Andres Gomez
★ 10.0
05 de nov. 2012
A masterpiece. Kubrick chose a perfect cast and uses the timing and music to create a greatly opressing atmosphere.
Nicholson is superb, but Duval and the kid are not less good.
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John Chard
★ 8.0
01 de nov. 2015
This rum is red, man!
In spite of author Stephen King not being happy with Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of his novel, The Shining (1980) has proved to be a critical and commercial darling.
It may not be in the spirit that King wanted, but it's undeniably a skillful piece of film making, a mixture of beauty and terror, of bravura techniques and simple but effective scares. With quality acting...
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JPV852
★ 8.0
05 d'oct. 2019
Probably my favorite of the Stephen King adaptations (though not much for many of the others save for a one or two) but not amongst Stanley Kubrick's, watched this one for the first time in many years (maybe a decade) and while I did immensely enjoyed it, and really liked Nicholson towards the end, I never really bought into him early on. Still, atmospherically it was amazing and at times creepy....
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Manuel São Bento
★ 10.0
30 d'oct. 2019
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With Doctor Sleep, an almost 40-year sequel to The Shining, being released this week, now it’s the perfect time to revisit one of the greatest horror movies of all-time, as well as one of the most influential directors ever, Stanley Kubrick. I know, I know… Spoiler-free? For a movie released in 1980? Well, first of all, ther...
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Repo Jack
★ 9.0
26 de nov. 2020
"Darling, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in."
<i>The Shining</i> is a great example of how musical score and cinematography can elevate a movie to the best-of-the-best.
I tend to agree with Stephen King that Jack Nicholson looked like a crazy loon from the beginning, making his decent into madness less dramatic.
But that can be forgiven by all the iconic scenes...
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Repo Jack
★ 9.0
27 de nov. 2020
"Darling, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in."
The Shining is a great example of how musical score and cinematography can elevate a movie to the best-of-the-best.
I tend to agree with Stephen King that Jack Nicholson looked like a crazy loon from the beginning, making his decent into madness less dramatic.
But that can be forgiven by all the iconic scenes masterful...
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