The Shining1980; USA; 146 min.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Diane Johnson
Music: Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Cast:
Jack Torrance - Jack Nicholson
Wendy Torrance - Shelley Duvall
Danny Torrance - Danny Lloyd
Dick Hallorann - Scatman Crothers
Stuart Ullman - Barry Nelson
Delbert Grady - Philip Stone
Lloyd the Bartender - Joe Turkel
Let me just start by saying that I'm not a fan of horror films. So how did I end up watching the well-known horror film, "The Shining"? Well, that's the movie that a group of friends decided to watch at a Halloween bonfire. So, before I knew it, I was watching a horror film. By the end of the film, I wasn't too freaked out, surprisingly. It was probably because through the whole film a couple of us were making fun of Shelley Duvall's horrifying acting. My friend cleverly nicknamed her "Shevall," and the three of us proceeded to make fun of her acting skills, or lack thereof, throughout the film. One of my friends pointed out that the way her nickname was pronounced was actually the word for "horse" in French, which was perfect considering another friend's assessment of her teeth being like that of a horse's. I was pretty happy that the film didn't haunt me or freak me out, until now. When I began writing this post, I really didn't want to explain the whole plot of "The Shining," nor did I want to preview the trailer link that I will post below. It turns out that the plot was, in fact, more disturbing than "Shevall" after all. (Therefore, this is probably going to be a shorter post than usual.)
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this film because I'm not a fan of horror films. However, if you do like them, check this film out and enjoy "Shevall's" acting.
iRate: .5/5 hallucinations
1 comment:
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE SHINING?!?! I'm a personal fan of shevalls - not Shelly Duvall - plain old shevalls. Oh do I have some stories about some pretty wild shevalls. This one time, my friend Linnea and I went to Vegas because Britney and Jason Allen Alexander needed witnesses to their wedding - it ended up in People but that's a story for another blog post - but I digress - Linnea and I picked up a couple of wild shevalls and nine months later a pony arrived on my doorstep. What's an ashamed blogger supposed to do? I named it Shelly Duvall and gave it to Erica for Hanukkah!
FULL CIRCLE! I MADE THAT STORY RELEVANT! No but really Maddie, The Shining was good and one last word of advice for my best Greek food lover friend:
REDRUM, Madeline, REDRUM
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