THE SHINING Miniseries - Best Parts (1997) Stephen King

[@duchess5218]

When she tripped on the ball, that’s some Disney channel level comedy right there

[@majormoviemadness9927]

me too hard laugh

[@_what._.]

🤣

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

Scene came up right as I was reading this.

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

Yeah it's so obvious she was told to trip, it's just how she barely touches it

[@andrewsmith3257]

​@@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3 cringe. Stephen King should stick to writing

[@JamesGilbert_]

Stephen King: *doesn't like Wendy in Kubrick's version because she is too wimpy* Also Stephen King: *has her trip on a ball she herself threw*

[@bartdarrow9217]

I think Rebecca De Mornay slips on it by accident & they just left it in

[@scornbass1552]

Shelly as Wendy. Always. One of the most sympathetic characters of all time. 😍

[@JamesGilbert_]

@@bartdarrow9217 oh even better.

[@Bluesit32]

@@scornbass1552 Feh. If you say so. Always screaming and crying. Can't even hold a bat right. Knowing Kubrick, she was told to hold it that way though.

[@Bluesit32]

Wimpy and clumsy are two different things. This Wendy took a few croquet mallet blows like a champ.

[@Littleathquakes]

not gonna lie, when she slipped on the ball i laughed

[@bartdarrow9217]

Me too

[@twentyfivemelody]

What’s amazing is that Wendy threw a little ball which makes Jack bleed 😂😂😂

[@anarosareyes6269]

It was so natural…almost look like she slip by accident in real life

[@bartdarrow9217]

@@anarosareyes6269 I think she did, & like you said, it looked so natural they just left it in

[@fynnthefox9078]

Same

[@wrucebayne6138]

The video lost me at the beginning when the cg hose attacked the camera

[@martijnvanderhoeven988]

Ninja Freak just like the Langoliers. The cgi is horrible too in that mini serie...

[@peterhansen5096]

Too bad since it's a fantastic miniseries

[@minkstar9021]

@@peterhansen5096 It's seriously fucking not.

[@thesecretrectangle]

What miniseries are you watchin???

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

@@martijnvanderhoeven988 Back then CGI was the "shit", and by the looks of it I think it was meant as a 3D kind of thing because the way it went at camera...or so it seems. Those were late 90's.

[@anorak775]

This just feels like a Goosebumps episode with a bit more of a higher budget

[@risanaomi4958]

Wow that was accurate 😆

[@_what._.]

THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@マシュードーラン]

EXACTLY!

[@Briman2052]

Lol sure, but it was scary as hell as a kid. The Shining movie was boring to me as a kid.

[@oldironsides4107]

bleb ber The 8 hour drawn out miniseries wasn’t boring to you?

[@tardistime6857]

I just can’t stop laughing when I see Tony floating in the air and the dog mask

[@oldironsides4107]

Stephen king. “ it came out perfectly”

[@denyskh8641]

yeah, 100% better to see Tony as a boy in Danny's mouth

[@kevinmay9151]

The book: tony is a very ominous person who is not easy to identify or describe, only revealed as an adult at the end The miniseries: might as well be his forgotten floating uncle.

[@hozonkai9967]

Kubrick's Bear Man was better

[@elijahenes3899]

Kubrick's Jack: *sees woman on the bathtub, immediately smiles, kisses her* King's Jack: *sees barely anything on the bathub* IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT

[@greysonhansen1478]

Wow, 2 FUCKING MEMES IN ONE. VERY VERY original. What did you just learn what a fucking MEME was?

[@orangutank626]

Honestly, that scene alone with King’s jack seemed way way more believable. If Jack Nicholson actually got spooked by what he saw another person quietly living in the hotel knowing he and his family were the only inhabitants would add to the scare factor towards the movie. The way Kubricks Jack approached the woman without ever questioning her presence kinda added more questions than scaring the audience.

[@alexhunter6225]

@@greysonhansen1478 fuck off

[@frankie2936]

No FOCK you!

[@orangutank626]

@Blueberry right!? Like it would be so much better seeing an element of unknown put into kubricks film

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

"Mom can we get The Shining?" "No we have the shining at home" The Shining at home:

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

?

[@MelancoliaI]

Pretty good iteration of the meme.

[@ryblinkhopkinson874]

I was literally about to say this but you beat me to it lol

[@Roni69609]

So the original? This is closer to the book

[@hozonkai9967]

@@Roni69609King wrote a book that couldn’t be properly adapted on screen. So, Kubrick took it and coRRRected it

[@maskstyle]

Danny looks like a 9 year old Napoleon Dynamite.

[@garrtoons4303]

I think he looks more like Uh-Huh from Little Rascals...... wait...

[@maskstyle]

@@garrtoons4303 I think it's the same actor :D

[@garrtoons4303]

@@maskstyle I know XD.

[@Bby_Girl-uq7we]

@@maskstyle it is

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Yeah, this is what happens when you let kids wander around mouth breathing. They end up with a stupid look on their face and it ruins their looks.

[@valoulegeekoff9636]

0:27 Tony was better as a finger lol 🤣

[@Largest_Marge]

For real look at that cheesy ass floating lmao

[@musememe1349]

I was just wondering who that was

[@jakedeeyah1640]

too bad he just didn't recreate the Tony from the book. That would have been really cool and classy.

[@phantomprism7659]

@@jakedeeyah1640 what was he in the book?

