The Shining * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday
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"Was she okay after this movie was filmed?"
No. Shelley Duvall was not okay. The director (Stanley Kubrick) pushed her incredibly hard, making her do take after take of those difficult scenes in order to exhaust and terrorize her, thus causing her to look exhausted and terrified.
One scene she had to do 127 times.
Stanley Kubrick was a genius, but he was also a lunatic.
Kubrick also told the entire crew to ignore Duvall, going so far as to order them not to show her any sympathy.
The bat scene was done over 127 takes - and itâs still in the Guinness Book - and not only dehydrated Duvall but she also hurt her hands and the stress made her hair almost fall out.
Glad you brought this up cause I was about to make my comment about this. I have an issue with people shitting on Shelly's performance I get a lot of ppl do not know what she went through and those "acting choices" were not hers but Kubrick's. When I found out the story behind this movie I felt so bad. I never thought that her acting was bad and she most def looked tired, horrified, cold, and she also looked like she had not eaten in days
Shelley Duvall is not doing well today either.
The stories say this but Iâve never seen it in behind the scenes footage
@@Dularr She's doing a lot better than what you saw on Dr. Phil. She has a friend (I believe named Mike) who goes out with her to lunch and he posts Instagram pictures with her. He says she's in a much better place mentally
To see Jack Nicholson at his absolute best, watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Brilliant film. So sad.
That is one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. The ending scene redeems it though!
I was going to mention this as well. Amazing movie, but it will crush your soul.
an then after that if you want something more lighthearted batman 1989
I almost fell over when she said she didnt know who he was. The movie Mars attacks was another one of the long list of his great movies.
He was good as the doctor in Tommy, even though they could only afford him for one day of shooting
Fun fact: the kid who played Danny didnât know he was in a horror movie. Kubrick told him it was a melodrama so he wouldnât get too scared! He didnât find out the truth until YEARS later.
There's a scene where Wendy carries Danny and he's clearly a dummy.
Jack Nicholson would have to switch gears and act like he was playing if the kid walked onto the set and something scary was happening. I thought that was adorable.
And yet, terrorized the adults, at least Shelley.
He said that he initially found the film boring
7:33 "I'm not having a good time"
Narrator: "She would continue to not have a good time"
The terror that you see in Shelley Duvall is real.
The director would not let her know what was going on, kept her separated from the rest of the crew and really terrorized her.
The end result made for a fabulous movie,
Shelley Duvall had a nervous breakdown after this movie. It got so bad her hair started falling out.
She never recovered
It's sad how horribly she was treated both during and after the production. The "Razzie" nomination was particularly uncalled for.
The stair scene was shot 127 times.
Yep, only bad point of this film is how Kubrick treated her.
Your body goes weak when you're really terrorised.
Poor Shelley
It's wild to me that future generations are going to remember "Here's Johnny!" from this film rather than from the Jonny Carson show.
@Timothy Clark Are you besmirching the name of _master of horror_ Johnny Carson?!
To be fair, who else could possibly top Jack's performance as completely batshit crazy?
yeah!
I know people who don't even know who David Letterman is!
@@Gravydog316 You can't even sing a round of "Know Your Cuts of Meat," these days without getting strange looks!
"That carpet is also scary" freaking killed me.
Fun Fact: The carpet in Sidâs house from _Toy Story_ is the exact same
This idiot watches the movies before she reacts. Or should I say "re-acts"
Fun fact: Jack Nicholson had some fireman training, so they had him chop down a real door because he completely annihilated the prop door.
And âHereâs Johnny!â was completely improvised by him on set, and Kubrick decided to keep it in
I love the camera move while he's chopping the door. So simple and yet so impactful.
I know if my house was ever on fire nothing would calm me down more than to see Jack Nicholson arrive on the scene with an axe.
It took 60 doors
6:54 "What the Hell is THAT ?" Old Telephone Switchboard. HILARIOUS!
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"Was she okay after this movie was filmed?"
No.
It has been said the director and Nicholson were both horrible to poor Shelly Duval virtually torturing her to get this performance.
She was on Dr Phil about 4 years ago. She is not well đą
The director made her do 127 takes of the baseball bat scene. The abusive treatment caused her to start losing her hair.
Nicholson was good to her.
@@anthonyc3496 correct...Jack had to suffer with long hours and never ending reshoots along side Shelley.
Hereâs a great article about the making of the film and the messed up ways Kubrick treated Shelley.
www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/shelley-duvall-kubrick/
The reason why she looks so tired during the scene on the stairs, with the baseball bat, is because the director (Stanley Kubrick) made her do 127 takes of that scene.
Shelley Duvall's performance in this film is brilliant, and you pick up something new every time you watch her in the film.
"That's odd, usually the blood gets off at the second floor." - Mister Burns
Thanks, I had completely forgotten that line.
(shudders) _John Denver_ ...
"If we come back and they're all dead, I owe you a Coke."
"But don't be reading my mind between 4 and 5. That's Willy's time!"
RE: Shelley Duvall and the character of Wendy: I've always thought that Wendy Torrance as played by Ms. Duvall is one of the great bad-asses of cinema. She really taught me not to confuse external emotion with action. Yes, Wendy is (understandably) emotional throughout the ordeal. But pay attention to what she DOES. As the ghosts themselves point out, Wendy is resourceful. She copes. She's creative. She survives because of her actions to defeat a psychotic and determined foe. At every step she manages to buy time, to beat back the attack. Really, it's a lesson for all of us. Pay attention to what a person does, and we may see strength in unlikely places.
Exactly. It's her performance that actually sells the movie. Particularly if you've ever seen a Jack Nicholson film before and see the Jack in "Jack". Amazing performance, but he always seems to have a bit of the "real Jack" in all his roles.
I totally bought her character as an emotionally scared, possibly traumatized woman who wants to believe her husband can be saved from himself, but has the inner strength to fight when her back is to the wall. Shelly Duvall did so good, IMO. Not all badass females appear or act badass all the time.
@@knittymama570 Agreed. I also saw her as an emotionally scarred, possibly abused, wife. When she spoke at the beginning of her husband dislocating the son's shoulder, and the drinking...and how he swore he was gonna stop. As the movie progresses and he 'becomes' this verbally abusive, loud, asshole. But was it really a PROgression or a REgression..? I saw Wendy as a woman who lived with a man who was an abusive alcoholic for years.
People always comment on the 'tentative' or 'light' swatting she was doing with the bat. You knew she wanted to hit him and hit him hard. She knew she wanted to hit him hard. But she also knew what could happen if she hit him hard...and he came for her later...it was masterful, and subtle...but brilliant. Many find her performance weak or ineffective, but I think she was the true star of the film.
