still Jack being nutz (as in, pulling faces) from the start has always bored/irritated me.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
King's probably just pissed because they didn't include the evil hedge animals
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
i've never quite understood the 'jack is crazy from the start' criticism, the character is obv an abusive asshole but nicholson plays him as more a guy struggling to hold on to his temper than a guy who's out-and-out nuts.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
i mean, until he actually does go nuts.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Which is exactly how he is in the book! The first words in the book are "Officious little prick," describing Jack's thoughts as he sits through his hotel interview with Ullman, who he would like nothing more than to punch in the face.
― This amigurumi Jamaican octopus is ready to chill with you (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
Moron.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
Pretty sure I linked this upthread, but if you can read this article and still regard The Shining as one of Kubrick's lesser works, then film criticism truly is without point: http://parallax-view.org/2009/10/28/kubricks-shining/
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
including Kael's 1980 pan, I spose
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
No.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
It's been clear that film criticism truly is without point since the VV poll named Todd Haynes' worst film the best of the '90s.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Someone should've alerted the media.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
who can forget that day
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Somehow the miniseries doesn't rank at the very bottom of this: http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/all-of-stephen-kings-tv-work-ranked.html
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Enh, I haven't seen a lot of those, but mid-pack is about where I'd put TV Shining. I believe I've opined elsewhere, I thought it did an okay job.
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/24869854b7e5bc873d6ac7dff4471f2f/tumblr_mqfrpnSI2W1rce5tlo1_500.jpg
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Never noticed it before, but love the very UK "Games Room" on the door.
― it itches like a porky pine sitting on your dick (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
is that UK? i remember hotels having those as a kid. particularly ones with the addams family pinball game.
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
In my humble country, it was called a "Game Room".
Funny how it's like that and yet, we play sports and UK enjoys sport.
― pplains, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
xp, yeah, in Colorado it would certainly have been called a "Game Room."
― it itches like a porky pine sitting on your dick (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Saw room 237 last night, wow
― esperantzen (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
do you have maths rooms in the US
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Dude, we don't even have math.
― pplains, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
bro do you even have lifts?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
citizenkaneapplause.gif
― it itches like a porky pine sitting on your dick (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
http://maudit.tumblr.com/post/22308427007/the-making-of-the-shining-by-vivian-kubrick-x
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
wau @ jack gettin into character!
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3flxetmgE1qiz3j8o5_r1_250.gif
me irl
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
i love that making-of
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
Me, too. It was included in a silver anniversary VHS tape I had years ago so I haven't seen it in a long time.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
http://jezebel.com/stephen-king-hates-the-shining-because-it-s-misogynisti-1361182451@laurabeck
Another valiant attempt to reclaim his book's reputation away from the movie's fans.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 23 September 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
dude, I like your books. LET IT GO ffs.
Breaking: Stephen King Digs Up Kubrick's Corpse & Skull-Fucks It One More Time
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 23 September 2013 03:01 (ten years ago) link
that article makes a cogent point though
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 23 September 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
The wrong one.
You might not be a fan of Stephen King, but if any of his books actually deserves praise for straddling that line between literary and popular fiction, The Shining is definitely it.
Would rank at least four or five of his other books well above The Shining: The Book, but it has been awhile since I've read it.
Conversely, I wouldn't rank a single SK adaptation above Kubrick's film, with the sole possible exception of Carrie.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 23 September 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
which one? The one about the movie being terrifying is lol wrong.
xp
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 September 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
i find wendy sympathetic in the movie (and, again, really don't buy the 'jack is crazy from the start' criticism).
king's got every right to voice his opinion -- it was his book, after all -- but it is kind of peculiar that he never seems to bother bashing any of the other 90,000 shitty movies that have been made from his work.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
most of which have "stephen king's..." in huge letters before the title.
One glance at the list of his top 10 favorite adaptations from his own work confirms: he loves the shitty movies based on his work.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Worst of Stephen King's 10 favorite adaptations of his own fiction
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
i know this thread is mostly about the movie but this is a thoughtful review of DOCTOR SLEEP, the sequel to the shining--
http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/book-review-stephen-kings-doctor-sleep.html?mid=twitter_vulture
― ian, Monday, 23 September 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
can't believe he didn't even include 'carrie'! crazy old guy.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
Here's hoping King gets forced to deal with Haneke or Von Trier or some other high-profile asshole director for the movie version of Dr. Sleep.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
about the characterisations of jack and wendy. i love the hell out of the movie and don't seek to tear it down, but wendy in particular is nothing like the book wendy (although i wouldn't call her a 'misogynistic character').
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 23 September 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
i agree with The Shining being his best stab at lit fic tbh
he's always been quite vocal about preferring shitty film adaptations, but he's been a shitty writer since the early-mid 80s so no surp really
― Tyskie in the giro (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 September 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/01/what_stanley_kubrick_got_wrong_about_the_shining/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
the faithful tend to incant the words “genius” and “masterpiece” and “great” over and over again, as if those terms constituted the workings of an argument rather than its conclusion.
Any year that didn't see the release of Room 237 and this might've almost passed the smell test.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
i think that article is completely wrong, almost line by line, right down to the line about kubrick's supposed "i'm-a-genius stance" (which applies way more to king these days imo).
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
I wish Salon would just stop.
― Darin, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
it finaly hit me that "dull boy" vs. shining and danny's "talent" play off of Jack's own artistic insecurities.
― ryan, Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:44 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
danny is also "a very willful boy," playing into the same or similar insecurities
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 17 October 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
http://roadtrippers.kinja.com/real-hotel-from-the-shining-is-digging-up-its-pet-cemet-1452618677
This will end well.
― carl agatha, Monday, 28 October 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
Sequel is on the stands, there's an excerpt in the new issue of Cemetery Dance
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 28 October 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link