree widescreen the movie is not fatal to the enjoyment of the chills. Still, why not let the viewer make the decision? Perhaps the hellacopter shadow noted below is more egregious and on-going in a widescreen presentation. No matter--aces high. me.WIDESCREEN PLEASE!!!!