[@jakedeeyah1640]

WARNING: MAJOR BOOK SPOILER AHEAD!!!! So, in the book when Danny sees Tony it always starts with him getting dizzy and disoriented, like he's going to faint or have a stroke or something. Then he hears someone calling his name from far off. But not far off like echoey in his mind, but like someone calling him from down the street or across the park or from out in the backyard. It's someone calling his name like "Danny! Danny! Danneeee!". Then when Danny looks for where the calling is coming from he can never actually really see Tony. For example: the first time you read about him, Danny is sitting on the curb outside their apartment, waiting for Jack to come home from the job interview at the Overlook. He hears Tony calling from somewhere off down the street, and when he looks down the block he can see someone way at the end of the street, standing at the corner, waving his arms to him, "Danny!- Hey Danny!- Danneee!". But it's always like that: like some older middle aged guy from far away waving his arms to get his attention, but too far to see any details about him. It's almost kind of eerie feeling. Then when this happens, Danny will whisper, "Tony?" and slump over and black out- then the vision Tony wants to show him will ensue. But then, the awesome part, is at the end of the book, when Danny is trapped at a dead end hallway, and Jack is coming down the hall after him, about to round the corner, suddenly he hears Tony say his name calmly, from right nearby. This time Tony is standing right behind him! Danny is kinda freaked out, but at the same time feels a calming familiarity about the guy. Tony kneels down to eye level with Danny and explains that he will be okay and to not be afraid. That when the time comes, he will remember what both his father and the hotel have forgotten, and he will be able to conquer him in the end. Then Tony revels that he IS Danny! He is the Danny of the future- like from Dr. Sleep time or something- using his shine to project himself back and help his younger self. Dude it is so sick!

[@brodyquestionmark]

Nobody: Danny: 👁👄👁

[@ballincat43.]

1:25

[@sammarchetti9143]

I can see how this is more book accurate but it’s not a good representation of the book because of how cheesy everything is

[@peterhansen5096]

It's TV and it's still better than Kubrick's movie

[@johnathanross6519]

I would love to see this mini series with a bigger budget I think then maybe it would be better than Kubrick's version but as it stands now the movie is better overall and Jack Nicholson's performance was great.

[@minkstar9021]

@@peterhansen5096 You're both wrong and stupid.

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@peterhansen5096 Idiot!

[@garrtoons4303]

@@peterhansen5096 _Boink!_ Wrong!

[@davidechiappetta]

King's extreme ability as a writer is proportional to the extreme inability to judge a film

[@michaelsieger9133]

@@cowabungakumquat2825 Kubrick's version is the best story about domestic abuse in film history. Its a painful portrait of psychological realism that explores themes of both familial and historical violence, and both often intersect to the detriment of the oppressor and oppresses classes. That film doesn't concern itself with the naive belief that supernatural possession is a precondition to abusive behavior.

[@ROOKTABULA]

He's not all that great a writer, to be honest. I've read 3 of his books and called every beat and plot twist. The ONLY ones I liked were both short stories: Shawshank and Thinner (as Richard Bachman)

[@mechadoggy]

@@michaelsieger9133 “Its a painful portrait of psychological abuse…That film doesn’t concern itself with the naive belief that supernatural behavior” The thing though is Stephen King’s point is that supernatural reasons were the cause of this. “Kubrick’s version is the best story about domestic abuse in film theory” Stephen King’s point was to make Jack a sympathetic character to the audience as he suffers from being possessed vs. being a villain protagonist. Anyways, those are just some of the reasons why Stephen King absolutely hated Kubrick’s version. A lot of those central themes from the novel got twisted.

[@thomasputting8004]

I was thinking the same, but you expressed it perfectly

[@brodjefferson3513]

@@mechadoggy Well what's more interesting a flawed, complex father character or ghosts make loving father evil

[@sutapa9742]

Stephen King can be a brilliant writer and storyteller, but he has terrible cinematic choices.

[@aliisahyy9269]

He's a fine storyteller, but can't end things properly. He should've thanked Kubrick for making the story work

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@@aliisahyy9269 you didn't like how the book ended? Would you mind sharing some further thoughts on that? Like what about the books ending did you not like?

[@aliisahyy9269]

@@jakedeeyah1640 why, are you a representative? :')

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@@aliisahyy9269 apart from jokes, I figure the KZbin comment sections are for conversation and discussion of the relevant topic. You don't have to give answers to my questions, obviously.

[@aliisahyy9269]

@@jakedeeyah1640 I generally feel disappointed by King's endings, I thought it was a well known (meme) fact by now, how he doesn't know how to end things. In the Shining, I was not surprised by the supernatural to say the least

[@wojtekhiow496]

Why does possesed Jack looks like possesed adult Bill Denbrough from IT Chapter 2? XD

[@Mrnotfa]

Hi micheal afton !

[@ethanrobinson5858]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@strumdynasty3050]

Steven Weber also read the IT audiobook.

[@xavierrose8208]

Fun Fact: Weber actually performed the Audiobook version of IT

[@fidelcashflow_371]

he so does!!!!!!

[@anondalorian3719]

I want to unsee this

[@sunguyen3202]

Phimhai

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah me too

[@alecjones4676]

Just watch Kubrick's version again, and then read the book, that'll help unruin it.

[@peterhansen5096]

Too bad since it's way better than Kubrick's movie

[@minkstar9021]

@@peterhansen5096 Kubrick's is a classic that will be remembered, Kings series is a trashpile that people want to burn away.

[@slothers8685]

How did Stephen King like this better than the movie

[@traceywilliams1720]

He also liked 2012 and other movies people wouldn't call "their favorites". Nowadays it seems like he likes anything.

[@Bluesit32]

Because while the original was a good movie, it completely missed the tone of the book. Jack was a pretty unsettling guy from the start (I blame Jack Nicholson for that...because Jack Nicholson is a creepy guy, let's be honest), the Overlook itself seems to have no will of its own, just a lot ghosts in it, the boiler room is completely left out of the movie and Danny's "Shining" is almost irrelevant.

[@alexfreetime9597]

It was more true to his book, very simple.

[@jasonpalacios2705]

Because Stephen King was jealous of Kubrick for making the adaptation better.

[@alexfreetime9597]

@@jasonpalacios2705 If you read the book you'll find that it's way better than the movie especially because it makes more sense (obviously), so no, it's not because of that.