If you ever get the chance to see the film 3 Women, with Shelly Duvall and Sissy Spacek, check it out. Trailer here: czcams.com/video/u9vEnPtWuF4/video.html
Well Duvall also had to deal with Stanley Kubrick traumatizing her and badgering her and making her life a living hell to get the performance he wanted.
@@justanotherdayinthelife9841 I think he could probably be a horrible bully sometimes.
There's a reason Jack Nicholson is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. Along with this you have Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Batman, Witches of Eastwick, all outstanding performances.
Chinatown isn't mentioned nearly often enough , except by cinephiles. Sad.
@@adgato75 So true. I was just about to recommend Chinatown. What-a-movie ... Kittycat ...
Batman and Witches of Eastwick? Including these 2 on a list with Chinatown and Cuckoos Nest is just wrong. I'd rather see movies like "The Last Detail", "A Few Easy Pieces", "A Few Good Men", "As Good as it Gets", "The Departed", "Something's Gotta Give", "Prizzi"s Honor", "Ironweed", or "Terms of Endearment", listed over those 2 movies.
Jack was being interviewed on TV and the host said he was a brilliant actor. Jack looked at her with a big smile and said," Why, I've never acted a day in my life".
âIs that all the souls that have died in the hotelâ
So. When he first appears at the bar he says âIâd sell my soul for a beerâ and in the next scene a man in a devil red jacket appears and pours him a drink. When he tries to pay in later scenes heâs told his moneyâs no good but heâs obviously ringing up a tab. I think this is meant to show itâs the devil pouring the drinks and the tab heâs ringing up is his soul. Later on we see the previous care taker working as a servant, the implication being he too rang up a tab of some sort and is now paying it off by being a servant in hell/the after life. I think itâs not if you die in the hotel but if the hotel consumes you spiritually speaking. He gave his soul over to the evilness in the place and now canât escape. For me the picture kind of represents that awful sinking feeling of when youâre in a bad way sometimes you think âIâve been heading here my whole lifeâ. But itâs like an extension of that - headed here your whole life? Please! Youâve BEEN here your whole life and beyond.
There's a strong argument for Nicholson's character having the shining, but just doesn't realize it. It's why he can see the ghosts (along with Danny), and why the hotel has an effect on him.
I think the hotel only has an influence over those who have the shining, and absorbs their power into itself once they die within its walls.
That's probably the best in a nutshell description of shining I've heard.
VERY GOOD ANALYSIS
@@Eidlones good theory
For how many times Iâve seen this I never thought of that. Your idea about the bar scene lines up with the novel in how Jack is not fully possessed until he takes the drink.
Shelley Duvall is a national treasure! So sad how her life has unwinded- sheâs incredible in films like 3 Women, Annie Hall, Nashville,etc. Directors of the 70âs adored her for her unconventional looks/vibe.
She's so good that she even brought Olive Oyl to life in that live action Popeye movie.
I grew up on her Fairytale Theatre series, too!
The stair scene was her fighting against the love she had for him and realizing that this isnât the man she loved anymore. Itâs why she couldnât swing the bat in a meaningful way.
No it wasnât. It was the result of her being tortured by Stanley Kubrick and having to do 127 takes of that scene to mentally and physically exhaust her
@@Hey_Jamie Iâm not talking about the actress. Iâm talking about how it was written. Why the character wouldnât swing the bat with force.
127 times wasnât the most takes of a scene in that movie. Jack had to do all of those takes as well but I donât see you mentioning that. Kubrick was known to be a perfectionist and a jerk to work for. All of the cast knew that and accepted the part anyway. Shelly is proud of the scene and respected Kubrick for his artistry. She did say she resented him as a boss though which Iâm sure weâve all been there.
I would say it was the swing of someone who was swinging to protect herself but not to actively hurt the other person...like shes trying to show power but was held back by half by her fear
I think she should watch Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Everyone should
@@mocthezuma a prevert.. Purity of Essence ;)
The Commies want our precious bodily fluids !!
You can't fight in here! This is the war room!
Absolutely agreed. Obviously.
Shelly Duvall who played the wife basically had a nervous breakdown on the set. It was really sad what happened to her
Yeah Stanley Kubrick basically screamed at her and told her she was awful for 10 hours a day for a year. It broke her.
@@Primenumber19 Sounds like my old supervisor.
The did over 100 takes of the bat scene on the stairs, to the point where she had blisters on her hands.
She was never the same after this roleđ
I think the lore of that is over exaggerated. Shelly Duval had a long and successful career in the more than a decade between the Shining and the onset of her mental disease. She always spoke respectfully of Kubrick after the film, and the legends about her being driven to the edge during the movie mostly come from the "making of" film which Kubrick had his daughter shoot, and which he edited himself.
"She doesn't have the look of a leading actress" That's a major problem with modern cinema, everyone needs to be young and have a certain look. Acting abilities? Meh, they just need to look good.
Agree, I actually really liked Shelley Duval in that role
@@anthonybayens1 I agree, but I'd also like say that I'm not accusing Ashleigh of being like that. I think we all know what the "appropriate look" is, even if we don't agree with it. Despite how good of an actor he is, Steve Buscemi will never get a major leading role because he looks like Gollum.
On the one hand, it is okay for movies to be larger than life. On the other hand, it is true that the movie industry has become all flair and no substance. Visual effects have taken the place of storytelling, and good looks have taken the place of acting.
@@kickstart_1.3 i'm not sure it matters so much with actors if they're good enough. De Niro, Pacino, Nicholson, they don't look like leading men either. Buscemi could have been the lead in The Shining, no problem, Kubrick wasn't about just casting the best looking actors
Fun fact wendy was slapped when filming...
"Was she okay after this movie?"... nope.
One thing about this movie, and Duvall deserves full credit for this, is the harrowing uncomfortable feeling from nearly every scene. This film never lets you feel comfortable, there's not one single scene that feels safe, every scene feels wrong, each character feels unsettling and wrong in some way.
Many people critique Duvall's performance, because it is not what we expect from film. She isn't particularly charismatic or traditionally beautiful, but I would argue without that constant feeling of something being off that she brings, without that unease you feel when you watch her as you wonder if she is all there, this film would have been simply good, and not great.
It is masterful horror; yet it came with a price and unfortunately Duvall was the one who paid it. In recreating domestic abuse in such a stark and uncompromising way Duvall became a casualty.
âHereâs Johnny!â is how the announcer presented Johnny Carson on âThe tonight showâ.
