The Shining - What’s the Difference?

[@clifftrainor6774]

Never realized there was such a universal dismissal of Shelley Duvall. The fact that Kubrick chose a more plain-looking actress over a hot blonde-bombshell added to the realism and unglamorous feel of the film. Everyone was common looking actually. And Shelley's humble demeanor sold her as a fragile insecure woman stuck in a loveless marriage. She pulled of the jittery abused housewife in denial perfectly.

[@MKIVWWI]

I agree she didn't need to be some "hottie" by any means. Reading the book I didn't get any "mental picture" of her as such, anyways. Just a rather ordinary, but not unattractive housewife type. I think the condemnation heaped on Shelley Duvall is more based on her performance than her looks. She seems incredibly stilted, wooden, and colorless. She sounds like some of her lines are being read of cue-cards! I really believe that Popeye's Olive Oyl was the limit of her acting skills. But getting back to the way Kubrick obviously wanted her to appear -- sure, no blonde bombshell was required, but why such a frumpy, dumpy look? Stringy hair always hanging in her face? And some tan "jumpsuit" like thing that previewed Pennywise's outfit in 1990's "It"? Wonder if Kubrick simply wanted to make her so utterly unattractive (and act like a complete wimp, as well) so that Jack Nicholson's bravura performance would stand out that much more?

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

MKIVWWI She looked like that because her character was under constant stress and in what very well have been an abusive relationship

[@ianfindly3257]

Check out her little known 1970 debut flick Brewster McCloud, .. . she actually looks pretty hot in THAT flick believe it or not. One reason she looked so horrible in THIS flick I think was the FACIAL EXPRESSIONS she was making half the time.

[@antediluvianspy5371]

I think thats all in your head. She was obviously made to look ugly and everyday for the film. Probably making fun of Stephen King for making her a trophy wife in the book. He makes fun of Stephen King A LOT through his adaptation. Its funny making fun of ridiculous cocaine fueled fantasies. Like the 11 year old gang bang in a sewer in "It."

[@pepeseyelash4217]

Cliff Trainor I always thought Shelley Duvall in the film was super pretty

[@Drirock55]

they need to leave Shelly Duval alone. Apparently Stanley Kubrick tormented her to the point where she started to tear her hair out. he was so demanding

[@jaywilliams4770]

drirock_ 55 nope it just fell out

[@Aivottaja]

Kubrick was a complete cunt to her. People need to appreciate her role more.

[@Drirock55]

Aivottaja yep he was

[@daddysmurf9880]

drirock_ 55 I thought she did okay. Maybe he did it so she could break down more believably? I dunno

[@Drirock55]

Robert Langford he did but in the way he wanted it. Which was weird because he was really protective of the kid playing Danny while filming

[@WriterPlaysMTG]

Fun fact: Jack Nicholson was trained as a firefighter volunteer so he’s cutting through real doors with a real axe. They didn’t use props doors because he was going through them too fast

[@Davey74Boy]

Personally, I think casting Shelley Duvall was good thinking on Kubrick's part because it showed how this very scared and seemingly weak woman "rose to the occassion" when both her son and her own lives were in jeopardy. Remember what Grady said to Jack? "Your wife seems to be a lot stronger than we imagined...somewhat more resourcesful" Perhaps if Shelley had been stronger at the begining than maybe it wouldn't have had that let's cheer for the hero who overcame her fear effect on the audience. I don't know....just a thought. Take it as you will.

[@Nightman221k]

+Davey74Boy Agreed I really like Shelley DuVall, she seems like a perfect casting choice. I wouldn't really see the role fitting for a woman who was a modelesque blonde, with this she really conveyed the soft-spoken every-woman. Plus watching her looking fragile and terrified and the fact that Jack was so unhinged it really works with empathizing with her.

[@Davey74Boy]

+Nightman221k very well said! Thank you. :)

[@faterock9876543]

+Davey74Boy Also it played into the native american genocide theme. Kubrick always hid clues for his other narratives in the major differences from the novels.

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

But Jessica Lange would have been a better choice tbh

[@matttragna7433]

+Davey74Boy watch the behind the scenes. he fucking hated her acting and was really pissed at her and was yelling at her. he made a bad choice in casting or was forced into taking her into the movie.

[@Aivottaja]

That's a very shitty thing to say about Shelley Duvall.

[@CyberLance26]

Does not change the fact that shes not a very attractive woman.

[@CyberLance26]

Diego Rapozo The reason why most men and women in movies, TV shows, comics, animated shows and movies and other stuff is good looking is because most of us prefer to look at attractive people.

[@Aivottaja]

Her attractiveness has jack shit to do with the unfounded criticism thrown at her. The narrators are ugly and so are you. But we still listen to you.

[@CyberLance26]

Aivottaja I dont know what the narrators look like.

[@AlexCurole]

THANK YOU. FUCKING AGREED.

[@jimneville5774]

Apparently Kubrick pushed his actors to extremes, that's they Jack's wife looks so strung out and insane

[@colesmith4418]

That was Kubrick's technique with Shelley Duvall. Her character was supposed to be a weak, exhausted, almost-dead-on-the-inside lady, so Kubrick turned her into that by making her do so many takes - resulting in a great performance

[@pvtrichter88]

I wonder how many death threats KUBRICK's gotten over the years!!? for being a notorious task-master and general nut bar apropos that when his actors/victims were asked what he would've been if he had an alternate career path they all said A GENERAL!!

[@MalenkyGoblin]

Shelly Duvall got a Razzie nomination for this.

[@jakejutras2733]

MalenkyGoblin exactly, and I agree with that nomination. High stress doesn't always produce good results.

[@MKIVWWI]

Jim Neville -- that might be so, but having seen Shelly Duvall in other things, I believe this role was simply beyond her ability. Popeye's Olive Oyl was about her limit.

[@dannytheman1313]

In regards to the black and white picture that he is in at the end of the movie I always thought it meant that he has now become apart of the hotels bloody history and that all the other people were either the victims or perpetrators of the hotels violent past.

[@BlamoStramo]

***** In the movie I thought that it mean he was one of the ghost.

[@AleciaFluffyPresents]

***** Well, he wasn't one of the ghosts (ghosts don't have babys, I suppose), and he didn't become part of the history of the hotel because one doesn't die and suddenly become part of a different era... It's most likely an explanation to why he felt so at home and so familiar with the place, a sort of reincarnation of the keeper. Also: Grady couldn't be the ghost, since I seem to remember his story being placed in the 70's in the movie, so he was just a projection of Jacks insanity. Jack saw Grady as himself. Jack and Grady are actually the same person, but Jack doesn't know why or how or at all, neither do we until the end where Jack replaces Grady as the butler in the 1920's in the photo. It's a smart little trick and it bugged me for a while watching the movie, but I might be remembering the 70's thing wrong... Let me try to explain this better: Jack says he saw Gradys picture in the newspaper in the bathroom scene when the party was going on, which probably means that Grady couldn't be the butler in the 1920's cause Jack would have had to be really really young to even remember that. I'm assuming the movie takes place around the 80/90s, so that would make Jack at least 70 or around that... doesn't seem like that's the case. This presuming the incident that killed him was in the 1920/30s, at the most... why else re-live that party? Because he saw the picture in the newspaper, either Jack fantasied Grady in his place to convince himself or Grady used that as a means to better persuade Jack, by using his previous incarnation to jolt his homicidal instincts. That's why Grady says he always remembers Jack as being the caretaker... and why Jack remembers him and isn't at all freaked out with the 20's party. It's also why he's so familiar with the bartender. They've met, they were friends, coworkers, in the 20's. Re-incarnation seems to solve all those problems, including the picture, and Grady is simply the last dead one to fill those shoes, you know what I mean? This is really doing a number on me... it's hard to explain (for me) and there are various theories running around in my head... and they all rest on Gradys story being set in the 70s... Again, could be my bad memory/confusion. I hope not, cause that would mean that Jack was the reincarnation of the butler who's daughters burned down the hotel (remember the bathroom scene, where Grady tells Jack his daughters tried to burn down the hotel? What if they didn't just try and that what triggered all of this?) and then took over Grady in the 70's to get some sort of revenge/relive his story with a different ending. Jack is simply the reincarnation, so he doesn't have to relive the story completely, he just needs to stay in the hotel, and, for that he needs to kill his wife and child cause they are trying to stop him from doing so. He loves his child but his mother is trying to take him away, and he is siding with his mother. A sick mind can see that in a very negative way. But that's just my analyses after just watching the movie right now... and boy... am I a mess with this one. Somehow... it makes sense to me.