[@blueyosh43]

I can see why King didn't like the film. I mean, think about it from his perspective. He created this story, these characters, this narrative. You created a great, well received book. Then somebody makes a movie with your characters, portraying them in ways that go against what you wrote, with actors you dislike, while removing themes that are heavily present in the book. That doesn't change the fact that the movie is good, but I can see why he personally didn't like it.

[@metro121482]

I agree. The Kubrick film is a great movie. But it's simply not THE SHINING! The miniseries was faithful to the original novel (mostly,) and is definitely more in line with King's original vision. I consider this miniseries to be an amazing adaptation of one of my favorite novels. I look at the Kubrick film as an awesome movie that was LOOSELY based on one of my favorite novels. Trying to compare this miniseries to the Kubrick film is like comparing comparing apples and oranges...there are some similarities, but in the end they're totally different from each other. Two separate categories.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@metro121482 "totally different from each other"? Really? What would have happened if Kubrick made a movie about a family trapped in a hotel in winter and the crazed father tries to kill his family? Imagine that he would have made that movie, calling it something else, with characters called something else, without having the rights to King's novel? Do you really think he wouldn't have been sued?

[@castortroy7704]

I'm a fan of all three. The novel, Stanley Kubrick's loosely based adaption and the literary faithful Television miniseries. To each their own. Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance was iconic on his own. Yes, Kubrick's Jack was insane from the start and only went crazier once the Torrance Family arrived at the sentient Overlook Hotel due to cabin fever and the Hotel's demonic possession of him alongside its imprisoned evil human ghosts. Being a reincarnation of the groundskeeper of the Overlook Hotel in the 1920's as Charles Grady was a reincarnation of the Hotel's butler, Delbert Grady. Jack Torrance in the novel and the miniseries was a decent man that loved his family at heart despite his alcoholism, violent, short temper and accidentally abusing Danny while drunk in the past. But went insane slowly due to cabin fever and isolation combined with the self aware supernatural entity of the Overlook Hotel itself, a demon I believe came from a Thinny from the Dark Tower series and possessed the Overlook Hotel's building from the beginning. In the book ending Jack briefly regained self control and his sanity and sobered up to tell Danny to run, apologize for hurting Danny and Wendy and hug his son goodbye before the Management demon and its imprisoned human spirits inside of Jack's body kill the real Jack.

[@shesgotacause]

Agreed. Kubrick should have counted himself lucky that he wasn't sued. However in the novel (I have the 2013 edition) I noticed Lorraine Massey's name has been removed.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@shesgotacause Kubrick had the rights, son.

[@DJ5PILLZ]

Strange how they decided to make a sitcom version of The Shining... oh wait.

[@peterhansen5096]

Strange thing to say from someone who hasn't even watched the whole miniseries. It's better than Kubrick's mess

[@DJ5PILLZ]

@@peterhansen5096 For starters that was just a joke. Also; oh I watched it, it was like watching Goosebumps on Nickelodeon. Well aware Kubrick's work wasn't true to the novel in any way but its jumbled for reasons. I love the novel and have read it countless times but it didn't (in my opinion) translate into a good piece of film. Perhaps with less cheesy effects if it were to be remade now it might be better.

[@minkstar9021]

@@peterhansen5096 Kubrick's Shining is scary and a well made horror film. This miniseries has animal sounds superimposed over hedges, Rover chattering like a creepy uncle, a killer hose (enough said), and a freakin croquet bat instead of an axe. None of that shit is scary! Kubrick's may be different from the book, but it's a better film overall. The only good thing in the miniseries is Weber as Jack, which may be the only character I'm glad the miniseries expanded on, everything else was terrible.

[@ivankarizaldy]

Peter Hansen stop being delusional, and stop replying to every comment trying to defend this garbage. How much are they paying you pal?

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@peterhansen5096 Idoit!

[@scottj.kimball8527]

This version feels so much like the Goosebumps TV show of the 90's. I watched this as it aired in '97. At the time I liked it a lot. But over the years my enjoyment for this version has dwindled. I'd watch Stanley Kubrick's Shining any day over this.

[@lakerfan2874]

I like both. I finished the miniseries today and felt it was better storywise as there's more time with the characters, and it didn't feel as if it took a month or so for Jack to go insane. In the film, it jumps to a month later and just goes by days and then hours later. The miniseries drag you in with everything while the movie just seems a bit quick for over 2 hours of watchtime, where the need for Jack to get a drink is quicker than the miniseries. Hell, there's a point in the miniseries where it goes right where the movie plays everything nicely, without the spectacle of "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy" and "Here's Johnny," but it makes a great climax and ending rather than the movie making it seem so off putting. I like the movie and the miniseries, but they are better in all ways compared to one another, just like the Red Dawn movies.

[@realdavidii]

10 signs that your movie is a masterpiece 1). Stephen King hates it

[@conorstephenson6397]

Very true ahaha, you know for a man with such talent for writing literature, it’s weird to see he doesn’t share that same ability for movies

[@alanaspinall7147]

I think he warmed up to the film, it the way they changed jack from a nice guy, with a problem, to a total arse hole from the start that he hated, i got to admit i like the idea of jack being At hart a good man better,

[@davidchardon1303]

@@conorstephenson6397 Stephen King is a worthless writer, over-estimated by all the ads its publishers make to sell books and its circle of degenerate fan. Stephen King is the Macdo of literature.

[@conorstephenson6397]

David Chardon I don’t know about that friend, I don’t think you can really describe his back catalogue of work which includes Pet Semetary, Misery, the Shining, IT, the shawshank redemption, Salem’s lot etc as worthless trash. The man clearly has a lot of talent for literature but that talent doesn’t often translate well to the big screen

[@davidchardon1303]

@@conorstephenson6397 Even its best book recommended are trash literature. Bad writing, bad plot. Very caritative.