Fun Fact: Jack Nicholson improvised that line on set while they were filming, Kubrick decided to keep it in despite his OCD, and now itâs become one of the most quotable movie lines in history
Yeah, "announcer" Ed McMahon.
...so saying it in a creepy way or context refers to this movie, while saying it just to announce someone and also its use in this movie is a reference to "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" (1962-1992). "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" was a well-known adage that didn't originate here, but "redrum" originates with this movie and/or the book.
@@harryknackers7892 Yeah, who could forget Ed.
"Here's Johnny" is the phrase Ed McMahon routinely said to introduce Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. Way before you time.
...and worth looking up on CZcams, imho.
Back during the hey day of Carson it was THE show people would end their day with. There was no on demand, no video tape, and three channels to choose from. Carson was a nightly treat. So things like Here's Johnny were deeply ingrained in the public conscious.
@@thane9 Nowadays you can just go and get the streaming app Pluto tv and find the Johnny Carson channel there. NOthing but the classic Tonight Show 24/7.
Nicholson went on the Tonight show right before the movie opened and showed Carson that scene.
I was going to mention this, but I'm glad to see someone else is old enough to remember the good old days of The Tonight Show.
"Heeeeere's Johnny!!" is a quote and reference to the Johnny Carson show (the original king of late night)
The announcer Ed McMahon (and the show for that matter) was famous for using that phrase to introduction Johnny Carson when he came on stage after listing who the guests were for the night at the beginning of every episode.
Can you imagine a remake of this movie "Here's Fallon" BOOOOOO
Not just any late night, it was The Tonight Show, later with Jay Leno, now sadly given to one of the late night Jimmies.
âWhat was thatâ
That was a telephone switchboard.
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Yeah but where was the wifi connection đ
In fairness, manual plug boards like that were ancient technology, and I think an increasingly rare sight, even when the film was released in 1980 - they tended to stay in use in rural areas and smaller local operations until quite late on, though, which is probably why the hotel in the film still has one.
It would particularly make sense for a large mountain lodge at frequent risk of being isolated from the world by snow to keep older, more rugged technology like that (and the CB radio) in operation, as a back-up in case the more modern stuff broke down and couldn't be repaired due to lack of access to skilled technicians or spare parts whilst the roads were out.
Dude, the performance Duvall gave might very well be the best acting performance of all time.
Mostly because she's not acting. Stanley Kubrick pushed her incredibly hard on the set the make her exhausted and terrified.
I'm not convinced she knows that redrum is murder spelled backwards.
Also red rum is delicious
@@oaf-77 That poor horse.
But it shows it in the mirror lol
"Was she okay after this movie?"
NoooOoOoOoooOOOOooo no. No no no. Nnnnnnnnnno. Oh no. Nono nono no. Big nope
And didn't she have to do the take on the stairs with the bat like 110 times, or something like that? God, it'd make any person go insane.
@@StandUpComedyFan28m Also the scene where Dick is having a vision in his bed was repeated like 160 times, Scatman even begged crying to Kubrick to please stop repeating the same scene and kept going, so yeah, that's some terror in those eyes.
Kibrik was a genius director, but a terrible person
so, if I got what you're saying, she wasn't okay after this... đ€
True story. She suffered severe psychological trauma after filming this movie. Especially the scene on the stairs. I'm fairly certain there was a documentary with a rare occurrence of her explaining what she suffered on set. If you dig to find it, have an open mind when watching it. She doesn't look ANYTHING like she did in the movie these days. There is a part where other members of the cast and people not affiliated with the film begged Kubrick to stop torturing her but he refused and basically told her she wasn't a true actress if she couldn't handle his style of directing. It's one of those things where like.. he may be a brilliant artist, but if he slaughtered a bunch of animals and made a masterpiece using paint composed of their blood... is he still an artist?
This movie was made in a time, when lead actors were cast based on experience and acting 'chops', and they didn't all have to conform to a specific body type, or standard of attractiveness. After all, in the real world, not everyone is drop-dead gorgeous. So, in her time Shelley Duvall was, absolutely, "lead actress material".
Very true. That said, Shelley Duvall was also beautiful and had been a model; Kubrick intentionally used an unflattering lens which both her and Nicholson grumbled about because it distorted their features.
Uh, Hollywood always favored good looking actors, even in the silent film days. Unless they were to be villains. Then ones like Peter Lorre were cast.
Number 12 looks just like you
Shelley Duvall also played Olive Oyl in the live action âPopeyeâ movie. It was Robin Williamsâ first movie as well. Ought to react to that!
It gets so much hate, but I try loved it. Robin was perfect as Popeye & Shelley was the perfect Olive Oil.
@@iChristyD itâs one of my favorites. I wish I could get the original version on DVD or Blu-ray but itâs not available. They only offer an edited version of the movie. It kind of sucks because growing up we had the version shown on network TV on tape and they totally removed Blutoâs song, âIâm Mean.â That was one of my favorite songs from the movie! I didnât see it again until it was released on DVD. The DVD version removes some of Popeyeâs âsailor languageâ. For instance, in the scene where they abandon ship, Popeye jumps in the water shouting, âOH SHIIIIT!â Thatâs been cut out. Yeah, itâs a very minor detail but I feel like if it was in the original movie, it ought to stay in that movie!
Bluto was played by Paul L Smith, who played the evil guard in Midnight Express
@@tomhaskett5161 Iâll always know him as The Beast Raban from David Lynchâs Dune.
"Was she ok after this movie was filmed..?"
No, no she was not. Not even slightly.
The director was well known for doing whatever was needed to get his perfect shot. That included tormenting Shelly and having the rest of the cast and crew treat her like crap during filming.
When you see her acting scared, she isn't acting.
You are correct sire!
Also, he was notorious for extreme numbers of takes, sometimes doing 30, 40, even 50 takes to get the shot just how he wanted it! Must have been so exhausting!
127 takes, I believe.
127 takes.
It is not surprising at all that she had a nervous breakdown.
Conversely, he went out of his way to protect little Danny from any of the scary stuff. He was never actually in any of the scenes, not even as an audience that had the spooks going on.
Who would be worse to work for?
A. Stanley "Look. _Look_ . _LOOK_ !" Kubrick
B. William "Slaps 'n' Shots" Friedkin
I honestly dunno...
"I don't know what else Jack Nicholson is in, I don't know why he's important"
:jaw drops 100 stories:
Nicholson is perhaps along with Steve McQueen an emblem of an era of wildness, freedom and charismatic eccentricity. He's one of the few actors referred to often just as "Jack", like a pop star
She can't handle the truth.
Millennials đ
Jack Nicholson is as good as it gets.
