My thoughts after FINALLY seeing The Shining. My overall impression is that the film is good but not great. The premise is fantastic. It could have easily been an hour shorter and I would have been happy. Had I seen it when I was much younger, Im sure it would have been far more traumatizing. Seeing it now, I found some of it dull, some of it laughable and some of it chilling. I had to watch it over two days because I started falling asleep last night. Jack was great, if not exactly a revelation. Some of the Shelley Duvall acting moments where joyfully ridiculous, not to mention her fashions. What I will remember most is a creepy kid talking through his finger. And a man in a bear costume.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 05:48:26 +0000