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.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
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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!
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.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 6:04:01 pm PDT #5157 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 6:13:03 pm PDT #5158 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Sean, you have been led correctly. I really liked that version.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 6:14:09 pm PDT #5159 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Unfortunately, it lives up to the curse of every King adaptation that King gets creative control over sucking the big one. Kubrick's version wasn't very faithful, but it was heads and shoulders over the newer one.