@@stephenolan5539 I see what you did there! "As Good as it Gets" is my favorite Nicholson movie!
Fun fact about the "here's Johnny!" scene: apparently he was a trained firefighter and they had to replace the door a bunch of times because he kept chopping them apart too fast! In the end he had to purposefully cut the door badly.
I usually don't like react videos but Ashleigh always seems like she's discovering how movies work for the first time, which is really fun to watch.
âChinatownâ is another Nicholson performance not to be missed. His performance in âThe Shiningâ was heavily panned by critics at the time as hammy and overdone. Not necessarily my opinion just saying. Shelly Duvall was mercilessly ill treated by director Stanley Kubrick during the filming of this in order to keep her on edge and semi hysterical during the final third of the movie.
Omg, Chinatown is soooo good!
Yeah, Kubrick straight-up psychologically tortured Shelly Duvall in making this movie. It upsets me that the result is so good because JFC that was not okay.
@@ParchmentScroll But on the other hand...Shelley Duvall should have known what she is signing up for, when she heard the name "Stanley Kubrick". This man was a perfectionist in practically every movie - So she should have known that work with him would not be easy, but f**cking hard.
@@tygra2886 No no no. He deliberately psychologically abused her so her terrified actions would be realistic. That's not perfectionism. That's straight up abuse. There is no "she should've known."
@@ParchmentScroll Oh, also, secondly: Duvall Wasn't the only one person That was Psychologically Abused... For example,
Do you remember the scene in which Hallorann was "shining"? This scene was filmed 120 Times... After one of those times, Scatman Crothers fell to the ground, and on his knees, on the verge of tears, he shouted to Kubrick "what do you want Mr. Kubrick ?!" - That's how hard to work with was kubrick.
The scene of Hallorann murder was filmed 40 times
But yeah, only Duvall was harmed...Probably many other people/actors were physically harmed There too, people just talk about Duvall because:
1.She's still alive (Crothers died in 1986)
2.In her case, it had the worst consequences (Idk what consequences this sort of treatment could have on mr. Crothers, but probably similar, because He was 70 at the time of the filming)
3. She's a woman
"REDRUM"
"tell the kid to buckle up", we foolishly didn't wear seatbelts in the 70's & 80's.
Stephen King notoriously hated Stanley Kubrick's film which is very different than King's book. When people talk about the other version of The Shining they are referring to the 1997 made for TV mini series. You definitely watched the right one! This is my second favorite horror behind The Exorcist.
All the people you see in the hotel, the woman in the tub, the furry in the bear costume, the Grady twins, Lloyd the bartender are ghost of people who have met their tragic end in the hotel. While the final picture is meant to be left open for the viewers interpretation I always took it as a kind of reincarnation theme & that Jack's soul is unbreakably tied to the Overlook Hotel, like Mr. Grady says "You've always been the caretaker".
A reference within a reference, "Here's Johnny" is a reference to legendary host of The Tonight Show Johnny Carson, who hosted that show from 1962 -1992, Jay Leno took over the show after Johnny & now of course Jimmy Fallon is the host. in the 60's, 70's & 80's Carson was THE late night talk show & every night Ed McMahon would introduce Carson with Heeeeeere's Johnny.
The director of The Shining Stanley Kubrick is a legend and almost every film he made was a critical & commercial hit. If you continue down the road of watching classic films you will probably end up watching several more of his films such as Spartacus, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket.
Jack Nicholson is also in many classic films from the late 60's through the 2000's, Easy Rider, Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Batman, A Few Good Men, The Departed.
King was right. The mini series is closer to the book, and IMHO, better
@@daremo5284 Not special effects wise though.
Best Kubrick movies also include The Killing and Paths of Glory.
If you are ever going to do 2001 I'd recommend reading the book first, otherwise the first 10+ minutes will make absolutely no sense. LOL. Also, the movie and the book were done at the same time... Arthur C Clarke wrote the movie with Stanley while he also wrote the book.
@@robertcobras8320 Well...sort of. Clarke had written a short story called The Sentinel that was used as the basis for the screenplay. Kubrick contacted him to request a âmythically goodâ science fiction story. (At least thatâs what I remember Clarke as saying. It was words to that effect, anyway.) They crafted the movieâs story together from that.
"Jack Nicholson? I don't know what else he is in..." One side of my brain was "Girl, you are for a treat..." The other side got an aneurism...
Shelly Duval should have got an Oscar for her incredible performance.
âHereâs Johnnyâ is a reference to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Every episode was introduced in this way by Carsonâs co-host, Ed McMahon.
Redrum
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Notice that the "twins" aren't in the party photo either. But they're certainly trapped in the hotel. The party photo I believe shows all the people throughout history that have succumbed to the evil of the spot and become a part of it. Not those that were just killed by it.
I stayed at the Stanley hotel 2 years ago. Still has the same carpet design. The whiskey bar and haunted tours were great.
"Jack's like, hell yea titties"
LMAO gets me everytime.. amidst all the tension and horror of the scene :'D
âWas she okay after this movie was filmed?â
No, not really.
Was she okay going in to the movie is the question to be asked. Probably not.
@@biskygiver Lol she was fine going into the film. The actual filming completely broke her as she was constantly tormented and abused on set.
It took Robin Williams to help her back from this movie. They both starred in Popeye The Movie.
@@DarthTach And even then she was still never the same. She did a few projects after this film but that's it. She's a broken shell of what she used to be.
@@DarthTach man I hate that Popeye movie, but I'll always watch it if its on
"Was she Ok after this movie was filmed?"
No. Definitely not....
*heavy sigh*
She's BARELY making it right there...
Yup. Stanley Kubrick emotionally abused the hell out of her to get some of those reactions.
Yeah, definitely not đ¶
I have been in the "Overlook Hotel" where "The Shining" was filmed. It is actually the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. It's a Beautiful place. However, the hedge maze scenes were filmed somewhere in England. In the original book there was no hedge maze. It was actually topiary shrubs that came to life with the hotel. Jack Nicholson was brilliant in this movie. Yes Ashleigh, to answer your question, there are two versions of "The Shining." This movie focuses more on Jack getting Cabin Fever and going crazy, and not so much on the hotel itself. The book adaptation focuses more on the evil spirit of the hotel, and how it took the soles of all of the previous caretakers. Stephen King did not like Stanley Kubrick's movie adaptation of the book very much.
He didn't get cabin fever. He got posessed by the spirits in the hotel.
I visited there a few years ago to do a ghost tour. The tour guide volunteered my cousin and I to reenact the twins in the hallway scene lol.
