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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.
And Scatman Cruthers.
Not sure of the spelling on his name there.
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.
Are you sure we watched the same movie?
all work and no play makes Polter-Cow a dull boy...
Have you read the book? That could be it.
Thomash, it's Crothers.
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.
From what I hear, the book and movie are very different. Still a good movie though.
If you want to see a more faithful adaptation of The Shining, I am led to understand that you should see the TV miniseries version, starring Steven Weber (from Wings) and Rebecca DeMornay.