Board 8 > Debate about The Shining (spoilers)

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12/29/17 11:41:53 AM
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Regarding only the Kubrick version and not the miniseries or book, is it meant to be ambiguous whether or not the hotel is really haunted? I've had a discussion about this.
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GenesisSaga
12/30/17 10:07:09 AM
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Yes I would suppose it's only haunted depending on who currently resides in it. I mean it operates 3 out of 4 seasons a year without much incident...
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Seginustemple
12/30/17 10:17:45 AM
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I don't see how else Jack gets out of the freezer if it isn't.
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LinkMarioSamus
12/30/17 11:23:58 AM
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According to TV Tropes (what a reliable source), it is indeed meant to be ambiguous whether the hotel is haunted or not.
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tazzyboyishere
12/30/17 11:25:17 AM
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Seginustemple posted...
I don't see how else Jack gets out of the freezer if it isn't.

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Xeybozn
12/30/17 11:41:57 AM
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Yeah, the movie is ambiguous about whether the hotel is really haunted. It's one of the big things Stephen King doesn't like about that version.
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LinkMarioSamus
12/30/17 12:04:59 PM
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I saw the film last March, but I don't really remember it beyond the general story and some signature moments. To be fair it was only my 2nd time watching it.
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MrGreenonion
12/30/17 2:47:43 PM
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Not having seen the movie in decades, how do we explain the haunted things the kid saw if it's just Jack that's crazy? Are we supposed to just write that off as his imagination?
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12/30/17 3:09:26 PM
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That everyone goes nuts, Jack just gets it the worst.
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MrGreenonion
12/30/17 4:26:47 PM
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But if it's not haunted why is the kid going nuts? Like wasn't Jack established as having had problems previously? But nobody else was.
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LinkMarioSamus
12/31/17 11:06:37 AM
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Actually yeah, thinking about it, some degree of ambiguity is evident as to whether or not what happened was real.
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