I saw both versions of the shining and Stanley Kubrick version is hands down way better. I've also been to the Stanley hotel and it's not located In a secluded area but right in town. There were other differences from kings version and Kubrick. Not sure why it was important to change the room number to the haunted room but In the book it was 217. Scatman Crothers does not get murdered in the book.
The exterior is the Timberline Lodge in Oregon on the side of Mount Hood. It's a beautiful location.
It wasn't just the hedge maze that was filmed in England, the entire film was shot in England apart from the brief aerial shots of the hotel and the car journey. Even the rest of the outdoor shots were filmed in front of a completely recreated front facade of the building. Kubrick didn't leave the UK after moving there in the 1960s so all of his films from Lolita onwards were exclusively shot in the UK.
Redrum is Murder spelled backwards
âHereâs Johnnyâ was a reference of Ed McMahon introducing Johnny Carson on the âTonight Showâ.
See Shelly Duval as Olive Oil in âPopeyeâ with Robin Williams.
The cook was played by Scatman Cruthers who stared in many 70s tv shows and a former Mississippi blues singer long before Rap was invented.
Didn't he also do the voice of Hong Kong Phooey in the 70's cartoon and Jazz from the Transformers cartoon in the 80's?
Scatman was also great in Silver Streak with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.
Skip Popeye...
@@shackyman3644 itâs worth seeing
Red Rum was a race horse.
Lol. Your neighbors talking amongst themselves:
Burt: âThat crazy girl is talking to herself again in the closet.â
Evelyn: âWhatâs she talking about this time hun?â
Burt: âSnowcats and âĐŻEdĐŻuMââ
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Evelyn: "Tell her she shouldn't drink and drive heavy machinery!"
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Is KoRn's backwards R from this movie?
one of my favourite reveals of all time is "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", when you see it on the one page it's creepy, but when you see pages upon pages and pages, and they are all formatted as though it's an actual book, with paragraph's, line breaks, quotes, etc it takes it to a new level because you wonder just how long he has been typing that and only that, and is he even AWARE that it's the only thing he's typing? Also the cook is so unfortunate, that guy booked a flight back from Hawaii, drove all the way to the mountain, and rented a snow cat JUST to go check on them, he's so selfless and he dies in such a sudden way (even though he did save their lives, the only reason Jack gave up on Wendy in the bathroom is because Jack heard his arrival).
One more thing I find interesting about this movie: Tony. For a while you think it's just a creepy imaginary friend, then you learn about the shining and wonder if it's something more malicious, but throughout the entire movie he tries to protect Danny and Wendy as much as he can (even the REDRUM scene is to wake Wendy up before Jack comes in), I find it really fascinating that it seems to be something otherworldly that is inhabiting Danny, but doesn't appear to have ill intentions, it's just hanging out in his body
Kubrick actually had someone on staff type out ALL of those pages to give it that disturbing feel that someone actually went crazy writing it. Kubrick was a brilliant psychopath.
@thesyndrome43 In the book, "Tony" was his precognitive abilities(i.e. the "shining"), and being a child, he didn't understand them, so he referred to them as the little boy who lives in my mouth.
Its not actually All. If you look closely its A11.
I straight up can not stop giggling at your harmonious "Oooooo!!!" at 11:55!!!đđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđ
The 20+ times I've watched this, I've NEVER felt so stressed as watching it with you!
Jesus Christ!
Fun fact: The the papers that say âall work and no play makes Jack a dull boyâ were all hand typed. The director refused to just copy and print multiple pages, so he made a stagehand type up every single one. The pages all look different because the guy would get bored and alternate his patterns to keep himself entertained.
I thought it was Kubrick's secretary who wrote the all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy book
@@robertmcbride4454 You might be right.
There were also different versions written for different countries. Italy, as an example, has 'Il Mattino Ha L'Oro In Bocca' (The Morning Has Gold In The Mouth).
I've read a few different accounts of who actually typed all those pages, some say it was Kubrick himself, others that it was a secretary or crew members, then there's one that claims they were done by students in a typing class at a local school.
@@DrGregoryHouseIT That I didnât know.
Kubrick was insane as a director. He outright tortured Shelly Duvall during production. She had a serious breakdown afterward. It was really cruel.
When Jack Nicholson wants to hug you, stroke your hair, and tell you everything is all right, you know Kubrick went too far.
Yeah, even in the behind the scenes documentary on the DVD, she's just pulling out chunks of shedded hair. I love the film intensely but I'd rather have not had it at all, if it meant Shelly Duvall didn't have to go through that.
@@HelloMisterJAMWAH She did have a mental breakdown. I can't help but wonder if this movie was a factor.
@@HelloMisterJAMWAH she did the stair scene 129 times. That would make most pull their hair out. And she did not have a break down as other claims, she lost hair due to extreme stress, it being her first high budget movie, and having Kubrick as director.
Great directors are often a-holes. Hitchcock was one on Psycho as well.
Youâve got BALLS leaving the nudity in a YT edit đ
The first time I saw this was a summer in college with my roommates. We started it very late at night and they were both falling asleep while I was wide awake and seriously freaked out. Just as Jack says "You're the guy who killed his family," someone outside our apartment set off some really loud fireworks. I jumped and started screaming, which made one of my other roommates wake up and start screaming. We were both screaming for a while before we could calm down. Our other roommate just grumbled at us and went back to sleep.
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Jack Nicholson is The Joker in the 1989 Batman movie. Michael Keaton(the actor who plays Beetlejuice) is Batman.
The fact that Jack Nicholson is not among the top Jokers shows how well that role has been played. Nicholson is kind of middle of the pack among those who have donned the makeup. But he was still excellent.
I would rate them at:
Heath Ledger (Dark Knight)
Mark Hammill (Various aninated works)
Joaquim Phoenix (Joker)
Jack Nicholson (Batman, though almost tied with Joaquim)
Cesar Romero (Batman TV show)
Cameron Monaghan (Gotham, not technically the joker, but that was a rights issue. It was the Joker)
Jared Leto (Suicide Squad)
I even liked Leto's joker. I think it got a bad rap because it was in a bad film and it wasn't as good as the others. But put that Joker in a better film and pretend you didn't see it done better so many times and it would have been decent.
@@Sam_on_CZcams Pretty sure it's spelled _Joaquin_ (and _Hamill_ ) . Good list when it comes to the best ones, but Jared's just sucked - a 13 yo's tatted, "THUG LIFE" fanfiction of The Joker is just a huge Leto-downo.
@@Sam_on_CZcams you would be wrong. He is the best Joker.