[@dannytheman1313]

Alecia Fluffy Presents All theories are possible, one of the things Kubrick loved doing was leaving the audience on a confusing note having them walk out with far more questions then answers. Ultimately we will never know the true meaning behind the photo I could be right, you could be right, neither of us could be right, or it might be a combination of everything. In the end I don't think I would really want an answer, thats why this movie is regarded asa classic and will continue to be for many years to come because there is no answer just questions.

[@batfan1939]

+dannytheman1313 Kubrick said in an interview that he thought Grady really was the one who freed Jack, like in the book. The hotel really was haunted.

[@mismismism]

+dannytheman1313 I always thought it was like he was taken by the hotel, like the hotel was an entity and influenced him so when he died he was added to the party along with, who knows how many others.

[@radbot1]

Now compare it to the south park version. "Staaaaan? Stanny boy?!"

[@DirectorHMAN]

+radbot1 hahah my favourite!

[@juniecw]

+radbot1 Haha yeah!!

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

+radbot1 the Simpsons version is also great "no tv and no beer make homer go crazy"

[@alexarias5717]

radbot1 when they were in the blockbuster? xD hahaha

[@bekkhan1234]

radbot1 I'm coming Stan, blablabllawa

[@wendell.dacosta]

Jack is referred to Jack Torrance throughout most of the book.He is only referred to John Daniel Torrance once.

[@edwardjohnston7067]

Is there anything else they got wrong here?

[@wendell.dacosta]

@@edwardjohnston7067 I guess also the "ghosts" that Jack sees when goes back to the hotel. I don't remember that in the book.

[@edwardjohnston7067]

@@wendell.dacosta they say that Haloran sees them not Jack

[@wendell.dacosta]

@@edwardjohnston7067 dont remember that happening

[@dnice4145]

Yeah I don't know what they were talking about. When I heard that it was did they even read the book.

[@cuteyhoney1994]

You missed the fact the after he snapped out of it(in the book), he then bashed his face with the "hammer" and looked pretty terrifying and unrecognizable

[@BadMoody420]

I thought that was an awesome part of the book, it suck that it wasn't added in the mini-series.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

+Cuteyhoney94 Yep That part of the book was total nightmare fuel. Also, the part where Danny crawls into the playground tunnel, then hears something coming sneakily toward him...Brrr

[@MKIVWWI]

Maximum -- Very true. I have to believe even Stephen King must have thought filming that passage in his novel would be a bit too gruesome and gory, and turn off audiences. But what happened before Jack smashed his own face was the truly profound moment of the entire story -- that enough of the real him came back to recognize his son, and his love for Danny shone thru, to want to save him. That was the final confrontation which the entire novel was building to, and at least King gave us a "version" of it in his miniseries. Stanley Kubrick, on the other hand, so changed the ending that not only is there no confrontation between father and son, no final reckoning, but Jack never even catches up to Danny in the hedge maze! While well filmed and exciting, Kubricks chase through the maze ultimately is pointless. Danny gets away, finds his mother, and they drive off in the Snowcat. By that point, does it even matter if Jack makes it out, or freezes to death in the maze? Not to the storyline; only in Kubrick's fabricated final scene of Jack as a guest at the Overlook decades before, in an old photo. (I won't even get into THAT scene and how out-of-place it was in King's storyline!).

[@BradwillB]

7:50: Dick doesn't see spirits leaving the Hotel when he arrives to save Danny and Wendy. WTF are you guys on about? - In the book, Dick approaches the Hotel and is savagely attacked and bloodied by the Hedge Animals that come to life and try and stop him from entering. He fights them off by dowsing them with the Ski-doo's gasoline and sets them ablaze! Are you guys using the Coles Notes? The book is amazing and so is the movie!

[@NTrixx96]

Nice explain

[@colesmith4418]

I know right, I was like "did I miss that part or what??"

[@TrangPakbaby]

BradWillB Baumann I just finished the novel for the first time today. Wow what a ride! Truly brilliant piece of work :-)

[@TrangPakbaby]

Smellier Moans I purchased it today! Now Im reading 11.22.63. So far It reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode abt the guy who time traveled back to his childhood lol. Stephen King has one hell of an imagination !

[@joemama883]

BradWillB Baumann I didn't like the film but I agree with you on the fact that they missed that

[@champchamp3075]

Casting a hot blonde in that role would have ruined it for me. I hate scary or suspensful films with a "hot" female lead. It becomes distracting and very cliche at this point.

[@MKIVWWI]

Agreed. But the literary Wendy wasn't anything like "a hot blonde". According to the passages King supplies us, she was nice, pleasant looking, but in a rather plain way. Pretty much "ordinary". But she was sensible and not a total "doormat" like the film Wendy. Also not so dumpy and frumpy. Shelley Duvall KILLED the movie. DOA with her miserable performance. (BTW, while Jack Nicholson's performance was admittedly "bravura" -- he sure wasn't anything like in the book. King's literary Jack was so much more an "everyman" -- decent, basically good, with some problems at "anger management" and definitely alcoholism. Jack Nicholson was a latent psycho ready to burst forth all over the screen! LOL

[@mightybitchy]

Champ Champ Ugh, maybe the « hot blonde » is a good actress. Preventing you from stroking while watching...

[@englishatheart]

So you don't want things true to their source material. Maybe don't watch movies based on books then.

[@skar8009]

It feels more realistic to not have that hot blonde chick to further remind the audience this is a movie.

[@jacksonpayne3477]

Niŋin turdl已 you’ve never read Stephen king before have you

[@charlieoliver5300]

You missed the colour of the Volkswagen Beatle that they drive. In Kings version it's Red and in Kubricks version it's Yellow. And when Hallorann drives back to the Overlook, he passes a crashed red Beatle - indicated that Kubrick destroyed most of Kings elements in the novel.

[@gajacome1]

Don't forget about the red bug in the car crash near the end. Some say that was an insult by Kubrick, because King was complaining to much

[@charlieoliver5300]

+gromitson kauzarious haha oops

[@nickstaley96]

Aw that was cold what you said about Shelley Duvall. I have always found her to be very attractive. Also a great actress :)

[@schematicb5393]

+Nick Staley And people give her so much shit about her acting in this role. She was evidently written as a passive and dainty woman in the screenplay and that's not her fault. In fact, she did a great job portraying a woman to weak to defend herself against her husband; although this makes it easy to see the misconception that she acted bad.

[@MKIVWWI]

Nick -- yeah, great as Popeye's "Olive Oyl" come to life!

