It wasn't The Shining, you know?
The Shining is overrated. Ooh, buckets of blood. Ooh, kid on a trike. Scary.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:35:34 pm PDT #5147 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:38:46 pm PDT #5148 of 10001
Hey. New board.
The Shining is overrated.
I'm gonna pretend you didn't say this.
Even if you don't find it scary - which I, frankly, cannot comprehend, but I've got lots of "I first saw it in second grade and it gave me nightmares that recur to this day" history there - then it's STILL a fantastically directed, written, and acted film. With a killer score.
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 5:40:38 pm PDT #5149 of 10001
I have a plan.
And Scatman Cruthers.
Not sure of the spelling on his name there.
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:40:45 pm PDT #5150 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
it's STILL a fantastically directed, written, and acted film.
I thought Jack Nicholson's performance was overrated. He went from zero to crazy in two seconds. There was no nuance.
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:43:40 pm PDT #5151 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Are you sure we watched the same movie?
tommyrot - Oct 26, 2004 5:44:52 pm PDT #5152 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
all work and no play makes Polter-Cow a dull boy...
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 5:45:10 pm PDT #5153 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Have you read the book? That could be it.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 5:51:15 pm PDT #5154 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thomash, it's Crothers.
Gris - Oct 26, 2004 5:54:43 pm PDT #5155 of 10001
Hey. New board.
No, I haven't. I hear the book is pretty different. And scarier. Stephen King's writing style makes me want to kill, though, (at least, it did in The Green Mile and The Gunslinger, which I supposedly was going to love) so I don't really intend to try it.
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 5:56:45 pm PDT #5156 of 10001
I have a plan.
From what I hear, the book and movie are very different. Still a good movie though.