[@Books-and-coffee0]

I'm high af and I can't. stop. laughing

[@ccrocker3]

The funny thing about the “best parts” is they’re also the worst parts

[@tarielkaroldan4106]

I think the title may have been sarcastic

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

I think you’re both sarcastic

[@williamr1088]

Because Kubrick's version was slow and boring.

[@toiletjenny333]

​@@williamr1088 Your attention span is way too low if it's "boring".

[@TheWalkingDev]

This proves that some moments in a book can't be translated well in a movie.

[@peterhansen5096]

Really? As if Kubrick succeeded? :D

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@peterhansen5096 fuck off. Kubricks film succeded in everyway possible while every body hates this. Peter Hansen fuck off.

[@pphillips4586]

@@bananaleaf5899 kubricks film did not succeed in translating the book to film. He made an excellent film, but a terrible adaptation.

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@pphillips4586 I know that but he was refering to it as a film in general. Saying it doesn't succed

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@@bananaleaf5899 woah there! Lol, you can really tell who the artsy 18 year old Krubrick kids are in here.

[@shaunsuber3922]

this Version of The Shining is based on the book

[@caronte008]

Guess i'll never read it then.

[@thedudeabides43]

@@caronte008 Your loss.

[@bvgnjhfc]

They’re both based on the book.. just this one is more loyal to the book... and it looks like an episode of Goosebumps. Terrible.

[@bartdarrow9217]

@@caronte008 Even though this version is much more faithful to the book believe me, the book is a lot better than this shit

[@diegovargasdiego]

Actually it didn’t have a good budget so they changed it from the the book to be worse, read the book it is way better than this

[@wolfzeru5745]

Loved the book very much, and gotta say that everything was scarier and better crafted in my head. I think this kind of proves that King is indeed a great writer, but many of his ideas are better left on paper, otherwise, you got a cheesy production. Kubrick made the right call when he decided to adapt the story into a psychological movie with a horror vibe

[@assordante2205]

He isn't. He writes his characters like a fucking idiot. A guy like Jack Torrance uses the word "officious"? And he's got a complex about small, round men. He thinks the most detestable human on earth is small, round and prissy. Otherwise, he wouldn't write the worst characters of his books fitting that description. Also, this 5 year old named Danny has just as good a vocabulary as an adult but thinks suite is spelled like sweet?

[@VideoMeltdown]

*proves

[@goatwarrior3570]

King is not a great writer, he's a horrible writer. The only thing King is good at is coming up with a creepy premise, beyond that his writing style is amateurish and his ideas are awful. Putting those ideas onto screen just highlights how bad they are. Kubrick absolutely made the right call by taking King's premise and a few elements and scrapping the rest of it.

[@adamboldi7913]

​@@goatwarrior3570 King is a very good writer.

[@goatwarrior3570]

@@adamboldi7913 A very good writer has some idea how to explain the goings on in his work, without resorting to "it was an inter-dimensional thing"

[@Le_Grenouille]

When Wendy threw the ball out the window and then tripped on it a second later I almost died of laughter.

[@CyanideSublime]

Wow. This is the difference between film and novels. An amazing director like Stanley Kubrick looked at what the source material was. And to its credit, it was scary on paper. He said "No.. that won't look good at all on the silver screen" and made the appropriate changes. Knocked it out of the park.

[@jonzfriend]

King offered Kubrick a screenplay about a haunted hotel in which a writer loses his mind. Kubrick preferred a cartoon. Pathetic waste of film and talent.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@jonzfriend King offered a pile of trash. Kubrick turned it to pure gold.

[@マシュードーラン]

@@jonzfriend Literally nothing cartoonish about Kubrick’s film. This miniseries however is like an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? or Goosebumps

[@oldironsides4107]

マシュー ドーラン Man I loved are you afraid of the dark. I watched this miniseries when it came out and I was happy I got it over with. It’s a steaming pile of shit

[@denyskh8641]

@@jackgonzalez7727 Kubrick's film is shit

[@JudyRChung]

WHY IS TONY FLOATING LIKE THAT 💀💀💀💀💀

[@lonestar6709]

I like Stephen King. He's a seriously cool guy, with a wealth of imagination. But he couldn't pick out scary visuals to save his life. Stanley Kubrick took out all the un-filmable fluff of the novel, and mainstreamed a perfect psychological horror movie. King literally filmed his novel, and turned it into an episode of the Three Stooges.

[@williamr1088]

Because Kubrick's version was slow and boring.

[@brunox3042]

@@williamr1088 Stephen's miniseries is absolute shit.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

@@williamr1088 zoomer detected.

[@swstopmotions4390]

@@williamr1088bro I loved Kubricks version

[@MawcDrums]

Unfilmable fluff like his prior battles with alcoholism, the threat of divorce, the breaking of his sons arm, him remembering his father's abuse, him hitting that kid on the bike while drunk, the ENTIRE concept of the hallucinations and Tony being completely different, I could go on, yeah, those all seem totally unfilmable and fluff.

[@leer6871]

It’s amazing how the music is practically screaming that what’s happening on screen is intended to be scary. And yet…. the performances and cinematography make it feel like a comedy.

[@erikandrus4387]

Thank you for uploading this, it's interesting to see. What I always got from Shelley Duvall's performance in the cinema version, that I never get from heroines in similar movies/genres, is her reluctance to want to do harm yet it's all she has left in her arsenal to make it out of this nightmare alive with her son.

[@hawrnball]

Well said. I remember as a kid I kept thinking why doesn’t she just hit him with that bat already. But as an adult it makes more sense. She doesn’t want to hurt her husband until she’s absolutely backed into a corner.

[@erikandrus4387]

@@hawrnball There was that hesitancy too I remember when she tries to slash his hand in the infamous breaking down of the bathroom door scene? She was so scared.

[@Darksky1001able]

The sad part is Kubrick fucked her mentally with all the changes and yelling.

