Re: Kubrick\'s The Shining
I haven't read the book but I've had this conversation a few times, so take this for what it's worth:
Kubrik was to the book The Shining as Ridley Scott was to Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep. If you take the movie (In Scott's case, Bladerunner as a direct book-to-movie interpretation, then it's going to be awful. If you view the book as more of a framework for the movie, you'll enjoy both a lot more.
Of course, when was the last time you saw a movie and said "Man, that sure was every bit as good as the book."
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