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01 Feb 2009, 2:52 pm

slowmutant wrote:
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You are bashing one of my favorite horror movies of all time.

To each their own.


The Shining is one of my faves, as well. It is horror classic.

Aspie critics, go back to your Anime.


:thumleft: I agree, The Shining was awesome.

another one of my favs: Session 9. it's damn scary, not only because David Caruso's in it.


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01 Feb 2009, 4:37 pm

I thought The Shining was brilliant, and pretty scary too!

Then again, I was about 16 when I saw it, and I still had regular nightmares about ghosts back then. I like to think I wouldn't be so disturbed by the film if I saw it again now.



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01 Feb 2009, 4:38 pm

I don't think you can compare "the shining" to something like "hostel" they are in an entirely different class.
The Shining is a great film but only if that's the sort of film you want to see.


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01 Feb 2009, 7:12 pm

slowmutant wrote:
poopylungstuffing wrote:
You are bashing one of my favorite horror movies of all time.

To each their own.


The Shining is one of my faves, as well. It is horror classic.

Aspie critics, go back to your Anime.

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01 Feb 2009, 8:01 pm

gbollard wrote:
I don't think you can compare "the shining" to something like "hostel" they are in an entirely different class.
The Shining is a great film but only if that's the sort of film you want to see.


Hostel is straight-up torture porn, as are all the Saw movies. Without the torture/gore/death, they'd be nothing.



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02 Feb 2009, 2:16 am

Sorry SM to shatter your world but I love anime and The Shining


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02 Feb 2009, 2:16 am

SOME anime.


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07 Feb 2009, 9:38 am

how was the shining awesome? 3/4 of it was BS dialogue that could put an insomniac to sleep. :?



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07 Feb 2009, 10:05 am

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how was the shining awesome? 3/4 of it was BS dialogue that could put an insomniac to sleep. :?


The movie is slow-paced and quiet, but the quietness and austere visuals contribute to the sense of mounting fear and dread. For the sake of discussion and debate, which parts had the "BS dialogue" in your opinion? Any particular act?

Come to think of it, I was pretty annoyed with Shelley Duval's performance of a typically helpless female. But this movie was made in 1980, remember. The year after I was born.

Which scene scares me more? Jack's encounter with the dead lady in the bathtub or the tidal wave of blood gushing out of the elevator?

The Overlook HOtel speaking through the mouth of Danny Torrance was probably the spookiest for me.



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07 Feb 2009, 10:08 am

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I agree, The Shining was awesome.

another one of my favs: Session 9. it's damn scary, not only because David Caruso's in it.


Session 9? Never heard of it but I will go to IMDB.



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07 Feb 2009, 11:00 am

slowmutant wrote:
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how was the shining awesome? 3/4 of it was BS dialogue that could put an insomniac to sleep. :?


The movie is slow-paced and quiet, but the quietness and austere visuals contribute to the sense of mounting fear and dread. For the sake of discussion and debate, which parts had the "BS dialogue" in your opinion? Any particular act?

Come to think of it, I was pretty annoyed with Shelley Duval's performance of a typically helpless female. But this movie was made in 1980, remember. The year after I was born.

Which scene scares me more? Jack's encounter with the dead lady in the bathtub or the tidal wave of blood gushing out of the elevator?

The Overlook HOtel speaking through the mouth of Danny Torrance was probably the spookiest for me.


ya i was pretty annoyed by the female.



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07 Feb 2009, 11:16 am

Great, great movie. Utterly chilling. I love it.

I can kind of see someone renting it expecting a certain "horror movie" formula, and hating it, but then I hate most "horror" movies anyway. Tastes differ...



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07 Feb 2009, 4:17 pm

Personally, I enjoyed it and found it very interesting. It was not scary, I'll admit that. However, I do know others who hated the movie so you're not the only one. One example of a horror movie I thought was really bad and boring was The Others.



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07 Feb 2009, 6:12 pm

I thought The Others was pretty scary/creepy/suspenseful and very well-done. How about that.



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07 Feb 2009, 8:28 pm

slowmutant wrote:
Come to think of it, I was pretty annoyed with Shelley Duval's performance of a typically helpless female. But this movie was made in 1980, remember. The year after I was born.


I don't think you can blame Shelley for that - it's Stanley Kubrick's fault.

This movie set the record for the number of retakes of a single scene (127) so obviously Stanley had a certain way he wanted her to act and she was forced to do so.


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07 Feb 2009, 8:55 pm

I read somewhere that Stephen King hated the movie.