So...there is a Ghostbusters cartoon episode where a ghost is looking for his "Redrum"... it ended up being the name of his old snow sled.
That was a good show... *sigh.
@@dkev001 Why not put the top three together as one - each the best in different ways - like the Trinity?
she was literally "not ok" after this film, PTSD for the rest of her life because of how she was treated on set.
Wow you can diagnose PTSD as her specific problem and pinpoint the exact reason without knowing her life, mad skillz bro.
@@wickedjuice Shelley has talked about it herself, they're not making random information. Google it.
@@wickedjuice > Actually, Shelley has spoken about it at length in many interviews. The baseball bat scene took over 50 takes, and between takes Kubrick and Nicholson were abusive.
www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/shelley-duvall-kubrick/
www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/shelley-duvall-and-stanley-kubrick-battle-the-shining-188549/
vocal.media/horror/real-horror-of-the-shining-the-story-of-shelley-duvall
www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/how-shining-star-shelley-duvall-21615871
www.looper.com/138170/shelley-duvall-quit-shining/
www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2019/10/30/shelley-duvall-rise-fall-shinings-troubled-star/
www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-discomforting-legacy-of-wendy-torrance.html
@@wickedjuice Might I direct you to also Google the Dunning-Kruger effect.
@@CraftsWithCrafts 127 takes. It still holds the record for number of takes for a single scene. Absolutely ridiculous. A totally abusive thing to do.
Dude, Shelly Duvall is gorgeous! What she went through on set is insane!!
The eerie background noises and the sound of Dannyâs bike going from hardwood to carpet adds to the suspense
Ashleigh: "this is a psychological thriller"
Me: hooo boy. This is going to be traumatic...
I did an evil giggle and rubbed my hands when she said that.
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Johnny Carson used to host The Tonight Show. âHereâs Johnny!â was how he was always introduced.
Jack Nicholson said that as an ad lib.
David Vazquez, are you a Marine?
I was a Navy Corpsman with 1/5 out of Camp Pendleton.
Stanley Kubrick is a truely great director. His Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece(but too adult for this video series). I worked in a theater when this came out, and just having to listen to it everyday freaked me out. The hotel they filmed it in was actually haunted. Shelley Duval played Olive Oyle in Popeye.
Nice try, but this movie was not filmed in a hotel. The whole thing was shot on sets built in England, apart from a few helicopter shots of a real hotel in Colorado.
â@Thread Bomb Well then, the sets themselves were haunted. Nice try. Thread Bomb đŁ turned out to be a đ great and accurate choice.
They made her film the bathroom scene 170 times..she was isolated from the crew and even lost hair from stress
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That's odd, usually the blood gets off at the second floor."
I love that comment!
"No beer and no tv make Homer something something."
"Go crazy?"
"Don't mind if I do!"
@@KEVMAN7987 "Homer? It's Moe. Uh, look...some of the ghouls and I are a little concerned the project isn't moving forward." LOL
"Here's Johnny" actaully comes from the tonight show with Johnny Carson.
And Nicholson improvised the line. It wasn't in the script.
@@Frankdfn No he didn't Stanly Kubrick was a controllfreak and perfectionist (they made 127 takes of this scene) the only person that ever was allowed to improvise in one of his movies was the drillsargent from Full Metal jacket.
Oh man, I still remember my dad making me watch this one Halloween when I was in college. I acted the same way about the bathtub scene; scared me shitless! It's my favorite horror movie now, but no matter how many times I watch it, I still get a chill up and down my spine when Danny rounds the corner and the twins are there.
Edit:
Beginning of movie, regarding Tony: Dude stop! It's your finger!
End of movie: TONY STOP
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Yet another edit: I don't think the cook ended up in the photo at the end b/c the hotel didn't drive him mad and suck him in like it did to Jack. In the beginning, Dick says to Danny that he isn't afraid of the hotel. I think his character possesses a great mental strength because of his abilities, and his goodness of heart makes him immune. Plus, he's been there for years and he knows all of the history even before Grady's incident. Jack, on the other hand, is clearly a troubled and wayward guy; perfect bait to drive insane.
"was she ok after this film?" The sad answer is no, no she was not. Stanley kubrick and jack nicholson essentially tortured her and abused her mentally so bad that her career and personal life were never the same.
This isn't true, it's just an urban myth. You can watch the behind-the-scenes film about the making of the movie.
Nicholson didn't torture or abuse her mentally, apparently he was the one who told Kubrick to 'cut it the fuck out' in reference to how he was treating Duvall
Ben Booth yes, because the BTS surely wouldnât leave something like that out to cover up the abuse she suffered during filmmaking.
Come on thatÂŽs bull shit. Shelley Duvall never had a grat career. Actually The Shining was a huge rol for her by that time.
I'm so sick of hearing this. He pushed her, as he did most of his actors. It's hit myth-level because she was mentally unstable anyway, it came to the fore in later life and once lazy 'journos' started pushing it for clicks it was seized upon by everyone too lazy to research for themselves. Being driven to perform a hundred takes isn't 'torture' by any stretch and claiming that her mental health issues in later life was caused by Kubrick is completely unfounded.
Speaking of REDRUM, the recently-released movie âDoctor Sleepâ is a sequel to this movie. The directorâs cut is recommended.
Agreed! Doctor Sleep is one of the few times where the movie was better than the book.
Ashleigh: "Who are the others?"
Me: "Ask Nicole Kidman."
I see what you did there.
Great film.
âI see live peopleâ
Ask Jack, Sawyer, and Kate.
That was such a creepy excellent movie!
This is the only movie where I've felt like hugging the protagonist and telling her everything would be ok.
19:25: You saw the original. Stephen King didnât like this one, because The Shining was a very personal story as itâs a metaphor for his own real-life struggles with alcoholism (a good man gets possessed, corrupted and destroyed by a force beyond his control). King was brought on as a consultant, but Stanley Kubrick ignored almost everything he said and King didnât like most of Kubrickâs changes like making Wendy weaker, or hinted from the beginning that Jack was crazy, instead of Jack being slowly corrupted, and killing off Dick Holloran, who survived in the book and is in the sequel Doctor Sleep.
So in the 90s, when tv miniseries based on Kingâs books were all the rage, he wrote and produced new version thatâs closer to the book and stars one of the brothers from the tv show Wings as Jack and the voice of Gus from Disneyâs Recess as Danny. But from what I understand, the miniseries is really, really slow and mostly centered around the Torranceâs family drama.
The Miniseries also goes full-bore Supernatural in it. At one point, Jack literally uses demonic topiary animals to hunt Wendy and Danny in the hedgemaze.