[@insubordinatecoordinate5904]

Oh so Stephen king hated Kubricks version but uses the same orchestra

[@ellypelly9296]

1:55 who says that in a horror movie after seeing something out of the ordinary?? 😂 «nO i DoNt SeE tHaT»

[@timmaloney9976]

Me before watching this: "I always thought the Kubrick movie overrated." Me after watching this: "... suddenly Kubrick's looks a lot better."

[@lluewhyn]

This may be more faithful to the book, but this series just looks horrible and cheesy. The book is better, more detailed, and a lot more interesting than Kubrick's film, but at least Kubrick's film is well made.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@lluewhyn in fact, the book Is SO dumb. A miserable mix of "It" and "The Dream Catcher", and even "The Tommyknockers". Jack breaks his own son's arm just because he's mad and drunk, but lets Danny go with no harm when he's possessed by the Overlook... Yeah, sure.

[@timmaloney9976]

I've grown to be a lot kinder to the Kubrick one, guys. Although I'm comparison, I'm shocked this actually exists.

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@jackgonzalez7727 agreed.

[@MrKlasse01]

Except that there is more of dialogue in this mini-serie. But with less feeling of horror.

[@jaduyare]

Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's take on the book so he corrected him, sir.

[@camraging641]

Wasn’t a very wise correction tho

[@peterrjacobs3953]

He did a umm, good job I guess...

[@NefariousDreary]

I think Kubrick corrected King

[@stefanocordioli859]

Well, the book is a masterpiece. The movie is a great movie but is a different story. This series is more like the book, but nothing special about the way has been directed or the actors. Shame.

[@ANT96-x8d]

@@stefanocordioli859 At least it did the main character Jack Torrance a lot more complex and sympathetic like in the novel, while Kubrick’s Jack was basically another Nicholson role that could be switched out with any other.

[@ChiliRaider]

0:43 That doesn't look like a possessed Jack Torrance, that looks and sounds like a pennywise form

[@whatzittooya8117]

I would love to imagine a crossover between these two since they are Stephen King characters.

[@hi.923]

Is it weird that I find this form of Jack scarier than Pennywise?

[@NeLeeO]

It looks almost exactly like Chapter Two’s Ms Kersh.

[@omberonilink4118]

Looks like Eddie Brock being possessed by Venom. Lmao.

[@ApexDestoroyah]

Looks like adult Bill

[@spatchmo6938]

That kid doesn't close his mouth :O

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Yeah, read the new book Jaws about eliminating mouth breathing. It makes people look mentally deficient and ruins your face shape.

[@mr.wilkie2323]

I don’t think he can, looks at his overbite

[@shadowselfCA]

I think his top lip is stapled to his nose.

[@LindeeLove]

I thought I wanted to watch this mini series, but watching this video fixed that.

[@hozonkai9967]

Not "fixed." CoRRRected

[@Soleilasens]

The guy is doing his best Jim Carrey impression lol

[@oldironsides4107]

😆

[@colelevel2654]

Movie Wendy: *worked all the jobs at the hotel, stood up to Jack, knocked him out, and locked him in a freezer, got Danny out the window as fast as possible, kept calm enough to stab Jack when he attacked, ran looking for Jack when she realized Danny was in danger, and got them both to safety.* Show Wendy: *throws a ball then trips on it* Stephen King: "Yeah, my Wendy is stronger and more resourceful."

[@malcolmclements9254]

In Kubrick's film you had the bath scene, the bathroom scene with O'Grady, the bar scene, the two fancy dress men scene, the typewriter scene, the two little girls scene "come play with us Danny, forever, and ever, and ever" scene, and of course the axe scene. Kubrick's masterpiece.

[@filmbuff2777]

The bath scene in Kubrick's film is far more terrifying I think partly because it is basically silent. No dialogue. Its a very nightmarish scene which although didn't scare me as a kid, but getting older & understanding the visual language of cinema more, it has gotten under my skin.

[@Vujo357]

Stephen King would be a terrible director.

[@AngelofMusic04]

"Maximum Overdrive".

[@Matt-rm5ir]

@@AngelofMusic04 he is a terrible director

[@alecjones4676]

He's an awesome novelist, but a shitty director. However, his role in Creepshow demonstrates that he is an absolutely legendary actor.

[@peterhansen5096]

Nope and by the way, he wrote it ;)

[@ericg1100]

Maximum Overdrive is “terrible” but damn entertaining

[@nostrash4544]

After reading the book, I would be curious to see a version of this movie made by... someone more talented. To be honest I was terrified by this serie as a child lmao.

[@genericnameman7899]

There is in fact a version of this made by someone more talented

[@jonzfriend]

@@genericnameman7899 I hope you're not referring to that joke made in 1980.

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@@jonzfriend Yes, we are referring to that “joke”, Kicks the piss out of this clown shit.

[@michaelsieger9133]

@@jonzfriend you mean the best psychological thriller in cinema history since Psycho?

[@nexxusty]

@@jonzfriend You actually prefer this trash?

[@jacktorrance9688]

Danny in this whole movie be like 👄

[@KenMasters.]

Literally

[@Baldwin-iv445]

Even here Jack still gets a fantastic actor.

[@missyadams]

Tim Daly was the original choice but was busy at the time. He recommended his 'Wings' co-star Steve Weber to play Jack. Years later, Tim Daly was in Storm of the Century

[@alfiedean4212]

The shining mini series best parts: 4 m 22s The shining 1980 best parts: 2h 26m

[@connorw2k]

I'm really surprised Stephen King endorses this.

[@mrskinszszs]

he wrote the script for it.

[@connorw2k]

@@mrskinszszs He wrote Cell too tho didn't he? Even though he was locked out of the editing room for that one, both ended up being pieces of shit.

