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starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber directed by: Mick Garris

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Average Rating: Rating: - KUBRICK, KUBRICK, KUBRICK!! UUUUGGGHHHHHHHH!! Why do you people go on ad nausem about the superiority of the Kubrick version of THE SHINING? I read the book years ago when it first came out, and King's television version is alot closer to the original story. Why these directors take such liberties with these books when the rights are sold is way beyond my understanding. I enjoy watching a movie that was originally a book to see the story visualized, not to see how much some clown of a director can change it so that it is not even recognizable. I have seen, and do own, both versions, and I think they both are very good movies. Just enjoy them for what they are: The same story told from two different viewpoints. Rating: - So glad DVD is finally here! Those of you who saw this on TV/ABC are right. It was very difficult watching with the hundreds of commercials and too many interruptions but now it is on DVD. Give it another chance now that there is DVD with some deleted scenes as well. I really enjoyed it even better on the DVD than when I watched on TV over 3 nights. The only thing I didn't like was having to flip the movie over. They should have made 3 discs (for us who have multiple disc players). I saw the 1980 Kubrick version as well and enjoyed it when it came out but was left wondering why it ended with so many unanswered questions and just had some visual spooky stuff but no real reasoning as to what we were watching and WHY. And the kid that kept talking to his finger was ridiculous and Wendy aka:Olive oil in Popeye was also quite mousey with no backbone really bugged me. In the 1980 version, it thought it left out the importance of who Tony really was. I liked the MAZE but the new version of the Topiary animals was even better. If the movie did not have Jack Nicholson, it wouldn't have been as good. I also think Stephen Weber (it is hard to compare to Jack Nicholson) is getting a bad rap here. I am sure he doesn't even try to compare himself to Laker-fan Jack. He did a good job. Give the new version another chance and if you don't like it this time then....who cares! Don't ever watch it again. Rating: - Horrific (in a good way) To anyone who's a true fan of Stephen King's novels, this is the one we've been waiting for, one of the finest adaptations of what is arguably his finest work. There are many reasons why the original doesn't work for most of us, so I won't get into that, I'll just mention what they did right with the remake. Rebecca De Mornay is perfect as Wendy, this was truly excellent casting, her Wendy was strong, and opinionated, a welcome change from the weak,doormat potrayed by Shelley Duvall in the original. Steven Weber was also very effective, choosing not to channel Jack Nicholson (the 1980 movie and the book are so different they are actually two different characters), but to make Jack Torrance his own, brilliantly conveying his descent into insanity, this is really one of the most underrated television performances of recent memory. In being truer to SK's vision, it is also better illuminated how sinister and evil the hotel truly is, and the remake only benefits from the extended running time. This is the one time i can remember being truly terrified by a television movie, this movie proves that the audience is better served by imagination and creativity that blood and guts (the easy way out). The scenes between Jack and Wendy in the final part are absolutely horrifying, although Jacks wisecracking was a distraction. The main problem with this film is the casting of Danny Torrance, an absolutely pivotal role. The kid is good, but truthfully, his voice and mannerisms just annoyed me. All in all, this is really one of the better SK adaptations out there. If you think you've seen The Shining before, trust that you haven't until you've checked out this version, and if you haven't, give it a try, it might just scare the bejesus out of you.

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