King and Kubrick may not have liked each other, but Dr Sleep does make this version canon. Jack looks as he did in this and not his weird demon form in the mini-series. Also, Dick is dead but is a more benevolent ghost that helps Danny, kind of like how Grady's ghost helps Jack into succumbing to drink and going nuts. It also implies that the hotel itself isn't evil. It's just a force of nature.
Jack Nicholson is a Hollywood giant, he's won several Oscars and nominated for many more, but he wasn't even nominated for this one. REDRUM gets my wife the chills!
Why didn't he hide in the maze?
10 seconds later
Is he hiding in the maze? I don't agree with that decision.
"Here's Johnny!" is how Johnny Carson was introduced each night by Ed McMahon on the Tonight Show.
r.i.p. both johnny and ed
And how Armstrong and getty are introduced on the a.m. radio dial...and on iheart radio.
@@pdx650 Don't know them
The thing with Redrum, is that its murder spelled backwards and an older belief was that spirits saw our world like they were looking in a mirror, so if they wrote something it would appear backwards to us. I guess it was such a commonly held belief they didn't see the point in explaining that in the movie.
"Jack Nicholson? I don't know what else he's in. I don't know why he's important." .............
My brain exploded.
Like a lot of Stephen King stories, they're all tied to King's Magnum Opus: The Dark Tower. "The Shine" that Danny and the cook have are also called "The Touch" in Dark Tower; it's a means to look through the spirit world that resides in between the living world and other worlds.
"Here's Johnny" is how Johnny Carson (the best late night show host of all time) was introduced at the beginning of every show.
Shelley Duvall was not okay after this movie. The director bullied her and lied to both of them about certain scenes. She didnât know he back her up and attack her on the stairs, he didnât know that she would actually hit him. She didnât know an ax was coming through the door and he did know she was going to stab his hand. Her nerves were shot to hell at the end of this and had a mental breakdown.
Jack Nicholson embodies Jack Torrance like he embodies Mac in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and his character in As Good As It Gets, both Oscar-winning roles and deservedly so!
Well... if you read the book, you'll see that no, he didn't "embodied" Jack Torrance... he played (very well, mind you) Jack Nicholson being nuts. The character of Jack Torrance was A LOT more nuanced and complex (and better)
That being said, his performance was fantastic.
I think he is the best Joker.
@@ComandoPadentro Jack became the character portrayed in Kubrick's version which we all know is different than the novel but thanks for being a ninny đ€Ș
@@jamesguidry6669 Anytime! lol I just had to say it... nothing personal. As a King fan.
"I always thought that the main difference between my take on it, and Stanley Kubrick's take on it, was this: in my novel, the hotel burns; in Kubrick's movie, the hotel freezes. It's the difference between warmth and cold."
*-Stephen King*
King famously despises Kubrick's film, and as a writer, I can understand why. The metaphor of warmth versus cold certainly gets at it. But King is wrong that the movie is bad, because if it were, it wouldn't still be influencing the culture 40 years later.
@@MrDeejf It's definitely not a bad movie, but it's not the best adaption of the source material, at least in tone. It hits the bullet points of the story, but Kubrick wanted the viewer to question if the ghosts even existed, and they are all over the book. I do agree with King that Jack Nicholson was pretty unhinged from the beginning, where in the book there's a bit of conflict from accepting the influence of the ghosts and his love for his son.
@@barbara832001 "It's definitely not a bad movie..."
If by "not bad" you mean "remains influential around the world forty years after its release and is frequently listed as one of the greatest horror movies of all time", then you are correct, but your understatement borders on insulting.
"...but it's not the best adaptation of the source material, at least in tone."
Of course, that depends entirely on what "best adaptation of the source material" even means, and your phrasing makes it entirely subjective. If by "best" you mean "most faithful", then no, it is not the most faithful adaptation of a book in the history of cinema.
And since Kubrick was not _trying_ to make a one-to-one, page-by-page faithful adaptation of the book, judging the movie for failing to be what it was never meant to be in the first place is rather pointless.
Kubrick used the book as the basis of an attempt to deconstruct, and then reconstruct, what a horror movie _is_. (Among other things; Kubrick films always work on multiple levels.) He took the "old dark house" trope, and then deliberately took away all of the tools that subgenre would give to him as a filmmaker, and only reintroduced some if he could make them work as more than tropes. Horror movies are always dark and shadowy? Well, Kubrick has everything brightly lit, flourescent. (Instead of relying on shadows and the unseen for a sense of dread, he made the geography of the hotel iteslf impossible and contradictory.) Horror movies use cheap jump scares? Well, Kubrick's few jump scares actually affect the story, and sometimes the meta expectations of the audience. (E.g., the death of Dick Halloran, which so offended King. Kubrick set him up as the saviour character, just as in the book, and then told the audience that, no things would _not_ be safe when the character turned up.)
One of the tests of whether a film is great or not is whether it stands the test of time. Kubrick's _The Shining_ has certainly done that and, again, is influential around the world, not just in America (see, e.g., Stephen Chow's _Kung Fu Hustle_ for starters). People obsess over it; filmmakers take lessons from it; and interestingly, none of the changes in horror films over the past forty years has managed to make it look quaint, creaky, or silly to modern audiences in any way. That's a remarkable achievement no matter how much you sniff that it's not just exactly like the book.
(And if you want to claim that its timelessness is due only to being based on King's book --- a neat trick, if it's such a poor adaptation --- then I merely point to every other movie Kubrick made. I'm not even a fan of his work, but it's simply impossible to claim he was a hack whose other movies are forgotten. It would take some rather elaborate reasoning to assert that his other films remain studied and influential and impressive to new generations of cineastes, but in the case of this one film, such longevity was not due to the same man who achieved it with so many other films.)
@@MrDeejf I don't know why you felt the need to write such a long comment, I actually enjoy the movie. I know it's influential, and I know Kubrick did what he wanted with the source material. I don't have a problem with adaptations that aren't absolutely faithful, it's a different medium. The tv version from the 90's is terrible, and King wrote the screenplay.
No TV and no beer make Homer something something..
Go crazy?
Donât mind if I do!
Fun Fact, Jack improvised the "Here's Johnny" line and Kubrick loved it.
Watch Shelley Duvall as Olive Oil in Popeye. The best roll she ever played!
role, ;P
no one else could ever do what she did for that character
#CriticalRole
People say a lot of crap about Popeye but I love it. The casting of Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall was as if they were born for those roles. Also the songs by Harry Nilsson are wonderful.
Popeye was a great movie!
You're not wrong about Jack, but he has had many equally incredible roles.
"I'm Batman"
A Few Good Men!