[@hi.923]

I understand what Stephen King wanted to do. He hated the movie. But I think it was just the handling of the story that made it awful. Maybe he should’ve had Stanley Kubrick direct this miniseries, but following the book

[@mrskinszszs]

Connor Webb I agree. It’s a pile of shit, like most movies that King has his hand in. He needs to leave film making to the pros.

[@hi.923]

Kolby K that’s surprisingly true. I still prefer this story because the book. Kubrick’s version is also very good, so it’s hard for me to think how this miniseries would’ve been better.

[@jd89]

I wish someone like Mike Flanagan would make a new adaptation of The Shining in mini-series format. As much as I like this in a guilty pleasure trash kind of way, but I'd really want a closer to book adaptation that's actually good.

[@izzydangelo5668]

A Mike Flanagan adaptation would be an absolute dream. Recently read the book and I finally understand why Stephen King felt slighted by the Kubrick adaptation. A masterpiece of a movie but very different from his original story. The book is terrifying and I know that Mike Flanagan would do it absolute justice

[@kingkiller5325]

A Mike Flanagan adaptation would be godsend. Mike Flanagan is probably the only director that capture the dreamy nature of the book properly. As much as I love The Shining movie. It definitely did not do the book justice as an adaptation. Jack and Wendy's characters were severely downgraded. And the whole theme of alchoholism and addiction was missed.

[@wasntmedoot3506]

A snoozefest of monumental proportions

[@filmbuff2777]

@@kingkiller5325 Jack & Wendy in the book are both cliches. They both have issues with their parents (very boring & unoriginal), & Jack does all these terrible things yet is still supposed to be a "great guy?" How many chances does a loser like this deserve? You can't blame the booze, ghosts & daddy for everything like King does in the book.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

He'd change it, though, like he did with the "Haunting of Hill House" series which was so far from the book by Shirley Jackson (besides character names).

[@Edensghost]

Stephen King’s novel is a classic in the horror genre and one of his very best imo. I understand him not enjoying a film that changes the characters, themes, and tone of the novel he invested so much of himself into. That being said, Stanley Kubrick crafted one of the greatest horror films in the history of the medium. It is a masterpiece that defines a genre and terrifies viewers in ways very few films ever will. Comparing this miniseries to Kubrick’s film, they’re not in the same universe.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

Danny: "Tony! Tony!" Tony: "Apple... Hey, apple... Apple... Apple... Can you do this? Armlmb blammbrlmb mambrlbmlmb! Try It!"

[@jackgonzalez7727]

Tony looks like a character in a cereal commercial ad.

[@CodyWilliamReints]

I wish we could get a decent, book accurate, and quality remake of the shining

[@filmbuff2777]

With King's involvement, this is the best you're ever going to get. The book is very cheesy, cliche & reeks of narcissism, so a "well made" adaptation would never be better than this.

[@tricko8000]

@@filmbuff2777The book is not cheesy, the fuck are you talking about LOL

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

why? it would be sterile and soulless. we already have a Shining that works as the medium of literature (the book) and one that works as the medium of film (Kubrick's). We don't need some middling happy medium.

[@MawcDrums]

@@filmbuff2777 The book is very cheesy, cliche, and reeks of narcissism? How?

[@MawcDrums]

@@filmbuff2777 The book is very cheesy, cliche, and reeks of narcissism? How? Only cheesy thing I can really think of is the whole topiary part.

[@Djbrink]

Am I the only one who just straight up laughed when he screamed with the hammer lmao

[@jadeandjesse5908]

Damn Wendy gets her ass handed to her in this version lmao

[@symph2220]

Book Says: Jack Torrance is a not so Baldy small guy Kubrick: well, I'll keep that I Think, Nicholson would be perfect. 1997 series: PEEE PEEE POOO POOO

[@Goddessvenom]

I would’ve pissed myself laughing if Danny too had slipped on the ball when he started running away from the bathtub ghost 🤣

[@briandavis8184]

When the lady in the bathtub said "we've all been waiting for you" it would've been funny had the boy replied with "uh-huh"🤣

[@illegitimatefilm]

Stephen King: How do you like it? Stanley Kubrick: Are you out of your fucking mind!?

[@visionist7]

"Stephen King's true vision" or not, I don't care. This miniseries was a steaming mountain of trash

[@dimitrakapa4887]

See in the glass who is the trash

[@rhomo]

Stephen King's books are incredible..scary as heck in our own imaginations. But his idea of what a scary movie adaptation looks like is beyond laughable. Every time. Why does he think that cheese works on film?? Kubrick got it SO right.

[@lonniedwayne9549]

2:50, Now, by God, you are going to take your medicine. Lmao That's been an inside joke between me and my best friend because at the time we watched it we were in 8th grade and back then I had to take alot of meds. My grandma would always be like "Lonnie! Come take your medicine"! So that scene was especially funny to us.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

I imagine you enjoy the 1978 movie Halloween because of the scene where Loomis (Donald Pleasance) scolds a kid named Lonnie. :) One time I read a YT comment about Kubrick's The Shining by a guy named Lloyd who watched the 1980 version on TV for the first time when he was around seven, and when Jack Nicholson looks directly into the camera while seated at the bar and says "Hiya, Lloyd" the guy said he nearly crapped himself. lol....

[@Yeayea322]

1:01 Bruh she clearly could see the ball 🎾

[@koopaon1052]

Tony floating and Jack using a hammer instead of an axe makes this way too funny I get that Stephen King likes this because it’s closer to the book but ITS HILARIOUS

[@tonymata8070]

0:44 he looks like a Deadite, also in case for those that don’t know Sam Raimi the director of Evil Dead makes a cameo in the miniseries, I believe they made Jack look like a Deadite as an intentional homage to Evil Dead.

