Saint NIck Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Anybody like this one? I remember when I would see the trailer-preview on late night tv back a whole bunch of years ago; I would see this guy running through the snow with an axe and hear the voice over, "...Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece of modern horror...". And it was, still is and always will be a classic. Jack Nicholson is top notch and Shelley Duvall played her role perfectly. There's only one part that I skip over; just over the 2 hour mark...you may know the scene. My first DVD and, next to Snakes & Arrows, probably amongst my first Blu-Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I posted music from the soundtrack in the "Halloween Decorations" thread created by The Owl. The music seems like John Carpenter's style of music. But yeah, it is one of the greatest horror films. 1980 had a lot of good horror movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 That's a great movie...what's the scene you skip over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'm ashamed to say that I've never seen Kubrick's version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I had to post this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Oct 8 2008, 02:28 PM) I'm ashamed to say that I've never seen Kubrick's version. I've never seen the whole thing in it's entirety. It's strange to me that I've never gotten into it. Don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Music from "The Shining" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (Saint NIck @ Oct 9 2008, 05:57 AM)Anybody like this one? I remember when I would see the trailer-preview on late night tv back a whole bunch of years ago; I would see this guy running through the snow with an axe and hear the voice over, "...Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece of modern horror...". And it was, still is and always will be a classic. Jack Nicholson is top notch and Shelley Duvall played her role perfectly. There's only one part that I skip over; just over the 2 hour mark...you may know the scene. My first DVD and, next to Snakes & Arrows, probably amongst my first Blu-Ray. Yup, never tire of it. Absolute classic. DVD has been on the backburner for a while. Thanks for reminding me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finding IT Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (Saint NIck @ Oct 8 2008, 12:57 PM) Anybody like this one? I remember when I would see the trailer-preview on late night tv back a whole bunch of years ago; I would see this guy running through the snow with an axe and hear the voice over, "...Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece of modern horror...". And it was, still is and always will be a classic. Jack Nicholson is top notch and Shelley Duvall played her role perfectly. There's only one part that I skip over; just over the 2 hour mark...you may know the scene. My first DVD and, next to Snakes & Arrows, probably amongst my first Blu-Ray. For some reason, Kubrick's use of the follow camera behind Danny on the big wheel has always stuck with me. Really creepy in intself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Presto* Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I loved the book. It scared the crap out of me in some spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sark Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Wendy! gimmie the bat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 8 2008, 03:12 PM) I had to post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfout_rgPSA I've seen this before, it is great. Espically the "feel good" music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I'm not a big horror fan, and I think there are precious few horror movies that stand up as really high quality movies outside of the genre with interesting and intelligent stories outside of just purely trying to scare you. The Shining is definitely the best one I've ever seen, and it's one of my favorite all-time movies. I don't care how many times I see this movie, every time Danny is on his big wheel going around corners in the long hallways, it freaks me out. Come and play with us, Danny - forever, and ever, and ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 REDRUM REDRUM REDRUM!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6GHPaAJFlw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EveryNerveAware Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 See avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 QUOTE (EveryNerveAware @ Oct 10 2008, 02:30 PM) See avatar see sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 QUOTE (Pags @ Oct 10 2008, 08:49 PM) QUOTE (EveryNerveAware @ Oct 10 2008, 02:30 PM) See avatar see sig click on the sig folks - it talks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanaceaFish Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 QUOTE (*Presto* @ Oct 9 2008, 09:55 AM) I loved the book. It scared the crap out of me in some spots. So did I!! In fact I had to read it for a class project in my high school Art class, in which I had to recreate the book cover that came out real good...I still have it somewhere... Damn, I need to get my hands an another copy of that book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liddybuck01 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 i love jack nicholson. this is one of his classics. the blu-ray of this is awesome. right now you can pick it up at best buy for $14.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udanax Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 ok....heres the shining from the perspective of the dark tower.... the woman in the bathroom is rhea of the coos danny is totally possessed susannah-mio style......and then goes todash to get help from the janitor who is also gifted with the touch and therefore leaves his creepy demon possessor in control. the janitor and danny are ka-tet. when the creepy old caretaker is giving a job to the bear....which is actually supposed to be a dog, i consider it to be a cameo from shardik. uhhhh....yeah...im crazy......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 The Kubrick/Nicholson version is absolute gold. But the other version, starring Rebecca DeMornay and Stephen Webber is poor. Which is surprising since Stephen King was behind the whole thing, wrote the screenplay, more in line with his vision, and even performed a brief cameo. I love King's novel though, that too is 24 carat GOLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 QUOTE (treeduck @ Oct 14 2008, 09:26 PM)But the other version, starring Rebecca DeMornay and Stephen Webber is poor. Which is surprising since Stephen King was behind the whole thing, wrote the screenplay, more in line with his vision, and even performed a brief cameo. There's another version??? Who knew??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 QUOTE (Steevo @ Oct 14 2008, 06:45 AM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Oct 14 2008, 09:26 PM)But the other version, starring Rebecca DeMornay and Stephen Webber is poor. Which is surprising since Stephen King was behind the whole thing, wrote the screenplay, more in line with his vision, and even performed a brief cameo. There's another version??? Who knew??? It was an ABC mini-series, and it had it's moments of being pretty good at times, but it never actually got scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanaceaFish Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 QUOTE (treeduck @ Oct 14 2008, 04:26 AM) The Kubrick/Nicholson version is absolute gold. But the other version, starring Rebecca DeMornay and Stephen Webber is poor. Which is surprising since Stephen King was behind the whole thing, wrote the screenplay, more in line with his vision, and even performed a brief cameo. I love King's novel though, that too is 24 carat GOLD. Wow, I must be the only one who liked this, as IMO, it was truer to the book... Don't get me wrong, Kubrick's version is the shite, and I'm sure I'll be watching it sometime soon, just in time for Halloween! Still, I'd love to read the book again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I recently read from another author that books rarely translate well to the screen, verbatim. They are two different mediums entirely and must be treated somewhat differently with changes that work better for film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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