@@ajschroetlin2196 "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"
I like Jack Nicholson in "as good as it gets"
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He was great in The Witches Of Eastwick as well
Shelley Duvallâs performance was initially panned and nominated for a Razzie Award, but under critical reevaluation is considered one of the best horror performances of all time. Jordan Peele said it was his favorite, and Jack Nicholson said that Shelley Duvall gave the best performance heâs ever seen from a co-star, and that their performances were meant to mirror each other as over-exaggerated and operatic, bordering on kabuki theater by the end as the entire family descends into the hotelâs madness
âHow do you like it?â
âYouâre doing great.â
That really made me laugh. Loud.
Loooove this movie. Love the casting. Jack, brilliant. As was Danny Lloyd as Danny/Doc.. (Usually toll my eyes at most kid actors, but he was perfect.) I also really liked Duvall in this. Regardless of the novelâs depiction (which is completely different, but not better), she really did a great job coming across like a weak, easily manipulated, mentally battered wife who suffers from low self-esteem.
"You've always been here" - that's what the bartender said
Fun Fact: Jack Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter and he kept demolishing the set doors since he knew how to actually do it.
Uh, it's not hard to put an axe through a door... And that's not how you'd do it if you were a firefighter.
@@ffjsb he had to adjust cause he was splintering the prop doors with one swing.
Great reaction! Glad this movie still holds up
I really do appreciate your criticism and interpretation of Shelley Duvall's portrayal of Wendy. It's a pretty polarizing performance- and I think you stated it very well- that there are just some character choices that aren't quite satisfying. However, knowing so much about the circumstances of how this movie was filmed, it makes perfect sense why those choices were made and why the acting ended up the way it did. I still personally think it's a brilliant performance, I think she really does portray a victim of domestic abuse very well. While she's not quite as confrontational and strong as Wendy from the novel, I still really feel a lot of empathy for her and the lengths that she goes to to protect her son. That being said, there is a level of misogynism that can't be ignored, and that's probably more on account of Stanley Kubrick.
This is considered Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece. The ending is completely different from the book.
Yep. SPOILER ALERT--
There was no maze in the book. There was a topiary garden (bushes carved to look like animals). And the book made a larger deal about checking the boiler room to ensure it was operating normally--that was one of Jack's most important jobs while at the hotel. The movie doesn't show him doing that at all--Wendy was shown doing it. Anyway, at the end, Jack is chasing Danny around with a croquet mallet (not an ax). The topiary garden animals attack Jack. Hallorann shows up to assist, but is almost taken over by the hotel as well, nearly killing Danny (IIRC). Hallorann survives, helps Wendy and Danny escape in the snowcat. The spirits remind Jack that he forgot to check the boiler room and how disappointed they are in him. Jack returns to the boiler room just in time for it to blow up, killing Jack and causing the hotel to explode.
@@danielsangeo Spoiler alert -- the book is 1000x better and the movie is not a good adaptation AT ALL.
The Shining, being a spectacular movie in it's own right, was hated by Stephen King more than any other adaptation out there...
@@zammmerjammer Spoiler alert: the movie is 1000* better (except for what happens to Dick).
It was his horror masterpiece and sits alongside his sci-fi masterpiece (2001), his comedy masterpiece (Dr. Strangelove), his period masterpiece (Barry Lyndon), his crime masterpiece (A Clockwork Orange), his war masterpiece (Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket) and all his other merely brilliant films!
I love The Shining! My parents let me watch this movie when I was 10 years old, and those ghost girl twins scared the crap out of me!! It's been over 30 years now, and this grown-ass man is still spooked by those twins, lol. Just had to share, as I'm loving your channel! I just discovered it a week ago, and I subscribed and have watched all your reactions already. Keep up the great work!!
Same my parents brought me to the theater. This movie still gives me chills every time I see it.
I also recently discovered your channel and I'm going through half a dozen of your videos a day. Also Trying to watch the movies I haven't seen yet that your reviewing. Love your reactions and comments and periodically a belch lol you Crack me up.
Ash:trying to watch the movie
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Kubrick just up and said âhuh, Iâve never done a horror movie beforeâ and just cranks out The Motherdolphining Shining on his one and only outting. I cannot understand how he managed it.
Throughout the film, every other bit of the supernatural can be dismissed as hallucination and madness except for the fact that something lets Jack Torrance out of the freezer and thatâs ALWAYS bothered me.
"Wendy's character could have been done a little bit better"
*ringring* Hey Ashleigh, Stanley Kubrick wants to talk to you on the phone!" ;-)
Inappropriate but I laughed.
Yeah, what? Record-holding number of takes in a movie to get her every bit as stressed as she should've been in that scene and...what??
Stephen King agrees with you. In the book, Wendy is a bad-ass. Also in the book, Jack is more taken over by the ghosts, there's even a moment where he sees Danny, has a moment of clarity and tells Danny to run away before the ghosts take over again.
@@larrytodaro8460 And he got that from an episode of Lost in Space where "Dad" was taken over by an evil alien spirit and nearly threw Billy Mumy off a cliff!
@@larrytodaro8460 I would've liked to see that moment in this film, even though it's a bit cliche.
Back in the 70's and 80's, "Here's Johnny" was a reference to Johnny Carson. (who had the Late Show before Jay Leno). His show always started with his sidekick, Ed McMahan, saying that. People at the time would've instantly heard the line that way.
With respect to the meaning of the picture at the end, the director, Stanley Kubrick had a thing for endings with open ended interpretations. (I'm assuming you haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey.)
2001: A Space Odyssey is a must see. I won't say it is the greatest movie, but it is certainly an influential one.
@@DavidJones-tp7td Agreed. It's wayyyyy too slow for modern audiences, but you should see it once. It's mind blowing that it looks as realistic as it does considering it was made BEFORE we got to the moon. The cinematography is second to none. And the villain was great. But GOD, I don't know if many millennials have the patience for it.
Open-ended? I dunno, it seemed a pretty clear-cut one to me.
@@DavidJones-tp7td I think 2001 really needs a theater experience to really appreciate it. It wouldn't be remotely the same movie watching it on a laptop screen.
@@aarons4376 Fair enough, but I think it is still worth watching. If for nothing else the number of pop culture references is astounding.
Shelley Duvall was so good in this!!!
"A Clockwork Orange" is another classic Stanley Kubrick movie. However, it is very disturbing to watch. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is also good, but it can get really slow during some parts.
The first time I went to watch a clockwork orange I think I had to stop watching it after 10 minutes. Finally after many years I forced myself to watch the whole thing and I'm glad I did it was so good