[@theechostudio1821]

Sam Raimi was actually in this version. He was the gas station attendant for Dick

[@mariomanningfan]

This movie actually got funnier as it went on. Steven Weber couldn't pull off Jack Torrance like someone who might've been out of King's price range. Which is why as Jack got harder to play, I think Weber embraced the b-movie campiness. The way he said "Hi Dick" walking out of the elevator with that mallet was pure comedy. De Mornay outclassed him by quite a bit. She played Wendy really well, the book's version of Wendy. Still, I appreciated how much closer this version was to the book. So my ranking is the book, the mini-series, then Kubrick's.

[@mourinhofalador007]

Kubrick may not have adapted the book well, but at least he made a good movie. Stephen King couldn't do either of them, and it's HIS book🤣🤣

[@jaketaft7533]

1:56 this is a strangely real reaction

[@amoe8863]

I work in a very haunted retirement home on the graveyard shift, that’s me nightly. 😂🤣

[@ameliawarfield5637]

I think Stephen King liked the 1997 version of The Shining better than the first movie because it's more true to his book.

[@barmbailey6934]

"And you thought nothing here could hurt you sweetheart. BOINK! WROOOOOONG!" - That quote just screams the Scout's mannerisms from TF2. 😆😆

[@MoneyHungryENT817]

I know this is The authors portrayal compared to the producer’s portrayal but this looks like a 1990s Goosebumps movie compared to the first film lol 😂

[@Joshwalkertv]

Fun fact: Steven Weber (the guy who plays Jack Torrance) also narrated the audio book for It by Stephen King.

[@solmoman]

very fun fact

[@eduardo_corrochio]

People say Weber's reading of that book was phenomal, really good. I need to hear that.

[@HappyCommando92494]

As a kid, this version of the shining scared me more than the 1980s film. Especially this version of Mr. Torrance - especially the part at 0:51 that being said, he would've been scarier with an axe instead of a mallet.

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

It still scares me more. The movie made me laugh. Love both versions though. As much as I love the book.

[@YVman24]

Mom can i go to my friends place to watch The Shining with him? Mom: we have The Shining at home The Shining at home:

[@rebelprincess1164]

I really like the design of Jack in the end. He looks like a Deadite or something, it really gets across the idea that he’s a corpse being piloted by ghosts

[@themadlad8540]

Well the bathtub lady was scary as hell

[@dizzyguy7423]

no it was a cheap and shallow jumpscare

[@dimitrakapa4887]

@@dizzyguy7423 you are

[@paulapazos9317]

No😅

[@greent6823]

Comparing this mini-series to Kubrick’s 1980 movie is like comparing an apple to a frisbee, they are simply too different and should not be compared. Also it is possible to like and appreciate BOTH! 🤯

[@ChaosChasers]

^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^ You are a great individual.

[@delilasloan8914]

That's how I feel also. I read the book twice and really like it...I liked the kubrick version and I like this version also...the story is scary in itself...trapped in a haunted hotel. I have worked in hotels before and they r just creepy..I also like steven weber as jack torrence. I think he did a really good job, and I'm glad they got the wife part closer to the book in this version..both movies had their bad points and good points.

[@Rivers18]

Enjoy your Frisbee, sir. Bon appetite

[@thegreatsalmon137]

One is a cinematic masterpiece that will be remembered for decades and the other is a pile of steaming hot crap. I don't care if the series is more accurate it's poorly made and directed and should not even be compared to Kubrics. masterpiece.

[@linkfan95]

No… It’s impossible to like anything about this.

[@gmanz8487]

Nothing beats Kubrick's version of King's classic tale

[@jonzfriend]

It's Kubrick's tale - and, as an actual horror film, it's miserable. King's is too long and suffers from 600-pound gorilla syndrome. Someone eventually will make a decent version that is as frightening as it could be. "Doctor Sleep" comes close.

[@williamr1088]

Because Kubrick's version was slow and boring.

[@shadowselfCA]

@@jonzfriend the book Doctor Sleep was very accurately named, was the movie more exciting?

[@malcolmclements9254]

Kubrick's Shining, The Exorcist, Ghost Story and The Omen probably the best horror movies ever next to the Hammer films of the 70s.

[@tristan7008]

Unmask (one of my favorite lines)

[@jackcherbourg2899]

Jack Nicholson as a violent alcoholic possessed by demonic spirits? Nah. You need the guy from Wings.

[@castortroy7704]

Jack Torrance in the book and the faithful miniseries was a sympathetic, tragic, flawed character that was influenced to begin drinking again, went crazy from isolation and was possessed but redeemed himself. Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance, speaking as a Jack fan till death, was batshit crazy from the start but hid his mental illness and long coming breakdown and cabin fever and isolation plus the influence of the hotel's spirits merely drove him fully psychotic and he merely allowed the Hotel and its enslaved human souls like Grady to tell him what to do vs outright demonic possession. Not only that, but Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's classic was a reincarnation of a past caretaker of the Overlook Hotel from several decades past reincarnated to fulfill his fate of his past life self as Charles Grady was the reincarnation of Delbert Grady, the hotel's former butler in the 1920s and 40s.

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@castortroy7704 nope. In the book, Jack is a violent guy from the very beggining. Not a "sympathetic guy" at all. Plus, the movie starts when they're going to the Overlook. At this point of the book, Jack was already losing his mind.

[@castortroy7704]

@@jackgonzalez7727 Do you think the Manager demon was created from Derwent's spirit energy?

[@jackgonzalez7727]

@@castortroy7704 I think the novel is a big pile of garbage.

[@castortroy7704]

@@jackgonzalez7727 OK. Nevermind. I understand. To each, their own.

[@finster1968]

@0:45 This creeped me out. I can recall a couple of nightmares as a kid that were similar. The scary face with a calm voice that suddenly screamed out and came after me.

[@rodrigochequer2191]

I don't care what people say about it, I love the 3 versions of The Shining: - The book and the two films (both this and Kubrick's version).