[@holysecret2]

It's good to mention that attractiveness does not always correlate with "model-like" beauty, even though it often does. That said, what is ugly and what is beautiful ranks amongst the most difficult subjects to think or argue about. There certainly are standards (for example beauty contests, models, magazines), but I for one find myself disagreeing with so much of what people say is beautiful or what people say is ugly. In my opinion it's best to divorce your personal standards from the mainstream understanding of beauty or related matters as much as possible because the mainstream is not individualistic by its very nature. You will not find what is special or fitting for you by living by mainstream standards. I can understand when people say being a woman must be difficult, because a lot of people judge you harshly by your looks. And sadly too many people don't care about being constructive (rather than being blunt and destructive) in their criticism. I think it's something you are taught by example, so it's always worth it to put in the extra effort of maximizing the "constructiveness" of anything you say (if without changing the truth of the content of what you are saying you can improve the way it resonates with people, I would call that an example of maximizing the constructiveness)

[@journey95far49]

Well its true

[@brokenwave6125]

She's neither. Most especially not a good actress.

[@Chrundle9]

Please be nicer to Shelly Duvall

[@journey95far49]

No he is right, she isn't very attractive. Not sure why people want to deny facts

[@brokenwave6125]

@@packbackmusic And he and everyone else has a right to that opinion...so fuck off

[@devonchafe2764]

@@brokenwave6125 not when they blatantly call their opinion "fact"

[@lochlannturner4086]

@@journey95far49 I mean yeah she's not very attractive but she gave a great performance so they should've just left it at saying she wasn't that attractive

[@bingola45]

@@lochlannturner4086 She certainly attracted me!

[@erikandrus4387]

I get really tired of critics and some spectators, throwing Shelley Duvall under the bus for her looks. She's a beautiful woman, she did a lot of beautiful work in the movies as well as production.

[@WolfSilver117]

shes uglly as hell m8

[@TaracanRa]

She is beautiful, but I think when it came to her character design the director purposefully wanted her to appear a bit drab and dull.

[@celoratz]

I don't think anyone outright called her an ugly woman. But she portrayed that character as an ugly woman, yes.

[@erikandrus4387]

I wouldn't disagree with you Marcelo, because you actually phrase it much more learned than the yahoos narrating this piece, “…Looks like she was put in a washing machine and then left there after too many cycles…*that’s not insensitive*…” To me they're singling Shelley Duvall out for her looks; even if they have a different idea, as we all do, of what looks and talent are...I don't think anyone should try so hard as to come up with ways to criticize another. I've never heard anyone go to the trouble of criticizing Charlize Theron for the way she looked in "Monster" or even Meryl Streep for the way she looed in "Ironweed". And if they did, shame on them, because it seems to be commentary on women more than it is the men in show business.

[@everyonehasmynames2420]

I know, she's not supposed to look like a drop dead goregous and generic 22 year old mother brought to you by Hollywood. She's portraying a mother scared for her family and herself, and she doesn't need to look perfect. My family found her our favorite actress and character of the movie because she did her part perfectly and wasn't fanservice.

[@lynchianisme]

leave Shelly alone,she did an amazing job, "she was always screaming..." HER HUSBAND IS A PSYCHO

[@danigolightly799]

I only read the book recently and while I normally hate it when a movie butchers the book, in this case I really appreciated the differences. Reading the book was a new experience rather than just reading the movie verbatim (like Rosemary's Baby for example). Both the movie and the book are just excellent and I wouldn't change either one bit.

[@lukacalov1988]

Rosemarys baby is garbage compared to the shinning both book and movie

[@dm2060]

The book is a lot more nuanced though. It's a far superior story. The movie is good, but I think it is this popular only because it's a Kubrick movie.

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

As a movie, The Shining is excellent. As an adaptation, it's trash.

[@jacopom.7477]

@@dm2060 Shining movie is much better than book

[@dm2060]

@@jacopom.7477 well maybe you don't appreciate subtlety. No issues

[@HeretixAevum]

6:04 What the FUCK, CineFix??!!

[@dylanpenn3189]

omg I'm laughing

[@bleghb6342]

+Doomguy lol

[@chAosred357]

+Doomguy , RIGHT!?! seriously unfuckingnecessary

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

+Doomguy thipp thipp thipp thipp thipp

[@deja3005]

I guess no-one has seen the fucking movie here.

[@edwnx0]

OK, now compare it with The Simpsons Halloween Special.

[@hadara69]

***** Lol! "Uhghghghgh...John Denver..."

[@jet5910]

"No tv and no beer make homer something something"

[@jet5910]

Fionn Fitzpatrick don't mind if I do!

[@jet5910]

Calvin Hall nom nom nom..."Can't murder now eating"

[@Ultrabalor]

***** "I'm Mike Wallace, I'm Morley Safer, and I'm Ed Bradly. All this and Andy Rooney tonight on 60 Minutes!"

[@alphanova5688]

I know she gets a lot of "ugly" remarks, and I CAN admittedly see where they're coming from, but there's ONE thing that I've always found sort of pretty about Shelley Duvall, .. . she did have very lovely high cheekbones.

[@resiseven7407]

i had no idea people said she was ugly. i always thought she was very pretty

[@alphanova5688]

@@resiseven7407 She can actually look EITHER way. It depends on the picture or on the movie.

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

I never knew that Shelly Duvall's looks were an issue. I think she looks nice.

[@monsterhanna6691]

There's no such thing as an ugly woman.

[@r.v.3540]

Jack is actually a nickname of John. ("Jack" Kennedy, Jack Lemmon...) So yes, even in Kubrick's adaptation, he is still John Daniel Torrance.

[@r.v.3540]

Also, Danny may not be the eloquent child that he is in the source material, but he is subtly intelligent. He was able to outsmart his own father in that maze by creating fake footprints. The boy is actually smarter than BOTH his parents! And "Summer of '42" is already pretty mature content for a 7-year-old. To rank it with Road Runner cartoons and imply it as infantile is an understatement.

[@donnellebarfield3964]

the kid has commin sense smarts its not like he a genius

[@r.v.3540]

Either way, common sense or not-as-genius level, he is still smart.

[@r.v.3540]

Either way, common sense or not-as-genius level, he is still smart.

[@pvtrichter88]

I don't think Jack Lemmon would've offered the same oomph to The role unless he ended up doing it in drag [get the reference!?] and somehow Walter Mathau haunts him Oh FUCK that'll drive anybody crazy!!

[@5carecrow94]

This video is well written, but visually...jeez it's fucking painful.

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

+5carecrow94 I agree. It's not like the people who put these things together have actual talent.

[@fiizz01]

+5carecrow94 Also, in the book John DOES see the old lady.

[@ticktock2162]

What do you mean by it's painful? That it's scary or that it's badly directed/has bad cinematography?

[@5carecrow94]

Jygantic I said the video was painful, not the movie. The movie is extremely well shot, Kubrick was master of the craft.

[@ticktock2162]

***** oh right, sorry I misread. My mistake.

[@inzaniavendetta8661]

They need to leave shelly duvall alone she is a beautiful lady leave her alone

[@brokenwave6125]

She's not. And she is one of the worst actors ever

[@samsung4360]

@@brokenwave6125 dude , You're broken.

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

@@brokenwave6125 That's your opinion. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it.

[@pathetic2399]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t think she’s as ugly as they described, but she’s definitely a strange looking woman.

[@captainolimar4433]

Lol she ain’t gonna fuck you dude

[@riparianlife97701]

Stanley Kubrick said, “The ballroom photograph at the very end suggests the reincarnation of Jack.” That means that Jack Torrance is the reincarnation of a guest or someone on staff at the Overlook in 1921. This corroborates many theories involving Charles Grady, the man who went stir crazy and killed his family in the Overlook (which Jack is informed about during his interview for the position) was the reincarnation of Delbert Grady, the ghost butler Jack meets in the hotel bathroom. The Overlook seems to have the power to recall reincarnated versions of its past guests and employees. Delbert Grady tells Jack that he’s “always been the caretaker,” implying the hotel continues to revisit its past inhabitants. It keeps calling back Gradys and Torrances to offer them a good vs. evil scenario, and they choose evil.

