The Shining

chanandre

[Cinemateca] Elevator opens. Blood comes out. That score. Those camera movements. Nicholson going batshit crazy. All the continuity erros. Even the mistakes are epic. Wendy Carlos score. Red rum. Production. Set design. The works.

Kenji

Interesting to view it as film about the eradication of and building USA over Native American culture and lives, the cold war and Apollo 11 faked moon landing images.

Richmond Hill

A typically sure-handed, if ascetic, treatment from this director which conveys the spatial unease created by certain architecture better than almost any other production. The covert references and subtext may well be true but whatever they are, they're subtly hidden beneath the austere Grand Guignol surface with nearly everything here on top-form.

smndvdcl

From an homage to the photographic surrealism of Arbus, to references of the moon landing of Apollo 11 and the conspiracy theories of Room 237. Kubrick's horror classic has become a phenomena due to the meticulous ambiguity of his representations. It is that very ambiguity that remains its haunting pulse. The renowned idiom "all work and no play make Jack a dull boy" only scratches the surface of the film's genius.

Michael H. CLAES

Total mastery of the setting & the decor, great actors, like in EWS. Just S. KING's subject brings it to the level of a Christine, Carrie, or Poltergeist. https://www.facebook.com/zyx.mhclaes/media_set?set=a.152859444770207.31507.100001384583310&type=3 = Totale maîtrise du cadre, grandeur du décor, talent des comédiens, comme EWS. Juste le sujet Stephen KING le ramène au niveau d'un Christine, Carrie, ou Poltergeist.

Wee Hunk

I saw this in a theater with someone who yawned their way through it. "What about the girls?" "Are you scared of little girls?" "No! They're not supposed to be there!" I also know people who think the Steven King version is better. "Don't you realize this is a masterpiece?" "Steven King's was closer to the book." "The book sucked! This is a profound meditation on fear! This is Nicholson at his prime!"

Altair D.T

Excellent in all cinematographic aspects. In my concept is simply perfect. Photography impactant, the best performance by Jack Nicholson in his career, a creepy music and a perfect direction. An exploration of human consciousness and unconsciousness that addresses our greatest fears, across the study of paranormal world.

ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS

I don't hate this film, I just hate it's following. A bunch of symbolism does not make a great or scary film. The only brilliant part is the casting of Duvall who is genuinely annoying. All the people who spend hours of their life analyzing this in ROOM 237 have got to be the biggest wastes of life on this planet. Do something productive with your time instead. Up there with Clockwork and Lolita as Kubrick's worst.