The Shining is one of those few horror films that works on every level, this is mostly because of everything on screen but we must give credit to the crazy man directing the film Stanley Kubrick. This man is the kind of guy who not only wanted perfection but needed it. In order to make the 3000 or so pages of Jack's transcript look real he made his assistant type the who thing on typewriter. This movie has the world record for most reshot scenes in film history. And it is often rumored that he made the leading lady cry everyday because she wasn't to his liking. No matter what way you look at it he has made many great flicks and most of them are on this list.
I think my favorite part about this movie is the actual setting this hotel is way to perfect and way to native American for all the actors to be wearing red,white, and blue. Its almost halfway into the movie when one of the character changes her wardrobe to a less Pro-American dress. This movie always raises a question I have whenever someone says we built this building over an Indian burial ground. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN ENTER THE PREMISE!!! Oh well I'm super glad they went in because if they didn't we wouldn't have had this almost perfect movie. The setting a wonderful and almost everything looks symmetrical.
The acting is spot on Jack Nicholson was amazingly creepy and just plain wrong as Jack Torrance . But my favorite character in this movie is Lloyd (who may or may not be Satan I haven't figured that out yet) played by Joe Turkel. This is one of those movies that get better every time I see it. If you haven't seen this movie and are in the mood for a freaky horror movie look at The Shining
Eberts's score 4 stars
Tyer's score 4 stars
Next time we cheer up a bit with Superman.
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