[@MKIVWWI]

Docktor Jim -- that's probably the best explanation I've ever read for the puzzling final scene. Probably a good move by Kubrick. Still, as we're analyzing a video that analyzed a book and a movie, I've got to put in my own "two cents worth". While clever, it's NOT King's horror masterpiece "The Shining". I don't like film-makers monkeying with classics. Can you imagine, in 1948, Laurence Olivier changing the basic story and tone of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (which he directed and starred in)? Instead of the Best Picture and Best Actor Oscars, Olivier would have gotten a "Golden Turkey of the Year Award"!

[@Dom_510]

Key word buddy. "SUGGESTS" That means it's open ended. personally reincarnation is fucking stupid. the idea that because he died there, he became part of the hotel and it's history is much better

[@bruxinth4660]

I have a better explanation: Time has been broken. The spirits reside in a fragment of the past, where time has stopped, and it is always 1921. Even if a spirit leaves and comes back, the golden room is forever stuck in the year 1921, and that is because they are merely imprints from another time. Because Time has become warped and distorted through imprints, spirits become stuck and re-enact the events that caused them to be stuck in the first place. The spirit’s memory become warped as well and only recall the events that became imprinted, thus they do not understand time or how long they have been there, only that they only remember always being present at the hotel, leading them to insist that they and others have always resided there. Just my two cents, but that is way I can understand a contradictory sense of time.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

@@Dom_510 The Reincarnation angle is way more interesting, than the dumb shit you just mentioned.

[@skar8009]

You know, I used to believe the absorption theory as oppose to the reincarnation one, the one that basically said Jack was "absorbed" into the hotel after he died frozen and then would take Grady's place but as time passed, the reincarnation theory started to made a lot of sense and grew on me. Things like the Charles/Delbert Grady change (even if in the book he was always Delbert), the fact the ballroom photograph was never shown before the ending, Grady's line about Jack always being the caretaker there, Jack himself feeling like he's been there before and finally nothing more than Kubrick's statement.

[@RollingScone]

List of other differences after finishing the book today: 1. Party hats/masks/confetti in the elevator and the random coming and going of it. 2. the clock striking 12 in the ballroom and the obscene characters preforming oral sex/acting out jacks attack on the track of the clock. 3. The overlapping of ghosts at the party through the years and Jack dancing with a woman in a barely there gown. 4. Jack drinks at the bar at the party and is flanked by the woman in 217 and one of the other guests who committed suicide there (need to double check the second part). 5. The infamous “great party” line takes place later when Wendy is fleeing Jack through the halls and a random party goer opens the door with a ghoul mask on. 5. Jack’s mallet to the face and the whole “unmasking” sequence. 6. Wendy is seriously hurt by Jack and has to wear a back brace at the end to heal from being struck in the back by the mallet. Also Dick is alive, wtf Kubrick... 7. Instead of the dead Grady girls/the bloody hallway from the movie, Danny sees blood and brain matter on the wall in the presidential suite from when two mobsters were killed there.

[@sriranjit3684]

Also Come Play with us Danny comes at later part of book while playing at playground covered in snow

[@wailer27]

Nobody ever talks about the consequences of Hallorann dying in the hotel, i.e. considering his extra mental ability what would be in store for the next caretaker...

[@colesmith4418]

Interesting...

[@annabelle-rosesmyth6898]

Hallorann does not die in the book, unlike the movie, so the hotel is still wanting Danny..

[@wailer27]

Annabelle-Rose Smyth That's a different topic, the hotel would always want to claim danny because of his ability, but Hallorann had the same ability and I was always fascinated at how the hotel would make use of it during the next episode... appearing randomly in the storeroom with a massive hole in his chest etc etc...

[@annabelle-rosesmyth6898]

Wait what is this next episode you're talking about?

[@wailer27]

Annabelle-Rose Smyth As you will know, the hotel is blown up in the book but not in the film, so for the next winter, this whole thing would happen again to another family taking care of the hotel. I'm opening the door to a sequel.

[@cathyaudette1060]

I've read the book and watched the Kubrick movie and I adore both. Call me crazy....

[@Bfdidc]

Regular crazy or Jack Torrance crazy?

[@TFWKnightconvoy]

I was thinking the same thing reading down the comments. Both have their charms and flaws. It's not a sin to like both.

[@JohnPiperBoots]

Me too ... !

[@DemonBoy3223]

A agree, both movie and book are both equally good. It's like what Kubrick did with _2001_; It's best to read the book to better understand the movie.

[@naaziaf7239]

Same! Both of them are so amazing in similar and different ways.

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

Shelly Duval made the movie great along with her role as a mother. The terror in her eyes is what got me!!!

[@rachl538]

you don't have to say such mean things about Shelley duvall's appearance. you could have more nicely put your comments or simply haven't have said them. ik this is your opinion but it's still upsetting to hear things like that said, especially In a society that puts so much pressure on how we look.

[@carysbebard3690]

you can say that in a way that doesn't come of in a condemning way. Like how you said it. Ik these guys are trying to be funny men but it sucks to pull on sexism to do it, I expected better from this channel.

[@nikkik2360]

Rachel Leahy I personally think Shelley is beautiful hah

[@yabbadedabba9928]

"I know it's your opinion, but I'm going to comment on how upsetting it is anyways!" From a purely subjective point, she's very much unattractive to me. That doesn't discredit her acting, it's blatantly clear that she's the exact opposite of the woman in the book. They bring notice to the actresses physical unnatractiveness because it's a huge separation from the book which is noteworthy.

[@holysecret2]

She never struck me as either ugly or especially gorgeous in Shining (I don't know her other works), but I assume that is the intention of the movie. Ugly would have been unwashed hair, missing teeth or whatever, she is just rather regular looking (beautiful compared to most people, but not drop dead gorgeous in this role). It's a diffcult thing to talk about, one it's subjective, two it can be hurtful, three ultimately you do sort of shape reality (or culture) with your words. "While described as gorgeous in the books, she is rather regular looking in the movie" would have sufficed in my opinion. But I am not one to try and dictate how others should talk, I just think there are constructive ways and unnecessarily destructive ways of saying something. If you choose the latter, you also have to deal with people criticizing you for it, when you could have brought the meaning across without such negativity or controversy. Sometimes you do have to be controversial and there is no way around it, but as people say you should pick and choose your battles. When support is needed, you want people who know you to give you the benefit of the doubt because they trust that you chose wisely to engage in any given conflict.

[@journey95far49]

No he is right, she isn't very attractive. Not sure why people want to deny facts. People bash men's looks all the time so stop being a hypocritical bitch

[@Delta_Aves]

Comparing The Shining book to film is a lot like comparing apples to oranges. They're both good, but in different ways and it really comes down to personal preferences, whether one enjoys a compelling story and sympathetic characters with a couple of scares in between or a psychologically gripping premise with such unpredictability.

[@MichaelStem-bf6lv]

Yes it's almost like comparing a movie to a book, crazy right?

[@MrNate727]

In the book, Jack drives the family to the hotel in a red vw bug, but in the movie the Torrance's car is yellow. However, we do see a red vw bug on screen when Hollaran is coming back to the hotel. It is smashed on the side of the road. Through symbolism, Kubrick tells us he has intentionally "destroyed" King's story for the sake of the one we are now witnessing

[@V.D.Boom_Ventures]

Here's a little fun fact for you guys in case you guys do a "Things You (Probably) Didn't Know" about "The Shining" (of if you already have and decide to do another). Robin Williams actually auditioned for the part of Jack Torrance, but Stanley Kubrick said no to hiring Williams. Kubrick said the reason was because, after watching an episode of "Mork & Mindy", he thought Williams was "too psychotic." WHAT.

