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treewojima posted...

I'm torn on my love of Kubrick's "The Shining"

Kinda feel the same way. Amazing cinematography and set design and music but jesus, the way the characters were written and performed.

Jack is a psycho who hates his family from the start. He acts so impatient with them in pretty much every interaction that it feels like there's barely any change from normal Jack to hotel Jack.

Wendy is a quiet, weak-willed yes man who always looks like she hasn't slept in a week and almost got drowned in a river. I have no idea why Kubrick wanted her to be such a mess all the time, but I didn't like it.

And Danny, I don't know about him. No charisma on his own or with his fellow actors.

I'm mostly mad about Jack since he's the physical human aspect of all the interesting stuff (as opposed to the supernatural happenings). Jack was predictable and Wendy and Danny were boring and unsympathetic.

So it was a good movie with a lot of great elements, but it could've been much better if the characters had any kind of growth or change.
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