Interesting article on the lasting legacy of Kubrick's The Shining:

[dannyboy121070]

I've never been a fan of this movie. (This should probably go in the "Controversial movie opinions" thread...) I read THE SHINING when I was...10? 11...?, and the film was such a letdown when I saw it on TV. Shelly Duvall and that kid are as annoying as fuck, Nicholson is weird from the get-go, so he has no character arc, he just goes from creepy and strange to homicidal in a flash, there's no closure at the end, there are no characters to empathize with, except Scatman Crothers, who basically travels across the country to die like a bitch....Kubrick makes nice-looking films, but they're all ice-cold and devoid of human emotion. (Ducks and runs away.)

[Martin]

No problem. The article was interesting to me because I have no memories of this films release, just the adoration of the film and Mr. Kings dislike of it. To read the take from the 'experts' upon the movies release was very interesting to me.

[Tommy]

In my Top Ten Films, thanks for the article posting, Martin!

[Ben Staad]

As an SK enthusiast I really enjoy this movie. For whatever reason I am not put off at all from the departure from the source material. Normally that is bothersome for me but not in the case of this film.

Thanks for sharing the article.

[mulleins]

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/fro...t?oid=19635102

Thank you for the great read.

Mulleins

[Martin]

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/fro...t?oid=19635102