[@CryptoNWO]

**Stephan King has entered the chat**

[@MrKite]

Though the mini series is faithful to the book, the mini series is terrible.

[@paullap88]

Agreed. It reads like a boring soap opera. Mere faithfulness to the original source material ≠ good/better/superior.

[@privateinformation9384]

Agreed. It was soooooooooooo boring. Watch the Nostalgia Critics review in it.

[@pinecone9619]

Derob... DEROB!

[@steferly]

+Pine Cone You good sir, just made me choke on my water due to excessive laughter! Haha thanks 😝

[@garetmckenna8674]

+Pine Cone Nostalgia Critic!

[@dillongregory6985]

I loved the scene where Wendy sees the paper saying, "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy." I got so sad when I never found it in the book. But the rest of the book made up for it

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

Tony is Danny in the future as confirmed by Doctor Sleep the sequel

[@johnarken1810]

Love that book! Canny!

[@brendanward2991]

In the original novel we learn that Danny's middle name is Anthony.

[@malis9045]

DahliasDarkside Loved Doctor Sleep...

[@jeffthesnail5617]

Doctor Sleep is AWESOME.

[@cyberdjinn]

Not only that, it's said towards the end of The Shining (when Tony finally comes closer) that he looks like an older version of Danny.

[@austin12923]

The Shinning is easily one of my favorite horror movies. I feel it's one of the best, especially in terms of psychological horror. It is incredibly unnerving and Kubrick's direction is great. The slow pacing and stillness of the camera can be quite unsettling to me. I feel King's novel had some extremely terrifying parts in it that could of made the movie that much scarier. I can't complain though, The Shinning is still one of the greatest horror movies in my opinion. It really does show you a movie can be scary without using any jump scares.

[@lucypollock4553]

The picture at the end shows that the first caretaker who killed his family (gredy or whoever) was reincarnated into Jack that's why he had deja vu at the beginning of the film

[@SFforlife]

One of the few novels that genuinely creeped me out when I first read it at like 14 or 15. I'm a huge King fan, and it's a great novel, but the film is an absolute classic made by a genius.

[@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist]

Having watched the movie and listened to the Novel on audiobook, I have to say (although I liked the movie a lot) I preferred the book. Jack Torrance in Stephen King's novel despite his flaws is a likable character who genuinely cares about his family. That's why it's legitimately tragic when Jack is driven insane and is eventually possessed by the overlook hotel. Jack in Stanley Kubrick movie never seemed to have any genuine love for his family. Movie Jack acted like a psychopath since the beginning of the film and is a lot more like Jack's father personality wise. Although the movie is greet and Jack Nicholson does a fantastic performance, it doesn't hold a candle to Stephen King's classic novel in my opinion.

[@YPSILONZ]

Exactly!

[@johnfunk7419]

Okay I can see your point but the film does so many things I prefer then the book. For example personally I like their torrance's performance more than the dad in the book now the reason for this is that he's better at acting insang. Let me explain in the book he's just an average Joe who is slowly being possessed and manipulated by these ghost and spirits. Where in the the film it's about Jacks descent into madness and also he is not being possessed in the movie but the spirits and ghosts are able to convince them to do these things in his mental state. I also prefer the ending work Hats to the scene with the Moonlight and you tonight music on the background and and John in the middle of the picture while the camera goes down and shows that he has been there since 1920 this makes you question everything and makes for a much more cryptic story the book also seems stretched it didn't have to be one thousand Pages it could have been 500 pages.

[@WatskyIsTheMan]

Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus jack being a good guy from the beginning and then becoming bad from being possessed would feel way too cliche, it’s been done so many times

[@GamingRoomOficial]

i like the book and the miniseries better than the fucking movie.

[@maashmumthaz5754]

I definitely agree with you. I like the movie. But i prefer the book.

[@userfridaywiggly18943]

I disagree on Shelley, she was lovely and was having a hard time as is in that movie

[@GreisyZambranoAranguren]

I wanted Halloran to survive as in the book. Damn movie

[@grimes558]

Same.

[@chriswheeler3123]

That's really going to mess with the doctor sleep film

[@NeonPanda64]

Chris Wheeler doctor sleep will act as a sequel to both the movie, and the novel. I really don’t know how they’re going to do this, with all the differences

[@thegroup9025]

But that was one of the coolest kills I have ever seen. It’s all quiet and all of a sudden he comes from behind a pillar(no one would have guessed that he was behind) screaming his lungs out and hits him with the axe. So awesome.

[@chriswheeler3123]

@@thegroup9025 oh it was an awesome kill , but it does mess with the story

[@StarWarsROTJ1983]

SO CLOSE TO A MILLION SUBS

[@CineFix]

StarWarsROTJ1983 SOOOO CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zaknafein_aconite]

CineFix well, you should've convinced Mackenzie to stay . . .

[@PhantosTheHedgehog]

CineFix I think I have a suggestion for "What's the Difference?" since you covered The Shining, how about you do an episode on IT? Lots of changes were made for the movie adaptation, I think it'd make for an entertaining episode :D

[@RAAMsocute]

PhantosTheHedgehog The vid would have to be several hours, the book is massive! took me fucking ages to get through...

[@PhantosTheHedgehog]

Sloth hehe, I know how you feel. I loved the book but yeah, it was quite long

[@BirdTube83]

Isn't he called jack throughout the entire book? Expect when they mention John is real name a couple times

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yes

[@edwardjohnston7067]

The way it’s phrased in the video seems like Jack is nickname in the book

[@Hidden_Seeker_]

Sounds like the Kubrick version makes the original look comparatively lame.

[@Zombiepull]

A. E. Cooper yea. but to be fair. most King books are more like Mindgames. they are preety hard to put into a motion Picture.

[@MarioLozanoMendivil]

A. E. Cooper It's pretty much impossible to make a movie adaptation of that book and remain faithfull to the material, it's charm comes from stuff that you don't see, from the atomsphere and the fact that some stuff can be described as just "felt", so it's good that kubrick made it that way (even if King himself doesn't like it), still, i find the book way better than the movie

[@jacquescote3903]

A. E. Cooper The Shining is my favorite movie and The Shining is my favorite book. I'm glad they're different, King doesn't seem to understand that his stories are too heavily based on the human mind and too long to adapt to a movie well.

[@MarioLozanoMendivil]

***** exactly, it's impossible to translate that kind of work to film, still i'm waiting for the dark tower multiverse

[@samanthabayley320]

Zombiepull That doesn't stop every second movie being based on one of his books XD

[@claudiotorres7052]

A Clockwork Orange - What’s the Difference? plz

[@CineFix]

Claudio Torres #kubrickpalooza

[@firefireg]

Not much to work with. Surprisingly, that adaptation didn't change much, I guess the book was already as cold as Kubrick's movies.

[@daltonbecker4494]

Claudio Torres Smart...

[@dark_DRK99]

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[@Some0neSomewhere]

They're both great, but you really do have to see them as two separate subjects. They are so vastly different that they are barely related.

[@blacbraun]

It's a bit like comparing Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein to the 1930 Boris Karlof movie. Both are great but the differences between the two make the book/movie versions of The Shining appear as identical as the Grady twins.

[@ShoreG59]

I still don't have the balls to watch this movie...

[@LockeWick]

Sam Schorr It's not that scary unless you are scared by someone slowly going insane then going all axe happy.

[@CineFix]

Sam Schorr worth it. do it.

