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Release Date: 03 February, 2004 Retail Price: $19.96 OUR Price: $15.99 You SAVE: $3.97! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
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"They had to be corrected, too"
Why is it we love Jack Nicholson even as he attempts to murder his wife and son? He is one of those actors who is always a delight to watch, whatever his character's disposition. Jack Torrance (Nicholson) agrees to take care of a hotel in the off season so he can work on his writing in peace, so his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, tag along. They should have realized they were not as alone as they thought because their son's friend, Tony, apprised them of this via shining. Does Jack really love his family the way he says he does? Is it true alcohol makes us hurt the people closest to us, or is it a demon of another sort? The unique pleasure of a Kubrick film is not necessarily the story itself; rather, it is the unique way in which he tells it. Watch his movies for the performances he coaxes from the actors, for the deliberate pacing or for his sardonic humor. Much the way Frank Sinatra could take any song and make it his own, Kubrick could take any source material and brand it indelibly with his own distinctive mark. Pure cinematic enjoyment. As an aside, I would dread being in Stephen King's family. Is Jack Torrance his alter ego? Does he fantasize about killing his family? Nah, but one has to wonder why so many of his stories involve writers...
a dirty spot in the maze
Shelley Duvall reads the endlessly repeated "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", and realizes her husband's mental illness; Jack Nicholson brutally breaks through the door of his appartment, announcing "Johnny's here!".
Such horror scenes stick to your mind forever. Unfortunately Stanley Kubrick spoils his genius by showing us a true out-of-reality performance by a 5 year old boy in the hotel's maze -- deceiving his pursuing, axe-armed father by making false traces in the snow.
This scene really is over the top. Making a dirty spot on an otherwise great, great horror movie.
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