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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2019 5:32:18 GMT
9/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2019 6:58:17 GMT
8/10
It’s great. But I just rewatched a large portion of Kubrick’s filmography and I must say this is comes toward the end of the ranking. Not that that means much considering this man’s filmography.
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Post by kevin on Oct 26, 2019 19:52:28 GMT
Remains a 10/10 upon a rewatch, one of my favorite if not my favorite horror movie(s).
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Post by millar70 on Oct 26, 2019 20:02:07 GMT
9/10
A classic, even the opening credits sequence is movie magic.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 26, 2019 20:38:33 GMT
9/10
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 26, 2019 21:06:45 GMT
There was no 7 1/2 option so I said 8. I think the characters are too weird but it has a lot of atmosphere and some really creepy scenes. I fastforward through the scene with the room visit every time. Dont go in there Jack!
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Oct 27, 2019 3:58:49 GMT
I couldn't give it any less than a ten, one of the most perfect movies I have ever seen.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 31, 2019 16:42:52 GMT
B
I admire it more than I enjoy it. I really admire it, I just can't put it on for re-watches. Kubrick's fun house. 1980: A Mountain Resort Odyssey.
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2019 10:21:28 GMT
Heeeeere's Vits to tell you that he agrees with most people's opinions on THE SHINING, except that 2 things ruined it: A) Imagine a tennis match where your opponent throws the ball at your face by accident over and over again and keeps waiting for you to hit it back. That's how I felt watching Shelley Duvall's performance. B) The way that JACK TORRANCE (the protagonist) transitions from normal to crazy was too rushed. As I was watching the movie, I was thinking "What if we had seen the downward spiral into madness?" and then I read that it was different in Stephen King's novel. I've said many times that changes in adaptations don't matter as long as they don't ruin the essence. By removing the element of JACK's struggle to stay sane, it comes off as if he had been evil yet sane all along. It ruined the character. Stanley Kubrick clearly had enough ideas to write an original script and that's what he should've done. Even if you think that's wrong, I still stand by what I said first because, while watching the movie (with no knowledge of the novel), I found the character to be flawed. That being said, there is a change that was for the better: Making the movie much more ambiguous. I'm not saying that the novel had too much exposition; I'm saying that I appreciated the ambiguety while watching the movie without knowing that I could find answers elsewhere. I'm also glad that DANNY TORRANCE (JACK's son) no longer meets his future self (Kubrick turned him into an imaginary friend). King sometimes tries to mix too many elements in his stories. We already have ghosts, telepathy and clairvoyance; time travel would've been overlook overkill! 8/10 DR. SLEEP tries to be a stand-alone movie and a direct sequel to THE SHINING. That's a problem, because both movies are very different in terms of tone, narrative and visual style. Things feel more jarring whenever an iconic shot is recreated. Honestly, I don't have a problem when a sequel severs ties with its predecessor if it's made decades later (especially with a different cast and crew), so I would've accepted it here. Everything was working without the references. In fact, the performances, characters, dialogue, plot, imagery, scares, editing and sound are top notch. 8/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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Post by sjg on Sept 30, 2020 9:16:05 GMT
5/10
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