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

Same!! Also love Doctor Sleep (both the book and the movie!) :D

[@andersenkalle]

I love that people have so much focus on Wendy slipping on the ball, even though it doesn’t affect anything. She didn’t fall so Jack would have time to get to her and she wasn’t hurt by it. She just fell, got up and then everything kept moving. It’s not a big deal at all.😂

[@scornbass1552]

Well, well, well, it (truly) outshines the movie by a green mile, book fans! Don't let my sarcasm cause any rage or misery, for my habit of bad jokes is long- running, man! =D

[@dwaynedibbley1592]

If you Carrie on like this I’m gonna have to take a stand. I’m on the night shift reading this, it’s four past midnight and I’m suffering from insomnia. Something to do with the grey matter. Now excuse me because I need to fix the lawnmower, man.

[@greent6823]

Dwayne Dibbley 👏😏

[@hankhill2889]

I'll just be The Outsider in this. IT's impressive what you're doing but for whatever reason it's making me feel Rage. I guess I'll go back to my Black House in Salems Lot. I hear tonight will be Full Dark, No Stars. If so I'll sleep and have a Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

[@ChaosChasers]

What a wonderful comment thread.

[@13blackcats33]

“Tonight on Wings...ah who cares” -the Simpsons

[@brendsbirdseyeview6982]

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week 😂

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

Not as funny as the movie. Love both versions though.

[@isthatzq]

Kubricks was actually creepy and unsettling this is straight up goofy

[@villageronps5317]

The idea of making a TV version of The Shining that is more accurate to the book was good… idk what happened along the way

[@JacobTheHumanoid]

This film is based on the events in the book but is not well filmed. Kubricks shining is his adaptation of the book. It is his own but based on the story. However, I would have to say the book is much better than both films

[@jackdaniels1474]

Nope. In fact, the novel is garbage.

[@cowboyjack0ff]

i agree the book is better

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@@jackdaniels1474 you can sure tell who the mindless krubick kids are. There's no way you've actually read the book lol

[@jackdaniels1474]

@@jakedeeyah1640 I've got bad news for you. I've read the book. You haven't.

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@@jackdaniels1474 I actually just read it. That's why I've been looking up all the relevant videos on KZbin.

[@scottylewis8124]

Steven Weber does do a pretty good job as Jack.

[@DBarns7]

I agree. You can't compare him to Jack Nicholson since they're two different actors. Also, they were two different character portrayals. Kubrick's version portrayed Torrance as a borderline psycho being called to the hotel by some dark Destiny. Whereas King's mini-series portrayed him as a recovering alcoholic trying to fight his inner demons, but falling victim to the hotel's evil influence. While the mini-series is more faithful to the novel, it wasn't as scary. Still, it had it's merits. Just my opinion. Overall, I still liked Kubrick's version better.

[@thimitrakipreou981]

@@DBarns7 i think kings version is way better with atmosphairic pictures...also is more realistic than this crazy ugly actress of 80s........(nickolson too)sorry about my english

[@DBarns7]

@@thimitrakipreou981- The mini-series was more faithful to King's novel, but lacked much of the terror the book invoked. Unfortunately something's work better on paper than they do on screen. That's why I think Kubrick's spin worked better than the mini-series even though it deviated from the novel . Still, the actors in the mini-series overall were solid. Especially Steve Weber as Jack. He did a good job portraying a recovering alcoholic starting to unravel.

[@bananaleaf5899]

He was probaly the best part of the awful mini series.

[@fraser_mr2009]

he's not a bad actor the script is just bad. it's made for tv quality script. even jack nicolson would straggle with this script.

[@randell7478]

The mallet is so much cooler than the ax. The full scene with him attacking Wendy is just so brutal and memorable.

[@hl8808]

Ran Dell 😂

[@peterhansen5096]

I agree

[@minifridge8315]

I thought the mallet looked silly.

[@minkstar9021]

@@peterhansen5096 You're both dumb as shit and have spines as thick as pencil lead if you find a croquet bat scary.

[@schuylervrmr830]

@@minkstar9021 I think they're being sarcastic

[@jerrydandrige1987]

I can see why Stanley Kubrick went ahead and made his own adaptation instead of this shit

[@abramsullivan7764]

Glad that Stanley Kubrick did the right thing by making The Shining completely different than what we just saw.

[@troppie7823]

jerry dandrige its alright edward

[@susieq360]

The Shining is actually a great horror novel. It just goes to show the importance of a director. You could have the best source material in the world, and the adaptation would still be shitty if the director is shitty.

[@MichaelM28]

The novel that this bad adaptation is from is amazing dipshit

[@riverjame-sv9fo]

This was actually made almost 20 years after Kubrick‘s version

[@calowenby1654]

I genuinely don’t know why but the scream at 0:51 is so ridiculously funny to me.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Is it not meant to be?

[@isabelaconsolim4434]

1:50 Y'all talking about Wendy tripping on the ball as if "Ohh no, I don't see that. No, no! Absolutely not" wasn't some king-tier comedy

[@timsteele8063]

This movie was spot on with the book... like the other movie too... got this on DVD still...

[@HC-cb4yp]

The SNL version of The Shining.

[@synth_dahl4438]

Steven Weber was the best part of the miniseries

[@peterhansen5096]

He was better than Nicholson

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@peterhansen5096 Weber was good but not even close to being 1/1000 close to good as nicholson.

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@peterhansen5096 fuck off, Nicholson is the recipant of 3 oscars and 6 golden globes. And Steven Weber is from the sitcom Wings. Weber acts like a normal dude trying to be scary and failing, Nicholson acts like a psychopath and is scary as fuck.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

@@peterhansen5096 of course

[@dimitrakapa4887]

@@peterhansen5096 mini series is way better than the Kubrick's

[@sober_katz]

you're telling me they thought a creepy face with a toy mallet was more threatening than a deranged man chasing around his family with a literal axe?

[@adamz5035]

@ 1:31..."Ive been waiting for you" Me. Oh Yeah? Same lemme hit it.