|
I really think "The Shining" is overrated. I completely disagree with a previous poster's assessment that Kubrick's adaptation is superior to the book. The movie was missing some of the best elements of the book (IMO), including the topiary beasts that only move when you're not looking, the tension of the boiler that no one is relieving the pressure on, as well as many others. Plus, the book was actually more violent (the main character was hunting down his family with a croquet mallet, not an axe....too me, that's more brutal somehow). Plus the book certainly did NOT have the "Here's Johnny" line, and I REALLY hate when a movie adapted from a book becomes famous for a line that wasn't in the book.
But that's just my opinion, I may be wrong
__________________
"You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel
|