The Shining

[mojorizen7]

The movie is good. The book is way better.

Yep.

 

[conraddobler]

Stephen King books are almost universally better than the movies made of them.

 

[earthsci]

Stephen King books are almost universally better than the movies made of them.

True. It is interesting that examples of movies being better than the written story come out of Different Seasons. IMO Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me & Apt Pupil (movie) were much better than Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, The Body & Apt Pupil (short story).

 

[Bada0Bing]

Watched this for the first time since I was a kid. It was almost like watching for the first time because I only remembered the iconic scenes. Jack at his best!

 

[Mainstreet]

The 1980 movie is a classic horror film. Great performance by Jack Nicholson, whose character slowly descended into madness.

I wasn't looking for an action film.

I liked the line: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

 

[Bada0Bing]

The 1980 movie is a classic horror film. Great performance by Jack Nicholson, whose character slowly descended into madness.

I wasn't looking for an action film.

I liked the line: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

And the scene when Wendy finds the pages he typed...holy crow. So creepy!

 

[Stout]

My favorite restaurant bathroom decor--well, 2nd favorite--is a pic of the bathroom scene with him and the ghost hung over urinals lol

 

[WaywardFan]

It's the music, man.

Oh, and props to the hotel recreation in Ready Player One!!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Stephen King himself did not like Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of his book and cites several things he felt he got wrong in making the film.

The Real Reason Stephen King Hated Kubrick's The Shining

The Real Reason Stephen King Hated Kubrick's The Shining - Grunge

Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King. Both masters of their disciplines. But when Kubrick filmed his version of The Shining, King didn't find it all that thrilling.

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