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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Oct 9, 2008
Pros: Good thriller. Nicholson.
Cons: Duvall was annoying at times. Pace could be too slow for some.
Summary: I love movies and watch a lot of them. There are many movies that are considered to be very good or even classics that I haven't seen yet for whatever reason. Every so often, I get the chance to see one of them. That is how I came to see The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2013
Pros: Almost everything.
Cons: The acting, in several places.
Summary: There is no more polarizing movie in the Stephen King cinematic library than 1981’s THE SHINING. The reason is simple: it’s a brilliant movie, but it’s not THE SHINING of the Stephen King novel. It’s got a basically similar plot, Jack Torrance and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 3, 2012
Pros: Jack Nicholson, Creepy Elements
Cons: Lacks much of the King Novel
Summary: Stephen King wrote one creepy book with his work "The Shining." It was a joy to read that work, even though it sent goose bumps, up and down my arms. Having now watched Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of this book, I'd recommend reading it, rather than ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2012
Pros: Performances, directing
Cons: Drags at the start, paranormal element, while understated, not really necessary to me
Summary: The Shining might not be Stanley Kubrick's best movie but I think it's Jack Nicholson's best performance. Other than the diner scene in Five Easy Pieces (Look it up). It's an evil movie about sinister things. It is more about insanity within oneself than ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 20, 2010
Pros: Performances, direction, tension, cinematography, score, horror
Cons: Character depth, ‘Shining’ left unexplored
Summary: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a moody writer moves into the Overlook Hotel with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd), as the winter caretaker of the spacious, but isolated hotel in a mountain area of the US. He’s hoping to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 29, 2009
Pros: Nicholson, Kubrick's direction, script, everything
Cons: None
Summary: Stanley Kubrick's most famous film also happens synonymous with one of the most popular American Horror films of the past thirty years: The Shining. Directed in 1980, it brought together two of cinema's icons-Kubrick, of course, and Jack Nicholson ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2009
Pros: Jack Nicholson's performance, well-shot
Cons: Not creepy at all, Shelley Duvall, overlong and plodding
Summary: As a younger film reviewer, I have missed a lot of classic horror films as they made their theatrical runs. Instead, I am forced to catch many of them on video, years after all the hoopla and controversy have died down. I didn't see "Psycho" ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 29, 2008
Pros: Duvall
Cons: the talking finger & cast speech patterns
Summary: Although The Shining is considered one of the classic horror movies and there is much to love about the film, there are also some glaring negatives as well. That certainly doesn't mean I don't like it because I've seen it a bazillion times, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 8, 2008
Pros: Of the best classic horror movies ever now looks better than ever on Blu-Ray
Cons: The limitations of the original mono audio gets little improvement in 5.1.
Summary: The Shining is one of the first true horror movies I had seen. My dad took me to the movies to see it when I was about 13 years old. There were many images on the screen that frightened me very much, and even now they still appear eerie – ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 28, 2007
Pros: Studious direction. Nicholson. Crothers. Imagery.
Cons: Duvall. Occasionally tedious direction.
Summary: Many a frightening film has been released since The Shining, but Kubrick's 1980 psychological-horror is still notable for its attempt to climb inside the protagonist's head. There are ample opportunities for the writer-director to spook us with ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 2, 2007
Pros: Acting, direction, sets and scenery
Cons: Some changes didn't work
Summary: After reading the Shining I thought about seeing the movie. I heard good things about it and I’m starting to find an interest for Stanley Kubrick. Only about two years after the original novel was published Stephen King found his third book ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 8, 2007
Pros: Classier than many other King adaptations, scary in places
Cons: Purists hate the changes, Duvall looks mousy
Summary: One of the most common gripes readers have when one of their favorite novels is adapted into a screenplay for a major motion picture and they notice all the changes, large and small, made by the screenwriter/director in making the leap from the printed ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2006
Pros: One of the best horror flicks of all time retains its appeal over three decades...
Cons: May be too violent for some audiences...
Summary: Although this doesn't have the overall shock effect of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the subliminal fright enhancements of The Exorcist, The Shining still rules the roost at No. 3 on BT's All-Time Horror List. Unlike so many ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 1, 2006
Pros: Great direction, score, cinematography, performances
Cons: Lacks pace and plot of the novel, suffers from melodramatic inputs
Summary: The Shining (1980) was voted by Empire readers as the scariest movie of all time. Is this really true? Well... The plot basically evolves around a winter caretaker at an isolated hotel (Nicholson) gradually moving towards insanity. He becomes obsessed ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 1, 2006
Pros: Brilliant adaptation of a classic book
Cons: None
Summary: Adapted from the book of the same title written by stephen king, this is a classic film directed by Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut). This is the first adaptation of the Shining, as it was adapted as a tv mini-series in the 1990s. I got this from my ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 22, 2006
Pros: great visuals, lots of suspense, cool performances
Cons: plodding pacing that leads to a climax that's not climactic enough
Summary: There's a hair-thin line between genius and idiot - and Stanley Kubrick walked it like a balance beam. The Shining, Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King classic, is definitely exhibit #1. Nobody but Kubrick could so exquisitely shoot it and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 9, 2005
Pros: Atmosphere of foreboding; great visuals; splendid sets; outstanding soundtrack; camp performances
Cons: Script problems: lack of foundation for some horror elements; too little initial normality
Summary: If little Danny Torrance and the Overlook Hotel's chef Dick Hallorann can converse via mental telepathy and thought broadcasting, I ought to be able to transmit this review to your eyes without actually typing or putting pen to paper. Let's give it a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2004
Pros: Acting, script, terrifying the score.
Cons: A few more jump scares? Hey I'm picking at straws.
Summary: My mom was always terrefied of this movie and so it was mostly to bug her that I decided to watch this. I wasn't expecting too much, it was a horror movie and I'd never thought much of that genre. By the end I was looking over my shoulder in teror, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 3, 2004
Pros: …
Cons: …
Summary: My brother and I had been meaning to see The Shining for a while. We knew very little about the movie except that Jack Nicholson was in it and that he uttered the sentence, "Here's Johnny!" We finally got it from Netflix.The movie starts with a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 30, 2003
Pros: Jack Nicholson's truly terrifying performance.
Cons: Shelley Duvall, takes a LOT of liberties with the Stephen King book.
Summary: There are two schools of thought when it comes to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. One school of thought finds it to be a cheap version of Stephen King's classic novel, while the other thinks it is excellent and in some cases better than the book. A way ... read more
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