[@LockeWick]

***** Sorry but "The Babadook" scared me and that barely relayed on anything visual, it freaked me out because I released what was going on and how real what is going on can be (won't spoil it for people). "The Shining" just wasn't scary for me, I really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend but it was far from scary to me, might be to others though... some people are scare of the TV series "American Horror Story" and I still have no clue why.

[@scrub_jay]

***** Babadook put me to sleep twice. The Shining is a masterpiece, though I agree I wouldn't call it "scary" per se.

[@LockeWick]

math Babadook kept me up the entire time and I started watching it around 1am. I have nothing bad to say about either film though, both are fantastic pieces of work.

[@scoobytwenty327]

Everyone go watch Rob Ager's videos that analyze the Kubrick version of the Shining. Thank me later.

[@CineFix]

Ryan Hayes Thanks! that was awesome!

[@joshuamarsella]

He does excellent work!

[@shnoly23]

Me: *reads the book, expecting "HERE'S JOHNNY"* Me: *gets to the end of the book* "Aw."

[@jurassic008]

Same thing happened to me!

[@shnoly23]

@HQ Night Sadly, no :(

[@shnoly23]

​@HQ Night I'm not sure, I might have to look later (if I don't forget). I want to say yes?

[@austinkersey2445]

That's because "Here's Johnny!" was improvised by Jack Nicholson. He actually improvised a fair amount of dialogue and details, since he also did write himself. He actually said that the early scenes where he's writing on the typewriter . . . well he actually helped write them. He had experienced "writer's block" a few times and did take it out on his wife. Not abusive, just that he got frustrated and freaked out for 5-10 minutes. That said, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" must have been torture because every page was written by Kubrick's secretary, who he then also made type in several other languages. So let's celebrate the true chad (chadette?) of the film. The secretary.

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

Deal with it.

[@NinjaInConverse]

I always thought the picture in the end was just symbolic of Jack joining the other spirits in limbo/hell

[@sperrin]

The picture at the end was to shows that he had been there before. Even at the start of the film, Jack mentions how he had a feeling of Déjà Vu and he feels he has been at the hotel previously. I don't understand why people don't "get" the photo at the end when the film covers it.

[@skylightrecords8547]

+NinjaInConverse That's what I thought. He's giving the as above so below hand gesture in the picture set in 1921, which ties back to the trans Baphomet figure. He was given a chance to get out, but he fucks up again.

[@YPSILONZ]

That's right! Kubrick has made this clear in an interview also. It's amazing how people refuse to accept the explanation provided by the director himself!

[@schematicb5393]

+NinjainConverse Honestly, I know people say that Jack had been there before, but there's no evidence to prove that (Delbert Grady was telling him "you've always been the caretaker" because he was trying to make him think that. Because Jack tried to murder his family, he is now living in infamy through the hotel picture.

[@Dom_510]

nope, that theory is stupid. him dying there and becoming part of the hotel and it's history is so much better

[@Dreamskater100]

Shelley Duvall was superb in this. (She's also beautiful). Just like Jack was. No doors were harmed in this movie (!)

[@journey95far49]

She is ugly

[@dr.migalitoloveless1651]

She's beautiful if you like horses 🐎

[@brendanward2991]

2:35 - Nitpick. The Grady sisters are not twins.

[@brendanward2991]

In the book they are not twins.

[@annabelle-rosesmyth6898]

The Grady girls play a much lesser part in the book than in the movie. It kinda annoyed me that they had such a big importance in the movie in comparison to the book?? I don't know if that's just me tho

[@julienichols5490]

looks More like Irish twins to me

[@nath909]

And so to the big question - "Here's Johnny" or "Take your medicine"?

[@NekoMouser]

+nath909 "Take your medicine," but it works far better in context in the novel than stated in this video. The phrase isn't just a one-off pop-culture riff on a late night show quote, but "medicine" itself is a theme throughout the book in a general sense (like the Excedrin he's constantly chewing), as well as a codeword for punishment handed down by Jack's own alcoholic, abusive father, showing that he was becoming something he, personally, dreaded becoming for his own son (and I believe he may have used at times like before he broke Danny's arm). For Danny, as a five year old, hearing that phrase, it was absolutely loaded with danger and fear. And if I remember, he doesn't just say it once in the book, but over and over again while hunting down the fam making far it more broken and insane.

[@Humane219]

+NekoMouser "Here's Johnny," is really dated when you get down to it. Since we as the audience know the character's name is Jack "so who the hell is Johnny?" is what we think after that line.

[@slash11895]

+NekoMouser Plus Danny has visions of Jack saying "Take your medicine" well before Jack actually ever really says it

[@slash11895]

+Baron Samedi In the novel, Jacks real name is John Daniel Edward "Jack" Torrance. So it makes sense, but they dont really tell you any of that in the movie

[@Grey19901]

+nath909 Both? XD

[@Woodys_Bunker]

Please do a what's the difference between the book or manga All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and the movie Edge of Tomorrow

[@blima589]

idk about you all but in the copy of the Shinning that I own, his name is Jack Torrance

[@annabelle-rosesmyth6898]

He is nearly always referred to as Jack apart from a few times when he is called John. I don't think John really suits him tho ahah

[@paulflood2709]

I have unfortunately never read the novel but after watching this comparison it looks like Kubrick allows the audience to fill in the blanks of what exactly happens/happened to the Torrence family in the Overlook. Is what happened the result of the Overlook itself or the Madness of Jack or did anything take place there at all. Its all very ambiguous and I like it that way personally.

[@dnice4145]

Nah, the film doesn't capture the book at all, and its not trying to. It especially misses what made the character of Jack so compelling in the novel.

[@Zombiesrule93]

What's the difference Battle Royale , Starship Troopers, The Beach

[@benjibuttons6380]

yes, the beach

[@Kj16V]

Zombiesrule93 ...And Blade Runner

[@TellEveryoneRecords]

Zombiesrule93 Starship Troopers, for sure.

[@EvanSaltare]

Starship Troopers +1

[@shibbyguy101]

I second Battle Royale.

[@Chalor.]

Oh man, I love how the camera stays on Jack as they swing the axe..then stays on the axe when it hits the door. That little touch right there makes a world of difference in feeling the terror.

[@cheechicana]

Jack is a single person, martial status excluded.

[@VanillaHetalianOwl]

Will someone please tell me what was up with the dog man?

[@kevinmyers3357]

That's what i want to know

[@signezemjane354]

+VanillaHetalianOwl it's from the book. Jack was drinking in bar, there were that ghost costume ball from past and one woman was telling Jack about dirtiest secrets of its participants. There were rich man and his subordinate, I guess, who actually was gay. The minion was in dogs costume and his boss was "playing" with him.

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

+VanillaHetalianOwl The Dogman was also tasked with keeping Danny away from the bar while the spirits coaxed Jack into murdering his family.

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

+VanillaHetalianOwl The rich guy was eluded to owning the hotel (if I remember that part right). He was also pan sexual. He got off on the conquest more than the actual act of sex. The guy in the dog costume was a former lover of the rich guy. He was trying to get him back, but it was explained, everyone but the guy in the dog costume knew it. I also remember some scene where the rich guy is humiliating the guy in the dog costume at a party. And this made me realize I remember way too much of a book that I actually only read once.

[@ridingwoman8366]

+John Doe - Had an impact on you, did it?

[@Alhelir]

Part two! Gimme part two!!!!

[@radicaledward3783]

I always thought the ending shot meant that jack had become a part of the overlook hotel because he went crazy in it like everyone else, but according to the internet that's not what happened :/

[@christinayates2496]

RadicalEdward37 that’s what I thought too

[@donjezza10]

I always suspected it had something to do with that moment Jack says he felt like he'd been to the hotel before. The ballroom scenes may have been memories of a past life and the haunted hotel is trying to get him to remember them.

