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"Stephen King's The Shining"...Surprisingly a GOOD movie.

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Now_Im_Not_Banned:
After finally seeing the 1997 version of "The Shining", which is Stephen King's preferred version (it stays more true to the book, goes into more detail, and has him on the production team as well), I surprisingly found it interesting. The movie is 273 minutes long, but it kept me watching. Steven Webber does a great job of holding his own as Jack Torrance. You'd expect that role to forever be Jack Nicholson's, but once you watch it, the movie makes perfect sense. I suggest you horror fans, ESPECIALLY fans of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining", go out and watch this movie...The 1980 version is a classic and will forever have a place in my heart as one of the greatest horror movies, but this version just complies better with the book and Stephen King does a good job elabortating what wasn't explained in Stanley's take on the book...Who else has seen this version of "The Shining" or has any opinion on it? Does anyone actually like this version better? I know a lot of hardcore Stephen King fans, and even horror fans believe this version is superior, but what do ya'll think? Has anyone ever seen this?

JMan:
yup ive seen this verison on tv quite awhile ago... was split over two nights if i remember rightly. definatley a good remake of the film. went into more depth then the 1980 verison

Now_Im_Not_Banned:

--- Quote from: Educated Thug on January 18, 2006, 10:37:11 AM ---yup ive seen this verison on tv quite awhile ago... was split over two nights if i remember rightly. definatley a good remake of the film. went into more depth then the 1980 verison

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LOL...It's not a remake of the film. Stanley Kubrick's version was his own take on "The Shining", a book written by Stephen King. Stephen King hated that version, he thought it didn't even follow the story. In 1997, he decided to have it made the way he originally wanted it. Not a re-make...PeACe

BOX5 the best poster on this site yell:
the original way better,who cares if it strays off from the book,it's the performances of the actors, and damn shelly duvall doesn't get enough credit for what she brought to that flicc. greatest performance in a horric flicc by a woman yell

'DsR':
i didnt even know there was a new one realeased in 97... i dunno if it can be better than the original tho..

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