Kubrick's The Shining

#1 09-15-2005, 01:24 AM

The first time I saw The Shining, it rocked. Then I read the book, and the movie didn't measure up. The TV version was truer to the book, but lame. Question: In your opinion, did Kubrick do a good job?

Macdaddy Warsaw · #2 09-15-2005, 01:32 AM

I didn't read the book, so I can't answer the question in relation to that, but the movie is a masterpiece.

BradleyT · #3 09-15-2005, 01:42 AM

What the hell was on Sci-Fi channel a few days ago? It said it was "Stephen King's The Shining" but it looked like it was from 2003 or something.

iMsoLucky0 · #4 09-15-2005, 01:49 AM

They redid it in a made for TV movie a few years ago. It had the guy from wings in it and wasn't that good.

fluxrad · #5 09-15-2005, 01:50 AM

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."

tdp · #6 09-15-2005, 01:52 AM

I read the book first,so I thought the movie totally sucked.I was amazed to hear that most people loved it.They completely destroyed the story and turned it into a visual shlockfest.Jack Nicholson rocked however.

youtalkfunny · #7 09-15-2005, 03:41 AM

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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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1. The Godfather
2. There is no #2

(But to be fair, I don't read many books; I almost made "Red October" #2, but it paled in comparison with #1.)

Seadood228 · #8 09-15-2005, 03:44 AM

#2 - The Exorcist...

IMO

ChipWrecked · #9 09-15-2005, 03:48 AM

I saw 'The Shining' in its original theatre run, and had read the book. As the crowd left the theatre, it was split about 50/50. Those who hadn't read the book thought the movie was great, those who had were [censored] pissed (myself included). Over time, I've come to appreciate the movie for the masterwork it is, and I love it. I agree the miniseries was lame, in part because some elements of the book were in Kubrick's movie, and couldn't really be used again.

Movies as good as the book:

Silence of the Lambs
Field of Dreams (which actually was better than 'Shoeless Joe' the book IMO)
Hunt for Red October
Godfather I and II (as was said, book contained both flicks)

daveymck · #10 09-15-2005, 05:15 AM

I'm going toi add the Lord of the Rings trilogy more for the extended versions though, for a lover of the book they left a lot out and the firxst time I watched each film there were bits that pissed me off that either were included or missed out but on rewatching they are good films.