[@BackRoadsParanormalResearch]

I love the book Kubrick's version and the tv version

[@jasoninkurai5463]

Eyerish .B A perfect Shining would be a mix between King's novel and Kubrick's film. The heart and characters of the novel and the fear, cinematography, and subtly of the movie. Pretty much like IT 2017.

[@Ocrilat]

Kubrick's film IS a mix of the novel and Kubrick's ideas...he kept what worked on film and deep-sixed what didn't.

[@PerpetualArt]

Kubrick all the way! Hate the miniseries!

[@derekkras153]

Eyerish .B I

[@VixxKong2]

I loved the book and I understand, after watching the movie, why Stephen King hated the Kubrick version

[@thepoobandit2850]

The stock image of the guy they use is just a really difficult thing to look at, that dudes face is just too cringe

[@haroldinho420]

literally all the top comments are about shelly duval lol

[@exeortegarubio]

A Clockwork Orange, please.

[@silaslangsyd]

I second that motion .

[@krimson6605]

yes please!

[@xgray2012]

+Exequiel Ortega I third that motion!!!

[@guitarhero7219]

Okay so it's official. All in favor say "Aye."

[@jtallen6406]

+Guitar Hero Aye

[@jord19100]

0:15 seriously, do you need to mock steven king in such a way?? kind of disrespectful

[@bromodragone8405]

What do you mean? King actually said that.

[@Jarvis466]

Please do Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter! (When you have the time of course. They're really long :P)

[@maxassasin911]

I think the movie does everything better. It fucks with you psychologically....i mean i love King's books but the shining didn't really scare me that much. A Clockwork Orange had a really shit ending which actually ruined the book for me because it had a message of conformity, but Kubrick's adaptation took all the conformity out and gave us an ending which emphasized chaos over conformity and that was fucking beautiful. Paths of Glory, (my favorite kubrick film) is to world war I, what saving private ryan is to world war 2. He changed alot of things from the Novel which made the anti war message resonate alot more. So moral of the story, if Kubrick is changing your book....he is only making it better. Look at all those Stephen King mini series, most of them suck balls. While Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile which changed up many things are some of the finest films ever made. All those hipsters that say the book is better don't appreciate the genius of what Kubrick does.

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

Dingo D. Manhunter Book was far superior to the film (which I also LOVE by the way, on it's own merit)...then again, I also enjoyed the TV miniseries adaption, all of them are very interesting and thought provoking in varied ways...King is simply amazing, no matter how ya slice it...;;)

[@BobKontak]

Karstens Creations No argument that SK is god like. I have not read the book so I am very pleased to have seen the Kubrick version (many times) with an unbiased mind set. The more I read and study about it, the more it favorably freaks me out. You know King had to have cranked the book out in a relative micro-second (months?), given his genius and style, compared to the film production. Kubrick is the antithesis. I can't cast a vote on which is better. Happy I saw this one without reading the book.

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

If you enjoyed Kubrick's film, try reading the book...just picture Kubrick's settings, the mood, the tone...and the book becomes a massive 'DVD extras' experience...trust me, the book is amazing...;)

[@brautigan1]

Karstens Creations I am a huge King fan. I've read everything he's officially published. I disagree with you. The Shining was a big letdown for me.

[@HeatherCoste]

+Dan Williams me too!!!! I liked the movie ok, but the book freaked me out.

[@punishersnake4888]

the book and mini-series are over all better.... but the movie will always be in my fav because of this one seen.... "Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in! Gonna bash 'em right the fuck in!" jack nicholson is a great actor...

[@donnab.333]

😂😂😂😂 I know right. 😂😂😂😂

[@M1lesJames]

Here's Johnny !!!

[@gabrielmontreuil]

Jack Torrance Oh i love you Mel Gibson... lol

[@akisutahatter3245]

I absolutely love the book, so the Shining movie came as a real disappointment after all the hype. Interesting fact about Dick Halloran: in Stephen King's "It", he's mentioned as an old friend of Mike Hanlon's father. Also, part of the reason King didn't want Jack Nicholson to play Jack Torrence was because Nicholson had been typecast as psychologically damaged characters a lot, and he felt it would be too obvious that Jack becomes unhinged, which is supposed to be a big surprise in the book.

[@shanecochran2491]

can you please do the exorcist what's the difference :-)

[@ILLUSIONFUSION1]

Shane Cochran ( great idea , I've read the book and watched the movie and there is very little difference other than way scarier stuff in the book but it would have been a 4 hour movie if it was all translated over )

[@shanecochran2491]

Much appreciated yeah I would like to see that

[@ILLUSIONFUSION1]

Shane Cochran ( when the psychiatrist hypnotizes Regan that scene is longer and way scarier in the book and also some great stuff of the demon getting inside Damien's head that just couldn't translated for the film even with any kind of modern special effects )

[@shanecochran2491]

Interesting

[@horrorkesh]

I loved the Kubrick version till I read the source book from king now I swing more for the tv mini series version more, still a good movie but I liked the book layout better

[@mustang6172]

The movie completely omits Jack's encounter with the hornet's nest, which symbolizes Jack's attempt to take control of his own life and subsequently getting bitch slapped by fate. The movie also omits Wendy's fears that Danny is closer to Jack than her, and how this may mirror Wendy's own relationship with her father.

[@dylanthompson8511]

Do you really think that would've made the film better if included? Like, really?

[@adrianne7882]

I also absolutely love seeing the hedge animals come Alivle and movie around in the mini series.

[@CocoaCrack]

Shelley Duvall is bae, m'kay?

[@godzillasaurbuttersworth3176]

1:22 Hey! Chelly Duval is kinda cute

[@ianfindly3257]

Check out Duval's little known 1970 debut flick Brewster McCloud, .. . she actually looks pretty hot in THAT flick believe it or not. One reason she looked so horrible in THIS flick I think was the FACIAL EXPRESSIONS she was making half the time.

[@pheonix5597]

Viva!

[@CurtisAlfeld]

Didn't Halloran survive in the book? It's been a while since I read it.

[@Jamescush]

CurtisAlfeld Yes. He even appears in the sequel Doctor Sleep.

[@KevinsKontentKorner]

James Cushman What did you think of Doctor Sleep?

[@Jamescush]

I liked it. Was really surprised that King didn't kill any of the heroes of that book. Spoilers?

[@KevinsKontentKorner]

James Cushman Nah I read it, just not sure how much I liked it or didn't like it.

[@Statimtek]

CurtisAlfeld Yes he escapes with Wendy and Danny in the Sno Cat

[@redmarch8]

I don't know why the book is made to look so campy and bad in this video, in my opinion they're so vastly different that it would be silly to look at them as the same story. Just READ the book and decide for yourself, don't let this biased video decide it for you.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

I thought Kubrick's version was a short story adaptation of the novel. There was too much going on in the novel to make even a 4 hour movie.

[@arnabnath6601]

What 4 hour even 10 hour movie can be possible with the massive story of 'the shining' novel

[@Mlotshaw1]

Dog man an early furry

[@fjoelprice]

So Kubrick made a promise to Stephen King that he would follow his book the way he wrote? But instead he added more horror???...what a genius!!!!

[@bigal650]

He changed the plot

[@MrKJ444]

in the book the ghosts and hotel itself are making him go crazy.

