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I've recently seen The Shining (again). I suppos that everyone know this film by Stanley Kubrick. It's from the 70's and takes place in a big hostel in the USA, hard to reach while the winter because of the snow.
The plot tells the story of a father and husband, Jack Torrence, interpreted by the famous Jack Nicholson, who is a teacher but decides to postulate for a vacant place of "gardian" in this hotel during 6 month: the time of the closing. He get the job and he goes live there with his wife (S. Duvall) and his son, aged of 6 years old. He knows the bad reputation of the hostel. The last gardian killed his wife, his two daughters and himself. But Jack doesn't care and can't image that he could become crazy too. He hopes that he will may enjoy these 6 month to write a book. But after a while, in the hostel, he developes a certain aggressiveness with his family. He doesn't support anything anymore. He has some hallucinations, he speaks with the ghost of the gardian, ...
His son has also this problem. But not because of a sickness or because he become crazy, but because of his secret power: "the shining" which permits him to see what happened in a place.
The story talks about that: the Madness which hit Jack and makes him want to kill his family.
I really didn't like this film. I know that Kubrick is a famous figure in the world of the direction. But I couldn't see the film fully. However, I usually like S. King (the story is an adaptation of his book). But here, I found that too slow, boring, and the film theme was horrible, particularly when the child has some visions. The actress was so bad, whit an unsupportable voice. I really wouldn't see it one more minut, I give in.
So, to conclude, this movie is a disaster. It's only famous because of J. Nicholson and his scene where he tries to assassinate his wife. Fortunately, he was there to save this load of rubbish. So thanks to him... And in my mind one think is clear: I don't like Kibrick, even if I tried everything to descover his art.
The plot tells the story of a father and husband, Jack Torrence, interpreted by the famous Jack Nicholson, who is a teacher but decides to postulate for a vacant place of "gardian" in this hotel during 6 month: the time of the closing. He get the job and he goes live there with his wife (S. Duvall) and his son, aged of 6 years old. He knows the bad reputation of the hostel. The last gardian killed his wife, his two daughters and himself. But Jack doesn't care and can't image that he could become crazy too. He hopes that he will may enjoy these 6 month to write a book. But after a while, in the hostel, he developes a certain aggressiveness with his family. He doesn't support anything anymore. He has some hallucinations, he speaks with the ghost of the gardian, ...
His son has also this problem. But not because of a sickness or because he become crazy, but because of his secret power: "the shining" which permits him to see what happened in a place.
The story talks about that: the Madness which hit Jack and makes him want to kill his family.
I really didn't like this film. I know that Kubrick is a famous figure in the world of the direction. But I couldn't see the film fully. However, I usually like S. King (the story is an adaptation of his book). But here, I found that too slow, boring, and the film theme was horrible, particularly when the child has some visions. The actress was so bad, whit an unsupportable voice. I really wouldn't see it one more minut, I give in.
So, to conclude, this movie is a disaster. It's only famous because of J. Nicholson and his scene where he tries to assassinate his wife. Fortunately, he was there to save this load of rubbish. So thanks to him... And in my mind one think is clear: I don't like Kibrick, even if I tried everything to descover his art.
