The Shining is often hailed as the ultimate in horror. Stanley Kubrick doing a Stephen King story? How could that go wrong? Screen Junkies takes a look back at the masterpiece and sees things we have forgotten about the 1980 movie that make it seem not quite so horrifically perfect. Oh yeah, Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, opens November 8.
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Hahaha! I love this!
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D'oh!
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I always liked The Shining but I didn't love it until this year when I realized something about it. If you go back and watch The Shining, while Jack is driving on his way to the Hotel, notice that you never actually see inside the vehicle. People will say that's just coincidence, but I don't think so. I think it's deliberate. The reason is - the person in the vehicle driving to the hotel on the first day *becomes* Jack Torrence when he enters the hotel. Which makes the entire movie - including the ending - make sense. I'm sure I'm not the only person who's realized this. I just like pointing it out.
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It was a strange movie but really not particularly scary to me.
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