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Loved this film, another great by Kubrick. As much as I am a Stephen King fan, (and most hardcore King fans bitch about this move) I find the movie to be one of my all-time favorite horror films. |
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Plus it's such a well-paced film. Unlike most horror, it keeps you in anticipation for a good while, and paces itself rather than just cutting to the featured death scenes five minutes into a film. It's that suspense, that knowing that something bad is coming, that really sets the film out from others in its genre. Most film directors have forgot the meaning of real suspense. Alfred Hitchcock once said something along the lines of "if you were watching two people talking, and all of a sudden a bomb goes off, you receive maybe five seconds of shock from the audience. however, if, while they are talking, you show them the bomb, then the audience is greatly anticipating it. they're saying 'don't talk! there's a bomb under there!'" it's such a simple concept, and lost on most film-makers these days. |
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there is a new stephen king movie coming out that looks like its trying to be like the Shining. Its based on a book(maybe short story) called 1408 |
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he had some new book called "Cell" i haven't read yet? any recommendations? |
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...and on terrorists? |
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The Shining ***** |
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thats a crazy short story KING wrote...I was in a series called BLOOD and SMOKE.... I am curious to see what the movie will be like |
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I wasn't really being serious... |
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Yes, I knew that because of the exclamation mark at the end of your post. |
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all i can say is 'get it!'. great stuff. and while you're at it get 'liseys story' as well, that one's a lot less gory and over-the-top compared to cell. i however prefer that one over 'cell'. |
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after reading this thread i spent an hour last night looking for my shining video. it is nowhere to be found. a sad day. i am so sick of shit going missing from this house. |
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Oh ok, just checking. I wouldn't want you to think something that wasn't true |
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It's OK, I don't even believe in truth. |
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Im absolutely in love with 2001: a space odysseus. I think its a brilliant film - im not even close to get bored. "2001 is grossly overrated tedious boring clap trap." I cant believe the amount of films you must dislike, its really scary actually. Maybe you just don't like films, in general. |
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OH SHIT YES. SOMEONE FINALLY MENTIONED THE LANGOLIERS!!!!!!!!! i love this film.....i recommend that everyone go see it if you haven't already. and if you don't like it - screw you! |
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I have an old VHS of it - it was evidently one sent out to videostores because it has a timer on it and every so often "Property Of..." It's my all-time favourite 'bad' film. My friend & I rented it when it first came out on video, and we were both totally mashed on the resin and the film just had an amazing atmosphere. Plus, even though watched on a moderately sized TV, it felt like it was on an immense cinema screen which I was sitting right in front of, but that's being very stoned for ya. |
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Thats an excellent analysis. im chomping at the bit to see this again now. |
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the shining is a very good movie, but far from the best of anything. as far as stephen king goes, he's pretty horrible at writing, but some of his stories make for entertaining movies. most of them make for garbage though, especially the mini series. |
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Staz, did you read the article I linked to? |
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That was a great read. I look forward to seeing the film again. I feel sort of foolish to have missed this much meaning after having seen his film at least 3 times. The replay value certainly is shocking. |
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haha don't worry - I hadn't noticed a lot of things he mentioned either! |
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In regards to the article I linked to - I've downloaded the US version of the film, 20+ minutes longer, and a lot of the things mentioned in that article are only in the longer version. |
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Jack Nicholson's performance is unparalleled in this movie. Shelly Duvall did a great job as well. No watered-down Hollywood cliche of the new millenium could hold a candle to The Shining. |
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... And yet, there's rumoured to be a seQuel / remake in the works... when inspiration fails; copy. |
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Bumping to keep the other two Kubrick films company. |
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