[@allanschuster7928]

In the movie he was already crazy and unhinged without drinking. In the book he was kind yet had past issues with alcohol that made him two entirely different people in a lot of ways. The hotel used him to try to get Danny because they wanted his powers of Shining. In the book Wendy was a strong woman and not the weak one from the film. Whats his name, the cook, did not get killed and was the hero saving Wendy and Danny in the end. Lots of big differences. The only thing I think the movie did better is I think the hotel picked for the movie is a LOT scarier than the actual Stanley Hotel where the book is based on in Estes Park, Colorado. Also the twins were not twins in the book but older and younger sisters but the twins make it creepier and I like that change

[@MikeGreenwood51]

To Allan Lol. The hotel made him do it. You must be susceptible to such delusional thinking. The Hotel was completly empty apart from the Torrances. It was Jack and his crazed psycotic mind that resulted in him doing it. He had bashed his son before duing an earlier drunken episode.

[@bigal650]

+Michael Greenwood you obviously didn't read the book

[@donnab.333]

I thought Jack's character was reincarnated? Jack's character was the one who killed the wife with the two girls & then was reincarnated to come back to the same hotel to kill his new family, i.e. wife & son. This is what someone told me years ago, who read the book because she asked me if i understood why Jack's character was in the picture.

[@Iantorchwood94]

What about the wasps ? They have a huge importance in the book, not mentioned once in the movie.

[@ashoja-pd7zt]

And the hedge animals, the basement, Jack's book/play, his sobriety struggles

[@TKDLION]

But the wasps are there in the miniseries and are really unimpressive.

[@magic713m]

Movie is great, so long as the viewer doesn't try to compare it to the book. The movie is great as a horror film. It does its job at scaring its viewers. But as an adaptation of the book, it is bad. So if you liked the movie then read the book and liked that too, just don't try comparing the two when reading or watching The Shining.

[@punkieb5974]

magic713m Im reading The Shining but I watched the movie first..

[@Dom_510]

the movie is better than the book

[@arnabnath6601]

@@Dom_510 the book is way better than the movie

[@maxheller7815]

i read the book and watched the movie. the movie is good, but not perfect. and im not saying that because its unfaithful to the original story. in fact, some plot-wise decisions made more sense in the movie. but there are still things that prevented the movie from being perfect.

[@zeltzamer4010]

Max Heller Yeah obviously it’s not perfect. Neither is the book.

[@lukacalov1988]

I watched the movie first Then i started reading the book expecting 1-Heres Johnny 2-All work and no play makes jack a dull boy 3-...i ve corrected her I find myself disappointed

[@Karifi]

Because the movie improve King's story

[@MrLouis-of3yl]

@@Karifi How does it improve?

[@Scrummy64]

A lot of the movie's reputation comes from it being so iconic, and from the cinematography being legitimately incredible, but in terms of the actual story, the book is FAR superior. The characters are superbly written (they're all pretty two-dimensional in the movie) and the story wraps up to a much more satisfying climax. It's certainly true that the miniseries - which was a whole lot more faithful to the book - sucked ass, but it's one of those sad cases where the book simply doesn't translate very well onto a screen, in spite of being literary genius in its own right. That was the cool thing about the movie; Kubrick changed it in a way that made it work, at least for the most part. Although while it's certainly interesting that Kubrick decided to interpret Jack's descent into evil as genuine insanity and cabin fever (in the book it's outright stated to be a slow possession by the Overlook Hotel itself), it meant that the actual "shining" aspect was completely redundant, which is pretty dumb when it's literally the title of the movie. In the book it's actually the crux of the story, instead of just a plot device used to foreshadow the ending.

[@zeltzamer4010]

Scrummy64 The Shining bit in the movie is important because there’s no use in trying to pretend like Jack isn’t going to go insane, so they outright make it obvious that he will. This makes the audience well aware of what’s going to happen, when there are characters in the story who are still in the dark about it, in a way giving the audience an ability similar to that of the Shining.

[@VerneditheSnail]

I actually prefer the novel and disliked Kubrick's movie. The novel was far more creative and interesting, in my unpopular opinion. The movie made little to no sense compared to the plot points of the novel.

[@coralaisly]

+Vernedi I'm convinced people only like the movie more because it's shorter and they're used to it. I waited a good 3 years after watching it to read the book, and now the book is one of my all time favorites and the film is so disappointing. Then again, I'm not a huge Kubrick fan to begin with. I hated what he did to Lolita. It was the same story only in name. One of these days I'll have to get around to reading A Clockwork Orange, and tbch I don't have high hopes for the film vs the book.

[@VerneditheSnail]

EmileeArsenic I was beginning to dread I was the only one who thought this way. Glad to be proven wrong.

[@ridingwoman8366]

+EmileeArsenic - I have never been able to watch A Clockwork Orange, the brutality and violence is just too graphic. And I'm pretty hardcore.

[@coralaisly]

ridingwoman That's one that gets built up a lot. The book is pretty intense, but the film really isn't that bad. If you can watch something like Hostel or The Strangers, ACO won't be out of your range. The scene at the beginning with the guy's wife really is the worst of it, and it is kind of difficult to watch because of the subject matter. The ending is really good, though, and one of those that's been borrowed and mimicked quite a bit after that film. It's one of those where everything falls together and you're left like "Oh... oh damn..." Honestly, horror films from today have used so much of what was done in ACO that if you watch a lot of them, you've for all intents and purposes seen it, but with a different accent. It's one of those that's really difficult to recommend though because "Ultraviolence" is right there on it and it does have some relatively brutal scenes (mostly near the beginning), but it's an interesting one because it's one of those that would be borderline unwatchable if it were made today because of how much they'd have to ramp it up for the desired audience.

[@MarkanVaran7]

kubrick's movie is an all time classic

[@GSnickerz]

I find Shelly Duvall to be so beautiful and such an iconic horror character, like to me, there's no other wendy but hers.

[@RhysezPieces]

I'm glad I found this. I've only ever read the novel, but my sister has seen the movie without reading the novel. I mentioned my reading it and she asked about the 'Here's Johnny!' line and I had no idea what she was talking about. Then we compared endings and I was so confused.

[@steerpike66]

They do a pretty good job making the book look corny and stupid. The book has many, many good points. As a book. The art of cinema is not the act of converting prose into script. In many ways, all good films should be silent. The fewer words, the better. The mark of a great film is that you should be able to turn off the sound and watch it, and it should make complete sense.Kubrick's film is a great film: it has a a rich visual language that is designed to replace words with strange, disturbing, and beautiful images. And it is visually coherent and very striking. But is it not a book. That's the point.

[@feliscatus7057]

Am I the only one who thinks Shelley is gorgeous? I love how expressive her eyes are

[@brokenwave6125]

She's ugly, but more important...a horrendously bad actress. Possibly the worst ever in any "classic" film.

[@feliscatus7057]

how bitter

[@bingola45]

Shelly is lovely. Not just her looks, but her gentle nature. I can feel the hurt when that brute abuses her.

[@AwesomeEJ505]

Broken Wave you are SO rude

[@jefferson9994]

new fan. Just saw fight club before this. Totally subscribing. Hope to see part 2 of this.

[@MamaPickles]

You should do a Clockwork Orange

[@christopherr3676]

Let's face it .King needs corrected

[@1981corbin]

how? I think both the movie and the book are incredible in their medians

[@13thcentury]

The Stanley Pubic version is an embarrassment. Only famous because a) people like Jack, b) apparently Pubic is a genius. I think not. Pubic clearly didn't even read the fucking book. If he did he was too fucked up on drugs to understand it. At the end of the day it is a Stephen King story NOT Kubricks. It's about a haunted house NOT a madman.

[@marcusjahn4909]

Either you're trolling or extraordinarily silly.

[@pixelilly]

I prefer the book. It's a slow, crawling decent into madness. The film is all like "HEY, ANYBODY ORDER SOME CRAZY??"